Engin Altay

A decision given by the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) to run alone in the next parliamentary elections will not affect the composition and principles of the six-party Nation Alliance, opposition officials have said.

An Ankara prosecutor has launched a probe against a senior main opposition official for saying President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's policies may trigger a military coup similar to the one that happened during the tenure of former prime minister Adnan Menderes, who was executed by a military junta following the 1960 coup d'état.

Turkey's Constitutional Court once again ruled on Jan. 21 that the rights of former main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu were breached, noting that the verdict given earlier has not been implemented yet.

CHP Group Deputy Chair Engin Altay has called on high and local courts to meet the demand of the Constitutional Court.

A draft law on the prevention of the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) contains some additional provisions that allow the government to arbitrarily suspend the activities of the non-governmental organizations, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has stated.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has proposed the government to suspend the curfew for those aged between 15 and 20 on May 19 National Youth and Sports Day.

Speaking at a press conference on May 12, CHP group deputy Engin Altay said allowing young people on May 20-21, but not on May 19 means undermining the importance of the national day.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has appealed to the Constitutional Court for the annulment of a law that paved the way for the release of 90,000 inmates from prisons on grounds that the bill was not voted properly in parliament.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) held a march on Sept. 20 in the eastern province of Tunceli, formerly known as Dersim, to protest planned hydroelectric plants (HES) and dam projects in the region's picturesque Munzur Valley. 

A draft bylaw debated at the Constitutional Commission of the parliament has stirred a debate between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), saying that the proposal will turn deputyship into an idle post.

Enis Berberoğlu, a member of parliament for the social democratic Republican People's Party (CHP), was sentenced to 25 years in jail by an Istanbul court on June 14 and immediately put in prison. 

An Istanbul court on June 14 sentenced main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu on spying charges over a report on intelligence trucks bound for Syria.