Ekrem İmamoğlu
CHP leader mulls a road map after poll defeat
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) who has lost the presidential race in the May 28 polls, will hold meetings with his senior aides and party officials to assess the election results and set a road map for the coming period.
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Türkiye sees neck-to-neck race for presidency
Türkiye has seen one of its most exciting presidential elections with the two strongest candidates current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Nation Alliance's candidate and Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in a neck and neck race.
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Run-Off Likely in Turkey after Knife-Edge Presidential Election
Turkish voters at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, 14 May 2023, as the country holds simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections. Photo: EPA-EFE/MANUEL DE ALMEIDA
Opposition presidential candidate urges calm before key polls
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of the oppositional Nation Alliance, has urged calm with only a few days left to one of Türkiye's most critical elections and criticized the government for not taking security measures to prevent the incident that took place in Erzurum over the weekend.
İmamoğlu’s election bus attacked with stones in Erzurum
A group attacked Nation Alliance vice presidential candidate and İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's election bus with stones during his rally in the eastern province of Erzurum on May 7, as some of those who attended the rally were injured.
İmamoglu said that a maximum of 300-400 "instigated people" organized the attack, but the police did not interfere with these people.
Erdogan calls opposition ‘pro-LGBT’ at election rally
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition of being "pro-LGBT" at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, as he stepped up his rhetoric against his opponents a week before what is expected to be a tight election.
Istanbul, Ankara mayors to tackle disaster management, social policies if elected
Nation Alliance joint candidate and Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has announced that Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu will be responsible for disaster management and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş for social policies if the opposition wins the May 14 presidential polls.
Istanbul, Ankara mayors to serve as vice presidents: Kılıçdaroğlu
Ekrem İmamoğlu and Mansur Yavaş, mayors of Istanbul and Ankara respectively, will serve as the vice presidents if the Nation Alliance wins the presidential polls, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint candidate of the opposition and Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) stated.
Kılıçdaroğlu pays visit to quake zone
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman, visited the earthquake area over the weekend.
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Burying Differences, Turkish Opposition Backs Kilicdaroglu to Beat Erdogan
Turkish main opposition Republican Peoples Party (CHP) leader and Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu (2-L) greets his supporters with his wife Selvi (R), Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (2-R) and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas (L) after the six opposition parties alliance chose and announced him as presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, in Ankara, Turkey 06 March 2023.