Elections in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he sees renewed Istanbul Municipal elections on June 23 as the "realization of national will." He called on the traditional ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) electorate, who did not cast votes in the March 31 elections, to go to the polls on June 23.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğu has slammed the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) economic policies on solving Turkey's unemployment problems by saying that the party is "unable to do so."

The Republican People's Party (CHP) has asked the Supreme Election Board (YSK) to cancel the 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections as well as elections for 39 Istanbul districts.

The Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) Presidency Council on May 6 praised the decision of the Supreme Election Council (YSK) to do over the Istanbul municipal elections on June 23.

The decision to rerun local elections in Istanbul was not aimed at safeguarding any party's interests, the spokesperson for the ruling AKP said on May 6.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated that his suggestion to form what he called the Alliance of Turkey is not an alternative to the ongoing alliance between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), dubbed the People's Alliance.

The Republican People's Party (CHP) has called on the Supreme Election Board (YSK) not to bow to pressure from the national government to redo the Istanbul municipal elections.

An attack against main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is being investigated thoroughly, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on April 22.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has said that one of the assailants in the attack against main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was determined to be a member of the AKP and will be expelled from the party.

A senior ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) official has said his party will file a criminal complaint against what they believe are irregularities and rigging committed in the March 31 local elections in Istanbul regardless of whether or not the Supreme Election Council (YSK) renews the polls, claiming FETÖ meddling.