Secularism in Turkey

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been filming its ads for the March 31 local elections in CHP-run municipalities because of their successes.

The acute problems of Turkey at the national and local level can be solved under the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) rule, the party's leader has vowed, calling on the electorate to think twice about the main reasons of the country's fundamental problems before casting their votes.

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has dismissed any possibility for his party to make a call for early elections if his party's alliance displays success against the "People's Alliance" of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has called for calm heads ahead of the local elections slated for March 31, saying the government is acting like there is war when instead people were just going to vote for local administrations.

A delegation from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is visiting New Zealand, a party official said on March 20.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to secure his seat by pitting people against each other, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said.

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will visit New Zealand, its vice chairman Ünal Çeviköz said on March 18.

Nihat Zeybekci, the People's Alliance's candidate for İzmir, a secular stronghold in Turkey's Aegean region, has said he is only 2.5 percentage points behind main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Tunç Soyer, but expressed his confidence that he will win Turkey's third largest city in the March 31 elections.

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called on the nationalist citizens of Turkey for voting his party on the argument that the ruling party makes concessions to the values of nationalism.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called on Western countries on March 15 and warned against conducting politics over religion as seen in the recent mosque attack in New Zealand that killed at least 49 people.