(Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s main opposition party picked a new leader months after it suffered another defeat at the hands of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and as the country heads toward local elections in March.Most Read from BloombergAmazon’s Jeff Bezos Announces Move to Miami From SeattleSam Bankman-Fried Convicted of Fraud in Stunning FTX CrashBiggest Cross-Asset Rally This Year Takes Wall Street by StormIceland’s Blue Lagoon on Alert for Magma Flows After EarthquakesIsrael’s Fight With Iran P
Turkey's main opposition party voted Saturday on whether to stick by its embattled leader or rally around an untested former pharmacist following a disappointing election defeat to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Erdogan had long prided himself on never losing a national election and keeping his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in control of both parliament and Turkey's main cities.
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key figure and possible future leader of Turkey's political opposition, said on Tuesday he is set to run again for mayor in local elections set for March. Imamoglu was not picked as the opposition leader in May national elections but is seen as one of its best hopes to unseat President Tayyip Erdogan in the years ahead.
While broad sectors of the pseudo-left have embraced the US-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine, groups like the Workers Cause Party in Brazil seek to divert opposition to imperialism into support for bourgeois nationalism.
The ceremony at the presidential palace will be attended by high-level officials from 78 countries and international organisations, including NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
ANKARA (Reuters) — Turkey's broadcasting watchdog has launched an inquiry into six opposition TV channels for "insulting the public" with their coverage of Sunday's presidential election runoff, it said on