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Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has reiterated his warning against refugee influx towards Turkey, saying the issue is a matter of perpetuity for Turkey.

The "West has seen" that they can turn Turkey into an "open prison for refugees," Kılıçdaroğlu said in a video message on Twitter on July 25.

By Loukas Apostolides

Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy, is one of the most frequently staged plays in the entire world.

Ever since 2012, the "return of Pasok" to the central political stage is reminiscent of the play, as there were no results on the path to return.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu criticized the government decision for ending short-time working allowance amid the ongoing pandemic.

A member of the Turkish Parliament from the Republican People's Party (CHP) has resigned over ideological reasons to join the Turkish Workers' Party (TİP).

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on June 15 criticized the government's way of dealing with environmental issues and urged it to take immediate measures against the marine mucilage, or "sea snot," blanketing shorelines across Turkey's Marmara Sea.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized an indictment by a top prosecutor's office for the dissolution of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), stressing that his party does not embrace any move aiming to close any political party.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will soon introduce its proposals for replacing the current executive-presidential system with a strengthened parliamentary model and launch a political discussion about them.

The country's ruling Social Democrats boast of their shift to directly electing their leader and of other 'democratic' changes - but a closer look reveals that most of the changes are fairly cosmetic.

One of Bosnia's most respected politicians, Bogic Bogicevic - a legend among many in Bosnia for his courage before and during the war of the 1990s - has pulled out the race to become mayor of Sarajevo, prompting dismay among his many admisers.

Former main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Enis Berberoğlu has returned to the Turkish Parliament following last month's Constitutional Court's verdict, which said his rights were violated when convicted and stripped of his immunity.