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Turkish main opposition CHP voted the “revisionist” candidate Özgür Özel as its new chair against current chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu following the latter’s general and presidential electoral defeat. Özel became the 8th leader of the CHP since its foundation in 1923, ending Kılıçdaroğlu's 13-year rule.

A majority of cities affected by February’s quakes voted for the ruling AK Party, igniting a wave of criticism online.

Erdogan and his opponent Kilicdaroglu are virtually tied ahead of the May 14 election that could have enormous implications for the New Cold War.

One of the biggest parties in the opposition alliance, the nationalist IYI party, has been reluctant to endorse the 74-year-old's nomination. A consensus came after 'intense negotiations' between the six oppositional leaders.

Erdogan ally cancels football club membership after fans call for government to resign over earthquake failings

Turkey’s upcoming elections will be the greatest ever challenge to the twenty-year dominance of the AK Party. Representatives of the country’s opposition parties share their perspectives and priorities on Turkey’s most pressing foreign policy questions.

The chairman of Turkey’s left-wing Patriotic Party is slated to visit neighboring Syria, where he is scheduled to meet and hold talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Today, Monday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his dismay at a picture of Devlet Bahceli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party, partner in Turkey's ruling coalition, and asked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to take a stand.

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