Issues and developments during the Turkish general elections

Creating a brand-new constitution will be one of the foremost tasks of the new government following the Nov. 1 polls, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has said.

The Moscow meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was a manifestation of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's foreign policy failure, Turkey's main opposition leader has said.

The Oslo documents, revealing negotiations between the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), were made public by sympathizers of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has claimed. 

Republican People?s Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has warned the government of ?hidden interests? of foreign countries in the Syrian crisis, slamming the Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) ?incorrect? policies in Syria.

Turkey has become a state of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), with all means of the Republic of Turkey, from its president to low-ranking government officials, working on behalf of the AKP, Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said.

The Republican People's Party (CHP) chair Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) over the violent assault targeting daily Hürriyet columnist Ahmet Hakan.

Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) has presented a detailed framework for its program ahead of the Nov. 1 elections, listing concrete and down-to-earth promises it says will solve problems in the divisive issues of democracy and the rule of law, the economy, foreign policy, education, as well as societal peace and the Kurdish issue.

Turkey's Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? gave signs of a potential coalition with Republican People's Party (CHP) at a speech during his visit to Germany.

Turkey's Kurdish problem cannot be solved solely by military means, but with consensus and "brotherhood," Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said. 

Speaking at a party meeting during his election campaign trip in Europe on Sept. 25, K?l?çdaro?lu said the issue could not currently be resolved because politicians have "endorsed the case to the military."

The June elections showed that the supposedly unbeatable Justice and Development Party (AKP) has lost its magic and demonstrated that the classic rule of politics, namely, that time eats away at the support of any party in a democracy, is also valid in this case.