Turkish presidential election candidate nominations

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) delegation, including the party's parliamentary leaders, visited the İYİ (Good) Party's new leader, Müsavat Dervişoğlu, on May 30.

The AKP delegation was led by Abdullah Güler, Özlem Zengin, Bahadır Yenişehirlioğlu, Abdulhamit Gül and Muhammet Emin Akaşoğlu, and included the party's deputy leader, Mustafa Elitaş.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel have engaged in discussions during a meeting held within the precincts of the Turkish parliament.

The encounter between Erdoğan and Özel transpired on April 23 as part of the commemoration of National Sovereignty and Children's Day.

The Workers' Party of Türkiye (TİP) has put forward former football player Gökhan Zan as its candidate for mayor in the earthquake-ravaged Hatay province.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has declared that her party's vice-chair responsible for organization, Buğra Kavuncu, will be the mayoral candidate for Istanbul in the upcoming local elections on March 31.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday named several of his party's candidates for March's nationwide election.

The ruling party will try to recover cities lost to the opposition's Republican People's Party, or CHP, five years ago — including the country's largest city, Istanbul, and the capital, Ankara.

The decision of the İYİ (Good) Party to go solo in next March's local elections has resulted in yet another resignation, with Ankara MP Yüksel Arslan announcing his departure and pledging his support to the capital's incumbent mayor, Mansur Yavaş.

The İYİ (Good) Party has turned down the main opposition party's calls to forming an alliance for the municipal elections to be held in March 2024.

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş has officially submitted his candidacy application to the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) in anticipation of next March's municipal elections.

The newly-elected chair of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Özgür Özel, engaged in a meeting with İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener on Nov. 30 in a bid to forge new alliances ahead of the local election slated for next March.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has revealed plans to contest all 81 provinces, including key battlegrounds Istanbul and Ankara, in the upcoming local elections without forming any alliances.

The announcement comes as Istanbul and Ankara mayors Ekrem İmamoğlu and Mansur Yavaş, respectively, declared their intentions to seek re-election in the upcoming March municipal elections.