Turkish general election, November

Establishing permanent peace and ensuring democracy by working with today's government is not easy work, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-head Selahattin Demirta? has said. 

In a bitter ongoing debate between Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta?, Ar?nç has referred to the perceived tendency of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people to support the HDP.

According to latest estimates, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is coming in at around 44 percent popularity, while the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is, as always, around the 25 percent level and the junior opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is at around 16 percent or so.

The parliamentary elections scheduled for June is likely to be the major political issue of Turkey in 2015.

It is also likely that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) will stay in power for another four years, since no major shift in the political spectrum has been observed in the from two elections last year; the locals in March and presidential in August.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said that he knew there was bug in his offices at the Turkish Parliament before creating a wave online by sharing a jocular Tweet.

The continued rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) endangers the existence of Turkey as a country and will lead to a chaos, the co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, has said.

The continued rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) endangers the existence of Turkey as a country, as it will lead to a chaos, the co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, has argued.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has questioned both President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's motives and authority with regard to his engagement in the possible inclusion of Ottoman language classes in Turkey's high school curriculum.

The Foreign Ministry and the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) are in talks to ease the process of casting votes in the upcoming elections for Turkish nationals in foreign countries.

A senior member of the Ankara provincial assembly for the Kurdish-leftist bloc Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is in a serious condition after being stabbed at his party’s Ankara headquarters on the morning of Nov. 4.