Başak Demirtaş

The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has announced that Meral Danış Beştaş and Murat Çepni will compete as their municipal mayoral candidates for Istanbul in the upcoming local elections scheduled for March 31.

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of incarcerated former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, has declared that she will not be running for mayor of Istanbul in the upcoming local elections on March 31.

The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has announced its decision to field its own candidate for the local polls in Istanbul, obviously hinting at the end of the negotiations with the main opposition party for a potential collaboration.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener on June 17 criticized a tweet containing sexual assault threats against Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, urging a stop to "doing politics over female bodies."

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) spokesperson Faik Öztrak has criticized Health Minister Fahrettin Koca for what he said was "wrongly" painting an optimist outlook on the COVID-19 outbreak, eventually causing a rise in the daily confirmed cases in the country, as it began reopening much of the economy.