Kavuncu

Man who attacked İYİ Party executive arrested

A man who attacked the Istanbul provincial head of the opposition İYİ (Good) Party has been arrested, the Istanbul Governor's Office has said in a statement.

The assailant punched Buğra Kavuncu on Aug. 20 on the street in Istanbul's Bakırköy district as Kavuncu left a TV broadcaster's building after attending a show.

Dissident MP resigns from İYİ Party, slams Akşener

Istanbul Deputy Ümit Özdağ, a long-term dissident of the İYİ (Good) Party, has announced his resignation from the party after he accused İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener of cooperating with the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and of acting as a satellite party of the Republican People's Party (CHP).