Meral Akşener
MHP leader downplays ‘strengthened parliamentary system’ meeting
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has downplayed a meeting of six opposition parties at the weekend held to shape a road map for a "strengthened parliamentary system."
"They do not have presidential candidates, they do not have a strategy and they do not have the slightest preparation for the future," he said.
Opposition leaders meet for ‘strengthened parliamentary system’
The leaders of six Turkish opposition parties held their first meeting on Feb. 12 to discuss the results of an ongoing joint work to introduce a "strengthened parliamentary system" if they come to power in the next elections.
Six opposition leaders to meet for first time to discuss return to parliamentary system
The leaders of six opposition parties will hold their first meeting to discuss the results of ongoing joint work for the return to the parliamentary system if they come to power in the next elections.
Three opposition leaders meet to discuss return to parliamentary system
The leaders of three opposition parties have held an announced meeting to discuss the future composition of the Nation Alliance, as well as ongoing preparations over the main pillars of the road map for the return of the parliamentary system once they come to power in the next elections.
Nation Alliance’s candidate will be 13th president: Akşener
İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener on Dec. 13 said she believes that the presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance will be elected by the nation in the next elections.
"I do not know when the election will take place, but I believe that the candidate of the Nation Alliance will be the 13th president," Akşener said.
Country’s first women’s football derby played to protest femicides
The women's football teams of Turkish giants Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe have faced each other for the first time in history within the scope of the United Nations' "Orange the World" campaign to protest femicides and violence against women in Istanbul late on Dec. 7.
İYİ Party criticizes MHP leader over comments on Ankara mayor
İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener on Dec. 1 reacted to Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli over his remarks on Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş.
"We have got Yavaş's back; there are people of Ankara," she said, addressing her party's parliamentary group meeting.
İYİ Party leader calls for early elections
Opposition İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener on Nov. 24 called for early elections, criticizing the government's economic policies.
The Turkish nation is getting poorer with the latest economic difficulties, she said, addressing her party's weekly parliamentary group meeting.
In just one week, Turkey's debt increased by 1.9 trillion liras, Akşener stated.
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Turkish Opposition Leader Calls for Calm Amid Economic Protests
Meral Aksener, the leader of the 'Good Party' (IYI) speaks in front of the picture of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Kocaeli, 19 June 2018. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN
CHP, İYİ Party call for early elections
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and İYİ (Good) Party chair Meral Akşener on Nov. 17 called for early elections.
"We are making a clear call: You [government] cannot run the country. Go to elections as soon as possible," Kılıçdaroğlu said in a joint press conference with the İYİ Party leader.
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