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Opposition rallies around Istanbul mayor as Turks reel from conviction – Al-Monitor/Nazlan Ertan

"Polls find that most Turks, including a sizable number of supporters of the ruling party and its nationalist ally, see the prison sentence and...

Turkey’s Opposition Is Paving Erdogan’s Path to Victory – The National Interest/Sinan Ciddi

"Turkey’s political opposition has a public responsibility to challenge Erdogan and provide voters with an alternate vision, but it has refused to do so"...

Turkish opposition seeks to challenge Erdogan at his own game – Al-Monitor/Fehim Taştekin

"Turkey’s opposition, which has long failed to put up a coherent attitude to the government’s foreign policy, is now turning to a hawkish rhetoric...

Opposition head displaces Ankara, Istanbul mayors as Erdogan’s next election rival – Andrew Wilks/Al-Monitor

"Republican People’s Party head Kemal Kilicdaroglu has entered the running for the Turkish opposition’s presidential candidate" reports Andrew Wilks in Al-Monitor. The lights were back...

Turkish opposition stumbles on united platform – Al-Monitor

"Turkey’s opposition parties have so far been unable to gain traction among large segments of the Turkish public ahead of the 2023 elections" says...

Turkish opposition forms plan to oust Erdogan, restore parliament’s power – Al-Monitor

"At a weekend summit, six party heads charted a path to ending the executive presidential system that critics say has eroded the country’s democratic...

Turkish civic groups protest abductions, forced disappearances – Al-Monitor

Civic groups and legal experts say reports of abduction and forced disappearances of opposition party members are on the rise, explains Sibel Hurtaş in...

Erdogan’s bid to breakup the opposition bloc

Ahval, March 22, 2021, image: AFP Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has thrown down the gauntlet to his political opposition through a series of major...

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