Issues and developments during the 2015 Turkish general elections

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the government for its management of the economy, saying that small businesses were suffering the most during the pandemic.

Small businesses pay the price of the government's mismanagement, he said while addressing his party members at the parliament on April 6.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has called on the EU to revive Turkey's long-stalled full membership process while expressing his regret to observe that Turkey was only mentioned in the context of the foreign policy matters in Brussels.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 21 filed a lawsuit for mental anguish against the Republican People's Party (CHP) Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel amounting to 250,000 Turkish Liras.

Erdoğan filed the lawsuit for "insulting" him at the speech that Özel delivered at the parliament last week.

The government should first listen to non-governmental organizations working in the fields of human rights before attempting to bring reforms regarding democracy and the rule of law, the main opposition party leader has said, noting comments on reforms are being made only to prevent EU sanctions.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has questioned President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on why his government failed to deny on time a request by the European Union's Operation Irini to inspect a Turkish civilian vessel in international waters, which has caused a rift between Ankara and Brussels.

The main opposition leader has criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for selling 10 percent of the Borsa Istanbul to Qatar, describing the sale as yet another example of the desperation of the government in running the economy.

The economic and judicial reforms to improve the investment climate in Turkey will be led by the People's Alliance, composed of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, informing that necessary legislation would soon be brought to the agenda in the parliament.

Presidential High Advisory Board member and former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç resigned on Nov. 24 after his division with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the imprisonment of jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala and former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş.