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The parliament was not able to pass an article about "openly disseminating misleading information" due to the protests.

The share of the voters who think Erdoğan will win Türkiye's 2023 presidential election has increased by 4 percent since March, according to a new poll.

There are nine months to go until the expected 2023 elections date and the opposition bloc has yet to agree on much more than the hardly-contested fundamentals of a liberal democracy.

Several politicians from the main opposition CHP, İYİ Party and HDP have posted social media messages drawing attention to the lyrics of the song. Pro-government media outlets have argued that the song was composed “on order”.

Amid the growing economic crisis and increasing costs of living in Turkey, jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş has urged the opposition parties at the Parliament to hold a joint press conference and to call on the government to resign.

Six opposition parties have been working to determine their shared principles for a return to a parliamentary system.

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning the repression of the HDP and the opposition, stressing that this backsliding “reveals the dire human rights situation in Turkey and the continued erosion of democracy and the rule of law.”

More than 1.8 million shopkeepers struggle with economic problems during the pandemic as the government is criticized for not provigding enough support.