İstanbul police detain 27, including journalist in May Day raids
The crackdown on leftist groups continues following the May Day events.
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The crackdown on leftist groups continues following the May Day events.
Esen Uslu looks ahead to the coming election that pits the centre-right against the incumbent Islamist‑nationalist right. But what about the Kurds and the fractured left?
The record of this alliance’s constituent parties and its founding statement show it is a political extension of bourgeois opposition parties like the Kemalist Republican People’s Party.
Turkey is in ardent preparation for the elections that are scheduled to take place in June next year. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled that he will do everything imaginable to win. His Justice and Development Party, known as the AKP, and the far-right MHP of Devlet Bahceli have been acting together under the title “Alliance of the Republic.” However, support for the
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Social Freedom Party (TÖP), Labour Movement Party (EHP), Federation of Socialist Assemblies (SMF), Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) and Labour Party (EMEP) will officially announce its establishment as a political alliance on September 24 in a meeting in Istanbul. HDP Vice Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan answers Gazete Duvar questions.