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Main opposition CHP leader calls on citizens to punish thieves at elections

Mar 02 2014
Turkey
Source: 
Hürriyet Daily News

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader has called on citizens to punish the thieves at the upcoming local elections, continuing to press the government over corruption allegations. 

“I am addressing my citizens who voted for the AKP, of which the country’s prime minister calls his son, asks him to set the money to ‘zero’ at home? Does your conscience accept this?” Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said during an election rally March 2 in the Thracian province of Edirne. 

Who still supports Turkey’s AKP?

Mar 02 2014
Turkey
Source: 
Al-Monitor

Not a day passes by without another headline indicating the imminent “fall” of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. And not a day passes by without Erdogan and Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials answering every allegation by referring to the “the ballot box.” Erdogan has turned the upcoming municipal elections into a "vote of confidence” for himself.

Turkish main opposition takes judicial bill to Constitutional Court

Feb 26 2014
Turkey
Source: 
Hürriyet Daily News

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) applied to the top court for the annulment of a controversial judicial bill, hours after it was approved by President Abdullah Gül.  CHP made its application on the grounds that the bill was unconstitutional. 

Last week, CHP has filed an application to the Constitutional Court demanding that a law restructuring Turkey’s top judicial institution be declared null and void, but its demand was rejected since the bill was not approved by the president. 

Turkish President Gül wants gov’t to fix Internet bill this week

Feb 24 2014
Turkey
Source: 
Hürriyet Daily News

During a “Sunday coffee chat” with journalists in the Huber Palace, which has an impressive view of the Bosphorus, President Abdullah Gül frankly admitted that all efforts to impose bans on the Internet would bear no results. “Even the Americans gave it up,” he said. “As far as I know, they tried a lot after the Snowden leaks.”

Turkey's main opposition: New judicial bill marks a step towards Sultanate

Feb 18 2014
Turkey
Source: 
Hürriyet Daily News

A controversial law approved by Parliament over the weekend turns the justice minister into a “Chief Qadi” for the country, as the law empowers him with extraordinary authority, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has suggested. 

Speaking at a press conference at Parliament on Feb. 17, CHP Deputy Chair Faruk Loğoğlu said the law’s eventual aim was to “transform the state into a Sultanate.” 

Parliament gives government more control over judiciary

Feb 15 2014
Turkey
Source: 
Today's Zaman
Turkey's parliament approved a law giving the government more control over the appointment of judges and prosecutors on Saturday, after heated debate and a brawl in which an opposition member of parliament was hospitalized.

The decision to approve the law came after a night of heated debate and a brawl that left one opposition member of parliament with a bloody nose. Media reported that Ali ihsan Kökturk, deputy for the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), was hospitalized with a broken nose.

All special courts to be scrapped before local elections, Turkish justice minister says

Jan 29 2014
Turkey
Source: 
Hürriyet Daily News Online

Specially authorized courts will be completely abolished before the Parliament’s recess on the eve of the March 30 local elections, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ announced Jan. 29.

The measure will also include the courts authorized by article 10 of the Anti-Terrorism Law, Bozdağ said.

“We will make a historic step that we should have taken a long time ago as a requirement of the rule of law,” Bozdağ told reporters in Ankara. 

Post-election scenarios for parties

Dec 02 2013
Turkey
Source: 
Hurriyet Daily News

by Göksel Bozkurt

The March 2014 local elections hold historical significance for four political parties represented in the Parliament as it may bring about both the presidential elections five months later and the general elections scheduled for 2015 – if the date won’t be moved to an earlier one. 

Turkey's main opposition leader won’t attend Victory Day reception at presidential residence

Aug 29 2013
Turkey
Source: 
Hurriyet Daily News

The leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, will not attend a Victory Day reception set to be hosted today by President Abdullah Gül. 

Kılıçdaroğlu’s announcement came during a press conference yesterday at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport before departing for the opening ceremony of the İzmir International Fair. 

However, Kılıçdaroğlu will be attending other ceremonies, theCHP headquarters announced. 

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