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Child shot during election 'celebrations' dies in hospital

Child shot during election 'celebrations' dies in hospital

A 14-year-old girl named Kübra Çoban lost her life in Urfa after being hit by a bullet fired during the "celebrations" following the obtaining of the results in the second round of the the presidential election on May 28.

25 September 2023

Oğan who met Kılıçdaroğlu: '1 million 650 thousand voters who left earthquake region did not register'

Oğan who met Kılıçdaroğlu: '1 million 650 thousand voters who left earthquake region did not register'

Kılıçdaroğlu, presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance met with Oğan, presidential candidate of the Ancestral Alliance today who made a call yesterday to all four candidates to come together and talk about election safety.

Election diary - March 24, 2023

Election diary - March 24, 2023

The election calendar is moving forward in Turkey. Today was the deadline for completing the documents to be submitted for presidential candidates the political parties nominate.

AKP and MHP apply together for Erdoğan's candidacy

AKP and MHP apply together for Erdoğan's candidacy

The Justice and Development Party and the Nationalist Movement Party jointly applied to the Supreme Election Council for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's presidential candidacy.

Supreme Election Council rejects three presidential candidacy applications

Supreme Election Council rejects three presidential candidacy applications

Cem Uzan, the businessperson and politician who had to leave Turkey and seek political asylum in France in 2009, and his brother Murat Hakan Uzan are among the three whose applications for candidacy were rejected.

'We will send Erdoğan for sure, but this is not our most important issue!'

NEW VIDEO FROM KILIÇDAROĞLU

'We will send Erdoğan for sure, but this is not our most important issue!'

The presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance emphasized that Turkey should unite, not against Erdoğan, but in order to catch up with the new era. Kılıçdaroğlu said that only "a leader who does not have individual political desires for the future" can lead this.

AKP parliamentary group takes the decision to nominate Erdoğan

AKP parliamentary group takes the decision to nominate Erdoğan

The Justice and Development Party parliamentary group took a decision to nominate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the presidency in the elections.

Procedures for election alliances announced

Procedures for election alliances announced

The Supreme Election Council announces the last date that the political parties can form an election alliance for the May 14 elections as March 24.

Erdoğan: 'We will be in a democratic race with the candidate of the coalition of six'

Erdoğan: 'We will be in a democratic race with the candidate of the coalition of six'

The President also said, speaking to the parliamentary group of his party, "Hopefully we will give him the chair he deserves."

'People who wish to object to Erdoğan's candidacy can petition Supreme Electoral Board'

'People who wish to object to Erdoğan's candidacy can petition Supreme Electoral Board'

Discussions on if Erdoğan can legally run for one more presidential term are not over in Turkey. A former prosecutor at the Court of Cassation posted today on his Twitter account petition samples for those who want to object to Erdoğan's candidacy.

HDP Co-Chair: 'We will decide whether or not to nominate a candidate after Kılıçdaroğlu's visit'

HDP Co-Chair: 'We will decide whether or not to nominate a candidate after Kılıçdaroğlu's visit'

Mithat Sancar said on a TV program today that the party is going to make a new application to the Constitutional Court to postpone the HDP closure case hearing to a date after the elections.