Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is set to receive the International Association of Political Consultants (IAPC) Democracy Award for his “justice march.”

Jailed main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu will be tried at an Istanbul appeals court on Dec. 1, after a local court controversially revoked a ruling from the appeals court for his retrial.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has welcomed a proposal from Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli to lower the current 10 percent parliamentary election threshold.

Populism is dangerous and needs to be avoided at all times, Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said at a panel at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

An Istanbul court on Nov. 7 rejected an appeals court order to retry main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu, ruling to maintain his 25-year jail term.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has called for early elections for the cities where mayors have either recently been dismissed or pressured to resign, vowing that the CHP is ready to “give legislative support for any necessary changes.”

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will give a speech at the Council of Europe’s (CoE) World Democracy Forum in Strasbourg, and will also meet the CoE and Venice Commission secretary generals to express the CHP’s stance on the current situation of democracy in Turkey.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Bülent Tezcan has slammed a prosecutor's decision to extend the detention period for the party's lawyer, Celal Çelik, who had been in detention for over 10 days as part of the investigation into the Gülen network.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has urged the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to be cool-headed when taking measures against the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over a planned referendum on independence, after the Turkish parliament voted to extend by a year a mandate authorizing the deployment of Turkish troops on foreign soil. 

Parliament will convene in an extraordinary session on Sept. 23 in a bid to extend a one-year mandate authorizing the deployment of the Turkish Armed Forces on foreign soil, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on Sep. 21.