Democratic Left Party

Rahşan Ecevit, wife and closest confidant of late Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit, was laid to rest in the capital province of Ankara on Jan. 19.

Ecevit died at the Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment since Dec. 26, on Jan. 17 at the age of 97.

She died in the intensive care unit due to multiple organ failure at around 9.10 p.m.

Rahşan Ecevit, veteran Turkish politician and writer died at the age of 97 at a hospital in the capital Ankara.

Ecevit died at the Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment since Dec. 26 last year.

The number of foreigners visiting Turkey surged 24% on a yearly basis in April, the Culture and Tourism Ministry revealed on May 31.

In an apparent response to salvoes by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has strongly refuted any blame for the sufferings of Alevi citizens.

Davutoğlu also again expressed his bewilderment for the Alevi population’s apparent support for the CHP, saying that Alevis have been victimized under CHP-led governments in the past.

The extraordinary congress of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), in the wake of the party's presidential election defeat to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), re-endorsed the leadership of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, but with a warning to work harder for success in the next parliamentary elections scheduled for June 2015.

On a day when five political parties have displayed yet another symbolic show of solidarity for Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu’s presidential candidacy, infighting within the Republican People’s Party (CHP) continues.