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Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary of republic with fireworks and navy procession

Turkey has marked the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire with little pageantry and no gala reception to commemorate the important milestone

The Independent UK

Turkey’s opposition faces difficult road ahead after another loss

Kilicdaroglu is facing questions over his leadership of the CHP, having not won a national election since 2010.

Al Jazeera

Turkey's Kilicdaroglu faces the heat after election loss to Erdogan

After failing to seize the moment to defeat President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey's elections, Kemal Kilicdaroglu faces questions about his leadership and the challenge of preserving a bitter opposition alliance ahead of local voting in March 2024.

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Sinan Ogan: The 'kingmaker' Turkey’s Erdogan doesn’t need

Turkish politician Sinan Ogan shot from relative obscurity to international fame after finishing third in the first round of the presidential election on Monday. But even as the ultra-nationalist candidate was basking in the potential kingmaker spotlight, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fared better than expected in the final score, proving…

France 24

Turkey run-off vote: Nationalist Sinan Ogan could be ‘kingmaker’

Ogan’s out of the presidential race but may play a pivotal role in the second round – he is still to back a candidate.

Al Jazeera

Factbox-Turkey election 2023: the candidates for president and other key figures

President Tayyip Erdogan will put his two-decade rule on the line on May 14 when he faces opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Turkey's landmark elections.

Reuters

Factbox-Key players in Turkey's election campaign

President Tayyip Erdogan will put his two-decade rule on the line on May 14 when he faces opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Turkey's landmark elections, which surveys suggest will be tight.

Reuters

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Two bullets fired at building of Turkish opposition party

The building of a Turkish opposition party in Istanbul was hit by two bullets overnight, its leader said on Friday, in what she described as an attempt to scare party members ahead of landmark presidential and parliamentary elections next month.

Reuters

Turkey to hold presidential, parliamentary elections on May 14

Elections are expected to be the Turkish opposition’s best chance to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 20 years.

Al Jazeera

Middle East round-up: Turkey’s opposition makes presidential pick

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: Draconian social media law threatens democracy in Turkey

In the aftermath of Turkey’s devastating earthquake, 78 people have been arrested — not necessarily as scapegoats of the tragedy but because they are accused of “sharing provocative posts” on social media.

Chicago Tribune

Who is Kilicdaroglu, Turkish opposition’s presidential candidate?

Social democrat becomes opposition bloc’s candidate against President Erdogan after compromise between two main parties.

Al Jazeera

Alliance picks main opposition leader to run against Erdogan

A six-party alliance has nominated the leader of Turkey's main opposition party as its common candidate to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections in May, ending months of uncertainty and bickering that had frustrated their supporters

The Independent UK

Turkey's IYI Party wants Ankara, Istanbul mayors to be vice presidents

Turkey's right wing IYI Party has proposed that the mayors of Ankara and Istanbul serve as vice presidents if the opposition wins the May election, an spokesperson said on Monday, after the party left the main opposition alliance last week.

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Turkey’s Erdogan criticizes rivals over candidate squabbles

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused his rivals of political squabbling after the opposition alliance failed to come up with a joint presidential candidate ahead of elections in May.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye's IYI Party Signals Withdrawal from Opposition Alliance

Türkiye's nationalist IYI Party leader Meral Aksener said on Friday the six-party opposition alliance of which her party was a member no longer reflected the national will, signaling her party's withdrawal from the grouping ahead of May elections. Aksener told a news conference that the IYI Party's proposed presidential candidates,…

Al Jazeera

Turkey opposition split as Aksener rejects presidential candidate

IYI Party leader rejects the candidacy of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party.

AFP

Quake stalls election campaign of Turkey's splintered opposition

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey's splintered political opposition was supposed to agree Monday on a joint candidate to challenge Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 20-year grip on power at the ballot box.

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Turkish court gives Istanbul mayor prison term, politics ban

A Turkish court has sentenced the mayor of Istanbul to two years and seven months in prison on charges of insulting members of Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council

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