Republican People's Party

I'll bring peace to Middle East: CHP leader

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu pledged to bring peace to both Turkey and the Middle East.

"We are an assurance of democracy in Turkey. I'll say peace in Turkey, peace in the world," he said on June 3 at his party's election rally. 

Bringing peace to the Middle East would mean peace for Turkey too, K?l?çdaro?lu noted. 

German Greens co-chair slams AKP candidate

German Green Party co-chair and one of the most prominent European politicians of Turkish descent Cem Özdemir criticized former party member and now parliamentary election candidate for ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ozan Ceyhun. 

Özdemir cited a remark made by Ceyhun in which he stated his religious self-discovery came after the 1980 coup in Turkey.  

Turkey's ruling AKP trying to undermine HDP, says main opposition head

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is systematically trying to undermine the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to prevent it from crossing the 10 percent threshold in the June 7 election, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said. 

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