June 2015 Turkish general election

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu stressed that the politicians must not make politics over people's identity, warning that such policies would cause fight within the society.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has vowed to change the climate of Türkiye and make it free of polarization if his party comes to power in the coming elections.

"I am aiming to bring a new climate to Türkiye," Kılıçdaroğlu said while addressing people in the Black Sea province Giresun on Sept. 6.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has kicked off his party's rallies for the upcoming elections scheduled for 2023.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for vowing to reinstate public servants dismissed by decree-laws without a judicial decision.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will work extraordinarily for the reelection of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the upcoming elections, its chairman Devlet Bahçeli has said, ruling out snap polls this autumn.

The rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Türkiye are not fair and politically motivated, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, underlining that his government will continue to take measures to improve the quality of judicial services for the Turkish people.

Türkiye is in need of a new political environment based on peace, conciliation and togetherness, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader has suggested, repeating that the opposition alliance will build this new spirit in the country.

Sedat Peker. Photo: Sedat Peker's Facebook page.

"If the judiciary cannot fight against crime, corruption and bribery everything will be finished. We are now waiting for an effective and comprehensive investigation [into Peker's claims]," Muharrem Erkek, the vice chair of the Republican People's Party, CHP, said on Monday after his party filed a criminal complaint.

Felicity Party (SP) leader Temel Karamollaoğlu has stressed that the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader's nomination for the next year's presidential election as the joint candidate of the opposition alliance may be a strong possibility.

Leader of main opposition Republican People's Party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu (C), candidate of main opposition Republican People's Party for Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas and Republican People's Party candidate for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu greet their supporters in Ankara, April 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/STRINGER.