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‘My Struggle for Freedom of Press and Expression will Continue’

BİLDİRİCİ ELECTED TO RADIO AND TV SUPREME COUNCIL

‘My Struggle for Freedom of Press and Expression will Continue’

Elected to the Supreme Board of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), media ombudsperson Faruk Bildirici said, “I have always defended freedom of press, expression and thought. I will, naturally, continue my efforts in that direction."

12 July 2019 Hikmet Adal

Parliamentary Groups Round-up: Opposition Leaders Lash Out at 'Journalist Profiling Report'

Parliamentary Groups Round-up: Opposition Leaders Lash Out at 'Journalist Profiling Report'

Party leaders have spoken at their weekly parliamentary group meeting; the SETA's report on foreign media outlets in Turkey was at the top of their agendas.

‘3% of Non-Believers Support AKP’s Yıldırım, 20% of Devoutly Religious CHP’s İmamoğlu’

KONDA RESEARCH

‘3% of Non-Believers Support AKP’s Yıldırım, 20% of Devoutly Religious CHP’s İmamoğlu’

The KONDA Research and Consultancy has released its report on “Ballot Box Analysis and Voter Profiles" for İstanbul repeat elections. The research has specifically focused on the voter transitions between the parties and turnout rate of their voter bases.

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: If He Can be a President, Why is He Behind Bars?

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: If He Can be a President, Why is He Behind Bars?

Speaking at the weekly group meeting of his party, main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu said, “I imprison my political opponent, but I will speak outside. Is this justice? The poor will serve time in prison, is this justice?”

Supreme Election Council Rules ‘Parliamentary Election’ Sealed Envelopes Shall be Valid

İSTANBUL LOCAL ELECTION RERUN

Supreme Election Council Rules ‘Parliamentary Election’ Sealed Envelopes Shall be Valid

Upon the application of ruling AKP and main opposition CHP, the Supreme Election Council (YSK) has ruled that the votes cast in envelopes carrying the seal of “Parliamentary election” shall be deemed valid.

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: We Will Receive Certificate of Election Once Again

CHP GROUP MEETING AHEAD OF İSTANBUL ELECTION RERUN

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: We Will Receive Certificate of Election Once Again

Speaking at the weekly group meeting of his party, main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “We will receive the certificate of election once again. We will put our hands on our hearts and cast our votes.”

İmamoğlu: Yıldırım Wanted Questions Beforehand, Yıldırım: He Should Apologize

LIVE TV DEBATE AHEAD OF İSTANBUL ELECTIONS

İmamoğlu: Yıldırım Wanted Questions Beforehand, Yıldırım: He Should Apologize

Speaking ahead of their live TV debate, İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral candidate İmamoğlu has alleged that AKP’s candidate Yıldırım requested the questions beforehand. Yıldırım has answered, “İstanbul doesn’t deserve ugly politics. He should apologize.”

First Reaction by CHP Against ‘Judicial Reform’: Separation of Powers Trampled Upon

First Reaction by CHP Against ‘Judicial Reform’: Separation of Powers Trampled Upon

Main opposition CHP’s Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel has spoken about the “Judicial Reform Strategy” announced by President Erdoğan: “It is one of those days when separation of powers is trampled upon and one-man rule is confirmed.”

Supreme Election Council Rejects Applications of CHP and İYİ Party

Supreme Election Council Rejects Applications of CHP and İYİ Party

Examining the applications of CHP and İYİ Party, which requested the complete annulment of İstanbul elections, the Supreme Election Council has unanimously rejected the applications. CHP also demanded the annulment of Presidential elections.

CHP Appeals to Election Council, Requests Annulment of İstanbul and Presidential Elections

CHP Appeals to Election Council, Requests Annulment of İstanbul and Presidential Elections

Appealing to the Supreme Election Council (YSK), CHP Vice Chair Erkek has said, “If you annul the İstanbul Metropolitan Mayoral Elections, then you also have to annul the local elections in 39 districts and June 24 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections.”

CHP to Raise Objection of ‘Absolute Unlawfulness’ to Supreme Election Council

CHP to Raise Objection of ‘Absolute Unlawfulness’ to Supreme Election Council

CHP’s Representative to Supreme Election Council Yakupoğlu has stated that if there had been an unlawfulness in İstanbul elections, the whole election would have been cancelled and announced that they will make an objection of “absolute unlawfulness.”

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: I Say It Loud and Clear, It was a Lynch Attempt

CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu: I Say It Loud and Clear, It was a Lynch Attempt

Speaking at the weekly group meeting of his party, main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has also commented on the attack against him at a funeral. Kılıçdaroğlu has said, “I am saying it loud and clear: It is a lynch attempt.”

New Video Footage Showing the Moment of Attack Against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu

New Video Footage Showing the Moment of Attack Against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu

A new video has come out showing the moment of attack against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu during the funeral of a soldier in Çubuk, Ankara.

Demirtaş: CHP Doesn’t Owe Anything to Us, It Owes Service to People

Demirtaş: CHP Doesn’t Owe Anything to Us, It Owes Service to People

Giving his first interview after calling his voters to go to polls in local elections, HDP’s imprisoned former Co-Chair Demirtaş has said, “Municipalities of CHP do not owe anything to us, but they owe an equal, just, transparent and democratic service to people.”

8 People Detained for Attacking CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu Released

8 People Detained for Attacking CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu Released

Eight of nine people who were previously taken into custody in relation with the lynch attempt against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at the funeral of a soldier have been released. The period of detention of the person who punched him has been extended.

Period of Detention of the Person Who Punched CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu Extended

Period of Detention of the Person Who Punched CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu Extended

The period of detention of one person, who is charged with attempting to lynch and punching CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in Çubuk, Ankara, has been extended. Nine people in total have been taken into custody in relation with the lynch attempt.

Kaftancıoğlu: Those Who Sowed the Seeds of Hate in Society Share in This Attack

CHP PROTESTS ATTACK AGAINST ITS CHAIR KILIÇDAROĞLU

Kaftancıoğlu: Those Who Sowed the Seeds of Hate in Society Share in This Attack

CHP İstanbul Provincial Organization gathered in Şişhane, Beyoğlu to protest the lynch attempt against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Condemning the attack, protesters called for the resignation of Minister of Interior Soylu and Minister of Defense Akar.

22 April 2019 Tansu Pişkin

6 People Taken into Custody in Relation with Attack Against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu

6 People Taken into Custody in Relation with Attack Against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu

Six people have been detained in relation with the lynch attempt against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu. While the detained are still deposing at the Gendarmerie Commandership, AKP Spokesperson Çelik has stated that the man who punched him is an AKP member.

CHP to Protest Attack on Its Leader in All 81 Provinces

CHP to Protest Attack on Its Leader in All 81 Provinces

The main opposition party will stage demonstrations throughout the country against yesterday's attack against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at a soldier's funeral, while the party's spokesperson said, "Who instigated the attack is clear."

MHP Chair on Attack Against Kılıçdaroğlu: What Did You Do to Make Them Punch You?

MHP Chair on Attack Against Kılıçdaroğlu: What Did You Do to Make Them Punch You?

Speaking about the attack against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli has said, “He should inquire about where he will go and how. You, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, what did you do to make them to punch you in the face?

CHP's İmamoğlu to Election Body: 'You Make a Verdict, We Begin to Work'

CHP's İmamoğlu to Election Body: 'You Make a Verdict, We Begin to Work'

The mayor-elect of İstanbul according to unofficial results has called out to the Supreme Election Council to make a verdict on the city's elections. Meanwhile, CHP has announced that İmamoğlu is ahead of his rival by 13.963 votes.

Latest in İstanbul Election Recount: CHP's İmamoğlu Ahead by 15,119 Votes With 944 Ballot Boxes Remaining

Latest in İstanbul Election Recount: CHP's İmamoğlu Ahead by 15,119 Votes With 944 Ballot Boxes Remaining

The main opposition's İstanbul Provincial Chair Kaftancıoğlu has said, "It is clear that the gap won't close," as it has increased in favor of the CHP candidate since yesterday.

Joint Press Conference by Kılıçdaroğlu and Akşener

2019 LOCAL ELECTIONS

Joint Press Conference by Kılıçdaroğlu and Akşener

The chairs of the main opposition CHP and its ally İYİ Party have held a press conference ahead of the election authority's meeting on the ruling AKP's appeal against the results in İstanbul, where it lost in the local elections to CHP according to the unofficial results.

‘We are Faced With an Erdoğan Who Carried 1980 Coup Leader Evren a League Further’

İYİ PARTY CHAIR AKŞENER

‘We are Faced With an Erdoğan Who Carried 1980 Coup Leader Evren a League Further’

CHP and İYİ Party leaders Kılıçdaroğlu and Akşener have held a joint statement for the press. Drawing a parallel between Erdoğan and 1980 coup leader Kenan Evren, Akşener said, “We are faced with an Erdoğan who has carried Evren a league further.”

Demirören News Agency: İmamoğlu Leads in İstanbul According to Supreme Election Council

Demirören News Agency: İmamoğlu Leads in İstanbul According to Supreme Election Council

Demirören News Agency, which previously announced that İmamoğlu, the candidate of Nation Alliance for the Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul, is leading according to data of Supreme Election Council, has removed the news from its website.

‘Every Child in Turkey Born with 5,513 Dollars of Debt’

“CRISIS OF TURKEY” REPORT BY CHP

‘Every Child in Turkey Born with 5,513 Dollars of Debt’

According to the “Crisis of Turkey” report prepared by the CHP, since 2002, the external debt of Turkey has more than tripled to 450 billion dollars. While a baby was born with 1,963 dollars of debt in 2002, this figure has increased to 5,513 dollars in 2018.

Former CHP MPs Facing Prison for Chanting Slogans

Former CHP MPs Facing Prison for Chanting Slogans

The Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against former main opposition MPs İlhan Cihaner, Hilmi Yarayıcı and Barış Yarkadaş for chanting slogans in a courthouse.

18 February 2019

‘I am Farhad, İzmir is Shirin’ Statement by AKP’s Metropolitan Mayor Candidate Zeybekci

‘I am Farhad, İzmir is Shirin’ Statement by AKP’s Metropolitan Mayor Candidate Zeybekci

AKP’s Metropolitan Mayor candidate for İzmir, who defended his statement “İzmir is the most beautiful girl in neighborhood” by saying, “I didn’t call it a woman, but a girl”, has called himself “Farhad” and İzmir “Shirin”, referring to a love story from the 12th century.

5 February 2019

HDP to Support CHP’s Metropolitan Mayor Candidate for İzmir Tunç Soyer

HDP to Support CHP’s Metropolitan Mayor Candidate for İzmir Tunç Soyer

HDP İzmir Provincial Co-Chair Kadir Baydur has stated that Tunç Soyer, who is the main opposition CHP’s Metropolitan Mayor candidate for İzmir, has been accepted not only by the HDP, but also by the labor and democracy forces of İzmir.

1 February 2019

CHP and İYİ Party to Cooperate in 49 Provinces in Local Elections

CHP and İYİ Party to Cooperate in 49 Provinces in Local Elections

CHP and İYİ Party have reached an agreement on local elections. Two parties, which also formed the Nation Alliance ahead of Parliamentary elections on June 24, 2018, will cooperate in 22 metropolitan municipalities and 27 provinces in local elections.

25 January 2019

'Endangered Lawyers' Brought into Parliamentary Agenda

'Endangered Lawyers' Brought into Parliamentary Agenda

Following the Day of the Endangered Lawyer's dedication to the lawyers in Turkey, main opposition CHP MP Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question, asking how many attorneys are arrested because of the defenses they raised.

23 January 2019

CHP: We Detected Almost 500 Imaginary Voters in Princes’ Islands

CHP: We Detected Almost 500 Imaginary Voters in Princes’ Islands

Ahead of the local elections on March 31, the CHP has claimed that there are imaginary voters registered in some abandoned buildings and in homes, where people actually reside, in the Princes’ Islands district in İstanbul.