Politics of Asia

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Jan. 26 said it was necessary to refrain from getting into political polemics right after the natural disaster that happened in Elazığ.

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaorğlu on Jan. 21 criticized the government over the benefits they provided to the construction industry, saying thousands of people have "suffered so that three contractors in Istanbul do not go bankrupt."

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Jan. 6 inquired about the current state of Turkish soldiers assigned to observation posts in Syria, saying no one knows how the soldiers are doing.

Turkey's parliament passed a motion that authorizes the government to send Turkish troops to Libya for a one-year deployment at their emergency session on Jan. 2.
The motion passed with 325 votes in favor and 184 votes against the deployment. 

A court in İstanbul on Dec. 27 gave seven journalists from Sözcü newspaper prison sentences for aiding FETÖ, the group which orchestrated the July 15, 2016 defeated coup attempt.

His coalition received 77 seats in the upper house of parliament, writes NOVA TV. 

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party won a majority in parliamentary elections in Japan.

The Liberal Democrats, as well as their coalition partners from the Komeito party, received 77 seats in the upper house of parliament.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's policy on election expenses in the first three months of 2019 will spark off serious economic difficulties later on, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) spokesperson Faik Öztrak has said.

An Istanbul court has ruled for the release of Eren Erdem, a former lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), under judicial control. 

İYİ (Good) Party and Republican People's Party (CHP) are having talks of forming an alliance for the upcoming local elections, mainly focused on nine metropolises, İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener said on Nov. 27.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has completed the preparation of a draft bill granting amnesty to convicts, which was one of the election manifestos of the party prior to the June 24 snap elections.