There are moments in the political life of every nation that mark the breaking of an old order, even if the new order has not yet been built. Last weekend’s local elections in Turkey marked such a fracture with the beginning of the end of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22 year rule. Erdogan has bestrode Turkish […]
Turkey’s opposition parties have celebrated unexpected success in local elections which saw them outperform President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party and add to municipalities gained five years ago. The main opposition, the centre-left Republican People’s Party, or CHP, kept hold of Istanbul and the capital Ankara by wide margins but also added wins in conservative […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey was coming to terms on Monday with the opposition’s unexpected success in local elections which saw it outperform President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party and add to municipalities gained five years ago. The main opposition, the center-left Republican People’s Party, or CHP, kept hold of Istanbul and the capital Ankara by […]
(Bloomberg) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party is set to suffer a major setback against the main opposition in municipal elections, according to early results published by state broadcaster TRT. Most Read from Bloomberg Support for Erdogan’s AK Party across Turkey was at 37.5% with nearly a third of all ballots counted, TRT […]
Turkey is holding local elections that will decide who gets to control Istanbul and other key cities. The vote is also a barometer of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity as he seeks to win back control of key urban areas he lost to the opposition five years ago. The main battlegrounds are the country’s […]
By Burcu Karakas ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s government is seeking ways to curb the influence of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, prompted by its rulings to free a jailed opposition parliamentarian, according to a senior official and two legislators in the governing alliance. Turkey’s highest court ruled in October that Can Atalay’s ongoing imprisonment violated […]