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Leaders of 6 opposition parties sign memorandum of understanding

Leaders of 6 opposition parties sign memorandum of understanding

The memorandum of understanding signed by the CHP, İYİ Party, Felicity Party, Democrat Party, Future Party and DEVA Party covers a wide range of issues from ending the Presidential System to reducing the electoral threshold from 10 to 3 percent.

28 February 2022

Six opposition leaders meet: Memorandum of understanding to be issued in 2 weeks

Six opposition leaders meet: Memorandum of understanding to be issued in 2 weeks

The leaders of the main opposition CHP, İYİ Party, Future Party, DEVA Party, Felicity Party and Democrat Party have released a written statement following their meeting, defining their gathering as “a historic day for Turkey.”

14 February 2022

DEVA Party’s Metin Gürcan detained on 'espionage' charges

DEVA Party’s Metin Gürcan detained on 'espionage' charges

The DEVA Party Founders’ Committee member and academic Metin Gürcan has announced that he has been detained for “political espionage”.

26 November 2021

DEVA Party Chair Babacan: We want equal citizenship

DEVA Party Chair Babacan: We want equal citizenship

“If we are talking about a problem of survival, the ones whose divide and polarize this country are jeopardizing the survival of the country,” says DEVA Party leader Babacan: “Kurdish is still written down as an ‘unknown language’ in the minutes of the Parliament.”

8 November 2021

'If there are panzers where children play, there is a Kurdish question'

BABACAN TO ERDOĞAN, BAHÇELİ

'If there are panzers where children play, there is a Kurdish question'

Addressing Erdoğan and Bahçeli, DEVA Party Chair Babacan says, “If trustees are appointed to municipalities of Kurdish-majority cities, there is an issue. If the right of mother language is still debated, there is an issue. And it is called the Kurdish issue.”

27 September 2021

Women from opposition parties apply to Council of State against termination of İstanbul Convention

Women from opposition parties apply to Council of State against termination of İstanbul Convention

Women's branches of the CHP and DEVA Party have said that Erdoğan's decision to pull Turkey out of the convention is "null and void."

Dr. Aygören refuses to be an advisor to appointed rector Bulu

BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS

Dr. Aygören refuses to be an advisor to appointed rector Bulu

After it was announced that Dr. Oğuzhan Aygören, a lecturer from Boğaziçi University, was appointed as an advisor to Melih Bulu, Aygören has released a statement and said, “It is impossible for me to accept this duty.”

2 February 2021

'The entire state is governed with loyalty to a single person,' says Babacan

'The entire state is governed with loyalty to a single person,' says Babacan

DEVA Party Chair Babacan, also a former deputy PM from the ruling AKP, has attended the 1st Ordinary Congress of his party. “The foreign policy is managed by personalized decisions, the prestige of our country in the world is at rock bottom.”

29 December 2020

'Gezi' defense from Ali Babacan: Prosecutor wrote my name

'Gezi' defense from Ali Babacan: Prosecutor wrote my name

“I am not a complainant in the Gezi trial, nor am I an intervening party. Thinking that they were aggrieved, the prosecutor wrote the names of all members of the then government one by one,” says DEVA Party Chair Babacan in response to criticisms.

18 November 2020

Ali Babacan: Osman Kavala's file is an utter travesty of law

Ali Babacan: Osman Kavala's file is an utter travesty of law

DEVA Party Chair Babacan, also a former deputy PM from the ruling AKP, has said, “Osman Kavala has been behind bars for over a thousand days. I had his case files examined by our fellow legists. They are pathetic, it is an utter travesty of law.”

16 November 2020

‘The real cause of economic crisis in Turkey is the Presidential System’

DEVA PARTY CHAIR BABACAN

‘The real cause of economic crisis in Turkey is the Presidential System’

DEVA Party Chair Babacan, also a former deputy PM from the ruling AKP, has said, “If a Central Bank Governor is removed from office in a sudden operation one night, it shows nothing other than the poor management of the economy.”

9 November 2020

Babacan: There is no longer freedom of thought in Turkey

Babacan: There is no longer freedom of thought in Turkey

DEVA Party Chair Ali Babacan, also a former deputy PM from the ruling AKP, has said, “They are trying to rule the country with fear. Journalists who report news that are not in the interest of the government are either arrested or dismissed.”

12 October 2020

Polemic between Erdoğan, Babacan on 'giving a loan to IMF'

Polemic between Erdoğan, Babacan on 'giving a loan to IMF'

The President and the former economy minister, who found a new party after resigning from the AKP, got in an exchange following Turkish lira's slide against the US dollar.

Survey: Hagia Sophia's conversion didn't affect voter preferences

Survey: Hagia Sophia's conversion didn't affect voter preferences

More than 42 percent of the participants said they would vote for the ruling AKP or its ally MHP "if there was an election today."