Elections in Turkey

The Turkish Parliament will return from its summer recess on Oct. 1 with the opening speech by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 4 accused the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) of failing to back families whose children have been abducted or forcibly recruited by the illegal PKK group.

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Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Aug. 2 reiterated that the Nation Alliance would determine the presidential candidate through democratic methods, stating that he will agree to run for the president if his allies want him to.

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The Turkish Presidency has submitted a motion to the parliament seeking the removal of the parliamentary immunity of 20 deputies, including Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP).

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca also released the latest weekly infection rates across the country's various regions.

Sharing the data for May 15-21 on Twitter, Fahrettin Koca touted the country's falling case numbers.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said although they do not have an alliance with the People's Democratic Party (HDP), to show HDP, which is an active member of the parliament, as hostile is inappropriate.

The summaries of proceedings against 10 deputies, including main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, were submitted to the Parliament Speaker's Office on April 14.

Eight of these lawmakers are from the CHP and two others are from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

A bill proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to mandate security investigations into first-time public appointees, which was initially rejected by opposition votes, passed in the parliament on late April 7.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized developments on a security investigation law proposal that was initially rejected in parliament by opposition votes, adding that a decision to renew the vote was taken after an initiative of the parliament speaker with the demand of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Main opposition Republican People's Party (MHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said Turkey must hold general elections in the fall, before the scheduled time in 2023.

"Can a state be governed like this? They must go to the election. The election should be in the fall," he said on March 26, speaking to private broadcaster Fox TV.