Kemal Kilicdaroglu

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has asked why Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and National Intelligence Agency (MİT) chief Hakan Fidan did not testify in a commission formed to investigate the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt, widely believed to have been masterminded by the followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan "confessed" to knowing about the failed July 2016 coup," main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said in the latest salvo in a war of words between the two over the subject.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said his opinion that the July 15, 2016, coup attempt was a "controlled" one was strengthening and that he had a file concerning this. When reporters asked him where the file was, he answered, "I can hold a meeting later where I will reveal it." 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) for criticizing the constitutional amendment due to be voted on in a referendum on April 16, vowing to exhibit "politicians who are remnants of the one-party regime in museums." 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has asked Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ whether the government has been tracking his e-mails regarding claims about Adil Öksüz, one of the key figures of the failed July 2016 coup attempt.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has challenged the leaders of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to a debate on TV on the constitutional amendments that will be voted in an upcoming referendum on April 16.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have strongly reacted to the main opposition leader's claims that the July 15, 2016, coup attempt occurred within the knowledge of the government and was therefore a "controlled coup," accusing the opposition leader of insulting the Turkish people after 250 were killed on the night of the putsch.

The July 2016 coup attempt occurred "within the knowledge" of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has claimed, describing the failed putsch as a "controlled coup."

The referendum campaign activities of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is facing obstacles, the party's campaigning official has said, stressing that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been using state resources for the "yes" campaigns. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said uncontrolled power for the president "will bring Turkey to disaster," ahead of the April 16 referendum on whether to shift the current parliamentary system to an executive presidency.