Tahsin Tarhan

Main opposition chairman Republican People's Party (CHP) Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has announced the new top executive board following the defeat in the parliamentary and presidential polls.

A delegation from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will travel to Cuba to attend the funeral of Cuba's iconic late leader Fidel Castro on Dec. 4. 

The will be headed by CHP Deputy Chair Veli Ağbaba, Istanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu and Kocaeli deputy Tahsin Tarhan, the party announced on Nov. 29. 

Bridge and highway toll prices in Turkey have been added to the new year's price hikes for the first time since 2012, with an increase of 16 percent. The new prices were effective as of Jan. 3. 

A father in the northwestern Turkish province of Kocaeli, whose son is thought to have joined a jihadist group, has called on the state to find and arrest his son, fearing that he might be involved in a future suicide bombing attack. 

Deputies from the Republican People's Party (CHP) arrived in Baghdad on Sept. 5 to monitor rescue efforts for 18 abducted Turkish workers, official sources said, as daily Hürriyet reported that the workers were taken away in 16 vehicles by the kidnappers.