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With the ejection, lawmakers from the Turkish president’s ruling coalition unprecedentedly defied the country’s highest court.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court refused on Wednesday to release the newly elected opposition lawmaker Can Atalay despite a Constitutional Court r...

Numan Kurtulmus, Tekin Bingol, Tulay Hamitogullari Oruc, Mustafa Cihan Pacaci, Mustafa Yeneroglu, Serap Yazici Ozbudun, Serafettin Can Atalay contesting for post.

Incumbent President Erdogan’s alliance secured a majority in the 600-seat parliament, which is now electing its head.

Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party backs the president’s rival, but some voters feel they have few choices in elections.

The head of the Workers’ Party of Turkey, the child of Bosniak immigrants from Sandzak, has generated a stir in Turkish politics – which he hopes will translate into seats in the May elections.

ANKARA: New opinion polls show the opposition candidate leading the presidential race in Turkiye, with the opposing bloc — Nation Alliance — having a probable majority in the parliament after the elections. A new survey by Aksoy Research showed that the presidential candidate of the Turkish opposition, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has surpassed rival, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, by

Having been nominated by six-strong bloc, other parties indicate support for Kemal Kilicdaroglu in May presidential election 

Turkey’s president indicates elections will be held on May 14, a symbolic date in the country's multiparty democracy and a month earlier than expected.