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Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP)

Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP)
Let’s give diplomacy a chance

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday announced his decision to visit Washington. He reached that …
  • A general view of an armory found by Syrian National Army (SNA) is seen in Syria's Ras Al-Ayn town on October 30, 2019. According to Syrian National Army (SNA) the armory that also has US howitzers and mortars, belongs to PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey the U.S. and the EU, and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which Turkey regards as a terror group.
    Opinion

    Turkish-American relations are experiencing the heavy burden of Washington's alliance with the People's Protection Units (YPG), as the YPG is the Syrian branch of the PKK terrorist group, which Turkey has been struggling against for the last four decades. This vision will not change any time soon despite Washington's denial of the PKK-YPG connection. There are many other significant obstacles to the normalization of Turkish-American relations but Washington's flirt with the YPG is the most controversial one.
  • DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY - OCTOBER 09: Turkish Army's fighter jet takes off from 8th Main Jet Base in Diyarbakir, Turkey on October 09, 2019 as Turkish troops along with the Syrian National Army begin Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria against PKK/YPG, Daesh terrorists.
    Opinion

    On Monday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump made a highly anticipated phone call to inform Turkey that U.S. troops would leave northeastern Syria, where the Turkish military was going to launch an incursion..
  • Operation Peace Spring
    Opinion

    Turkey has been repeatedly emphasizing its determination to clear its border with Syria from terrorist elements. For this reason, Turkish officials have been trying to persuade their American counterparts to stop supporting the People's Protection Units (YPG)/Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and not to oppose its long-planned military operation.

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  • natioThe Nation Alliance (Turkish: Millet İttifakı)n-alliance

    With Parliament back from summer recess, Turkey's political scene is heating up. The Good Party (İP), part of the opposition-led Nation Alliance, announced that it will leave the alliance if the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) joins it.

  • The safe zone touted by Turkey’s leader during his address to the UN General Assembly could resettle millions of Syrians in an area stretching 480 kilometers along the country’s border with Syria. Erdogan told the UN General Assembly that a peace corridor on Turkey's border with Syria will enable the resettlement of some one to two million Syrians who fled the country.

    After eight long years, the Syrian civil war remains a key issue for Turkey. The fight against terrorist groups, the refugee crisis and bilateral relations with the great powers are at the heart of Turkey's domestic politics and foreign policy...

  • CHP - HDP - İYİ Parti

    The CHP's electoral alliance with the Good Party (İP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) scored victories in Istanbul and Ankara, breathing new life into Turkey's political opposition. Opposition figures are not yet over the anger that built up over many losing election cycles, but they have become cocky in light of recent wins.

  • HDP

    Turkey's opposition parties see the replacement of three elected mayors with independent trustees as "part of the government's political game." They claim that this measure was intended to "drive a wedge between the Nation Alliance's components." In other words, the opposition says that the Turkish government sought to plant seeds of discord between the Republican People's Party (CHP), the Good Party (İP), and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

  • By signing pact with UN, PKK/YPG admits to long-documented war crime of recruiting and using child soldiers as young as 11

    The CHP and the Good Party (İP) have a responsibility to help the HDP distance itself from terrorism – as opposed to blaming the government and encouraging the HDP to stick to its guns

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