People ' s Party

Former Tunceli deputy Kamer Genç died of cancer on Jan. 22. He was 75.

Known for his outspoken character, Genç had been receiving cancer treatment for a while.

Born in 1940 in Tunceli, Genç studied economics and administrative science in Ankara.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Turkey for a two-day visit to hold talks with the country's president and prime minister regarding Syria, the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Turkey's fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

A local court in the Turkish capital Ankara has rejected a complaint made by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an against main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu for calling him "ba? çalan" (prime thief) and "h?rs?z" (thief).

Erdo?an had applied to the court to order K?l?çdaro?lu to pay 200,000 Turkish Liras in compensation for non-pecuniary damages.

Lawmakers from Turkey's two opposition parties and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) engaged in a heated debate on Jan. 20 over the latest clashes in the southeastern town of Cizre, which has been under curfew for 39 days.

Lawmakers from Turkey's two opposition parties and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) engaged in a heated debate on Jan. 20 over the latest clashes in the southeastern town of Cizre, which has been under curfew for 39 days.

Turkey's social democratic main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) held its first congress since the Nov. 1, 2015 election disappointment on Jan. 16-17 in Ankara. 

Unusually, no candidate challenged CHP head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu at the congress. Two possible candidates withdrew ahead of the congress and another was unable to gather enough support from delegates. 

Almost all journalists and party members who followed the Republican People's Party's (CHP) convention over the weekend in Ankara agreed that it was probably the most low-spirited, dull party convention held in the last decade.

Within days after a similar move, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has again taken main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu to court for his repeated remarks describing Erdo?an as a "sham dictator," and asked for compensation for non-pecuniary damages.

An aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has called for the nationalization of the country's biggest private bank, ??bank, in which the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has a 28 percent stake.

I have no idea how many justice ministers in the democratically civilized world have to make speeches arguing that their country is not a dictatorship. But Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozda? has recently felt compelled to remind the world of just that. Bozda?