Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for accusing him of slandering businesspeople by repeating allegations that the president’s close circle was sending money to an off-shore company.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said there are so many criminal complaints against him that “he has lost count,” adding that prosecutors deem even the slightest criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “an insult.”

Ankara should immediately withdraw its ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until the country’s foreign minister apologizes for his remarks accusing Fahreddin Pasha, a Medina governor and commander of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, of “ransacking” Medina in 1916, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said.

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has blasted main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu over his comments on Battal İlgezdi, the former CHP mayor of Istanbul’s Ataşehir who was recently removed from office following corruption allegations.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is ready for snap elections under any circumstances, CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Dec. 19, adding that snap elections would only be held if the circumstances were favorable for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Tension between Turkey’s ruling and main opposition parties escalated further over the weekend, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowing that Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will “soon pay the price for his claims at court.”

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized judicial authorities over the summary of proceedings issued against him, arguing that the judiciary is under the political influence of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Turkey’s main opposition party Republican People’s Party (CHP) has submitted a parliamentary motion against Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu over his “threatening and insulting” remarks targeting CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has submitted a motion requesting a parliamentary investigation into the financial assets of CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and his family members, after a brawl at Turkey’s parliament late on Dec. 11.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has called for a “joint struggle” against bribery and corruption in Turkey, asking Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to account for “gold trade irregularity that happened in 2013.”