June 2015 Turkish general election
Top court postpones HDP’s verbal defense to April 11
Türkiye's high court has given additional time for the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) to prepare its verbal defense over the ongoing closure case.
İYİ Party does not rule out CHP’s dialogue with HDP
İYİ (Good) Party Chair Meral Akşener has said her party does not object to a dialogue between the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) but that any negotiation for forming a government such as a ministry distribution is out of the question.
Burying Differences, Turkish Opposition Backs Kilicdaroglu to Beat Erdogan
Turkish main opposition Republican Peoples Party (CHP) leader and Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu (2-L) greets his supporters with his wife Selvi (R), Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (2-R) and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas (L) after the six opposition parties alliance chose and announced him as presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, in Ankara, Turkey 06 March 2023.
CHP leader reaffirms readiness for presidential candidacy if opposition agrees
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu reiterated his readiness to run in the next presidential elections as the candidate of the Nation's Alliance if the opposition agrees on his name.
"If there is an agreement on my name, I have no right to object," Kılıçdaroğlu said in an interview with FOX TV on Feb. 3.
Zühtü Arslan re-elected as president of top court
President of the Constitutional Court Zühtü Arslan has been re-elected as the head of Türkiye's highest court by garnering the votes of eight judges out of 15.
Arslan will continue his job as the president for one year as his entire tenure as the member of the Constitutional Court will be terminated in 2024.
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No obstacles in way of re-candidacy: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Feb. 1 there are no legal obstacles on the way for his presidential candidacy, strongly rejecting the opposition bloc's recent statement that he cannot run for elections in May.
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Nation Alliance’s gov't program drafted in common sense: İYİ Party leader
İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener said on Feb. 1 that the six-party Nation Alliance's government program is the concrete plan of what they will do after May 14 elections drafted over discussions of the opposition leaders in "common sense."
Six-party government program is the first of its kind, CHP leader says
The six-party Nation Alliance's government program is the first of its kind throughout the "history of democracy," in Türkiye, the Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Jan. 31.
Nation Alliance’s government program a ‘treason document,’ says MHP leader
The six-party Nation Alliance's government program is a "treason document" and aims at dragging Türkiye into a system in crisis, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli said on Jan. 31.
Opposition alliance begins discussions for choosing candidate
The six-party Nation Alliance has challenged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's eligibility to run for the presidency in the upcoming elections on the grounds that the Turkish constitution stipulates that a person can run for the highest seat of the Turkish state only twice.