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Anti-refugee sentiment ahead of Turkish presidential election
Ahead of the runoff in the Turkish presidential election on May 28, the refugee issue is high on the agenda of both candidates. The refugee policies of the candidates became crucial for the support of other political parties. This has led…
HDP and YSP call to vote for Kilicdaroglu: ‘We will vote in full force’
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairs and the Green Left Party (YSP) spokespersons announced in a press statement that they will vote for Kilicdaroglu in the presidential elections on May 28. "We will go to the polls in full force…
Erdogan’s record of lies from his election speeches
Teyit.org, a fact-checking platform, has published on its website the lies told by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his propaganda speeches during the election process.
The verification platform Teyit, which has been analyzing the…
Another major operation by Turkish police ahead of elections
On 23 May, a few days before the presidential elections, large-scale police operations were again carried out. Dozens of people have been detained in house raids against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and its allies in several…
Victory Party chairman Ümit Özdag supports Kilicdaroglu
Following the meeting between presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Victory Party (ZP) Chairman Ümit Özdag, Özdag announced that they have decided to support Kilicdaroglu in the presidential election on May 28.
In a joint press…
Far-right Sinan Ogan backs Erdogan
Sinan Ogan, who was the candidate of the ATA Alliance in the first round of the presidential election, announced his decision regarding the second-round election with a press statement. Ogan declared that they will support Recep Tayyip…
Turkish police attack young men dancing to Kurdish music
In Kadiköy, Istanbul, the police attacked young people who were dancing to Kurdish music. During the attack, the police confiscated the loudspeakers of the young people. When they reacted to the confiscation, the police started to pepper…
Kilicdaroglu’s switch to hard-line tendencies and nationalist politics
As the runoff of the presidential election on 28 May approaches, presidential candidates Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Recep Tayyip Erdogan continue to make statements and speeches on a daily basis. The candidates are calling on the 8.352.496…
Assad back on the international political stage
On Friday, the time has come. Bashar al-Assad, the ruler of Syria for 23 years, is making his first appearance at a major international meeting since the inception of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Assad landed in Saudi Arabia with several…
A 20-year-old woman committed suicide: “They stole my youth”
On the evening of 15 May, a young woman, Kübra Ergin, committed suicide at Marmaray Yenikapı station in Istanbul. Ergin, 20 years old, who committed suicide by jumping on the tracks at the Yenikapı Marmaray Station, left a letter behind…