Socialist International

The nation's president needs to remain impartial, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçaroğlu said on July 2, reiterating his previous remarks, calling for a referendum to decide whether the president should be nonpartisan.

A funeral service was held in Turkey's western province of Denizli for Kazım Arslan, a deputy of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), on June 8.

According to the final count of the May 26 elections to the European Parliament in Romania, the National Liberal Party (PNL) will get 10 MEP seats; the Social Democratic Party (PSD), nine; and the Save Romania Union - Plus (2020 USR PLUS) eight, spokesman for the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) Marian Muhulet said on Monday.

Istanbul prosecutors have prepared an indictment accusing the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Istanbul provincial chairwoman of insulting the president and terrorist propaganda on Twitter, local media reported on May 23.

A detailed ruling by the Supreme Election Council (YSK) on its justification for the cancellation of the March 31 Istanbul polls has revealed that the decision was politically-motivated and failed to prove that alleged irregularities had an impact on the election results, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has said.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğu has slammed the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) economic policies on solving Turkey's unemployment problems by saying that the party is "unable to do so."

Turkey's Supreme Election Council (YSK) on May 13 rejected appeals by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and İyi (Good) Party for annulment of the entire March 31 local elections in Istanbul, including districts of Turkey's biggest metropolis.

The Republican People's Party (CHP) has asked the Supreme Election Board (YSK) to cancel the 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections as well as elections for 39 Istanbul districts.

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has vowed to re-win the Istanbul mayoral elections in the June re-run after harshly condemning the election watchdog for cancelling the victory of Ekrem İmamoğlu as the elected mayor of Istanbul. It called all on all "democrats of Turkey to unite to save Turkey's democracy."

The Supreme Election Board (YSK) is expected to conclude its weeks-long inquiry into the Istanbul elections and announce its final verdict on May 6 or May 7 amid growing tension between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).