Meral Akşener

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said a verbal attack against İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener in the Black Sea province of Rize is an organized act.

The perpetrators of the incident "have not taken their share of democracy" he said, speaking to private Sözcü TV on May 20.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a lawsuit against İYİ (Good) Party chairwoman Meral Akşener for resembling him to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded 250,000 Turkish Liras in compensation.

İYİ (Good) Party chair Meral Akşener has criticized the government for imposing high taxes on staple food products while zeroing the special consumption tax on luxury and precious stones.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), may be a candidate in Turkey's 2023 presidential election, an opposition politician said on April 14. 

"Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu may consider becoming a presidential candidate. There is no harm there," Meral Akşener, leader of the opposition Good (İYİ) Party, told reporters in the parliament.

İYİ (Good) Party has no plans to be a part of the People's Alliance of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener said on April 14.

"I am telling your little partner and its friends; I have no intention of being among you," she said, addressing the İYİ Party group members at the parliament.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener on April 7 reiterated her criticism towards a declaration by 104 retired admirals, saying that the statement worked for the government to divert public attention from problems of the country.

A Turkish opposition leader on March 31 criticized the president over frequent changes in the Central Bank leadership.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener criticized the government's decision to exit the Istanbul Convention, a pact designed to counter violence against women, on March 23.

"They do not have any concerns about protecting women or our children. Their only priority is to protect their seats. The Istanbul Convention keeps alive," she said, addressing her party members at the parliament.

İYİ (Good) Party Chair Meral Akşener has vowed to continue her fight unshakably to promote women's right in every field of life.

"I will never quit my struggle even if death awaits me at the very end and I am left alone. This is the promise of a Muslim Turkish woman," Akşener told her parliamentary group on March 10 as she devoted her weekly address to International Women's Day.

A nationwide debate has been sparked over Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's Twitter post in which he tagged İYİ (Good) Party Chair Meral Akşener and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Pervin Buldan while marking International Women's Day.