June 2015 Turkish general election
CHP leader vows to make peace with rival camps
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has vowed to begin a journey to make peace with all social and political rival camps and create an environment to heal what he called the pains the Turkish nation was suffering from and foster hopes for a common future.
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Election rule of 50 plus one will drag Turkey into chaos: Presidential aide
The constitutional obligation of garnering 50 percent plus one vote for being elected as the president causes serious political and systemic problems, a senior presidential aide and veteran politician has said, calling on both the government and the opposition to come together to fix it.
CHP leader announces six-step plan for women
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu announced his party's six-step plan for women in Turkey to be implemented within six months if they come to power.
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Erdoğan donates compensation from lawsuit to students
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has donated the money he gained from a lawsuit against the main opposition leader to students as scholarship, the president's lawyer has said.
Gokce Gokcen: Turkish Opposition ‘Certain’ it Can Defeat Erdogan
The youthful vice-president of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, says President Erdogan's 20-year rule will end at the next elections.
CHP leader says they do not want any more refugees
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said they do not want any more refugees in Turkey and pledged to restore ties with the Syrian regime if his party comes to power
"We don't want more refugees and asylum seekers," Kılıçdaroğlu said on Oct. 26, speaking at the CHP's parliamentary group meeting.
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State Planning policy a must: CHP leader
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu warned the government over what he called "unplanned" economic policies in Turkey.
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Erdoğan's lawyers file complaints over CHP leader's 'political murder' remarks
Lawyers of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a criminal complaint to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Oct. 18 regarding the allegation of "political murders" by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and İYİ (Good) Party executives.
Erdoğan slams CHP leader over remarks on public servants
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized the remarks by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on public servants, saying the statement made is a "crime."
"Kılıçdaroğlu's threat to public officials, I put aside his political weirdness, is also clearly a crime," Erdoğan said at a press conference before departing for Angola on Oct. 17.
Nation Alliance parties 'trap' each other: MHP leader
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Oct. 12 accused the components of the Nation Alliance of "cheating" each other, although they had declared a consensus on the "strengthened parliamentary system."