Haluk Koç

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) wants a "terror-free and democratic Turkey," its leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said during a visit to the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), as part of his bid to consolidate opponents of the constitutional amendment passed in the April referendum.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said his party is in favor of a peaceful country in which all citizens can live in unity and comfort, in a visit to the Felicity Party (SP), which also stood against the constitutional amendments in the April 16 referendum. 

The reason why President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is so insistent on shifting Turkey to a presidential system of governance is because he is afraid of being prosecuted and therefore wants to "secure his own future," main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said.

The government's constitutional amendment proposal will lead to a federal system and the division of Turkey, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Haluk Koç has said, adding that the draft foresees "a one-man regime" controlling the legislative, executive and judicial branches.

A notorious convicted criminal has publicly issued death threats against academics and intellectuals who called on the Turkish government to end security operations in Southeast Anatolia, just a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an labeled more than 1,000 national and international academics as "poor excuses for intellectuals."

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has ignored the results of the June 7 election and Turkey, for first time in its political history, will go to early elections because parties failed to form a government, Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy chairman Haluk Koç  said on Aug. 25.

In an unexpected move a day before a key meeting on coalition possibilities with Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, the chairman of the Republican People?s Party (CHP), Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu made a call on Aug. 9 for a united political stance against violence.

Talks between the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP) on a possible grand coalition have ended, with the parties far apart on five key issues, particularly Syria and Turkey's foreign policy.

The pair, however, was also divided on education, social policies, presidential powers and the Kurdish question. 

As exploratory talks between the ruling and main opposition parties have been concluded after 30-hours of talks, it?s time for the two leaders to decide on whether to launch negotiations to make a coalition government. 

Coalition talks between the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP) will enter a new phase following a last meeting by respective delegations on Aug. 3, with the two parties' leaders to decide in an encounter likely to take place later this week.