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CHP presidential candidate İnce vows new constitution, new democracy

20 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

Muharrem İnce, the presidential nominee of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has vowed a new constitution reinstalling a strong parliamentary system guaranteeing democracy and the rule of law if elected in the June 24 snap election. 

İnce unveiled his election manifesto on May 19, the 99th anniversary of the launch of the War of Independence by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey in Samsun, a Black Sea costal city from where Atatürk started a three-year war against occupying forces in 1919.

Presidential spokesperson Kalın denies post-election ‘peace process with PKK’

18 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has denied any new peace process with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), after a chief presidential advisor suggested that such an initiative could be launched after the June 24 snap election. 

“Our president’s agenda does not include such a solution process. The struggle against the PKK will continue,” Kalın said in a written statement issued on May 18.

More than 59 million eligible Turkish voters in snap election: Election Board

15 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

There are a total of 59.4 million eligible voters in Turkey and abroad, Supreme Election Board (YSK) Chairman Sadi Güven said on May 14. According to Güven, there are 56.34 million eligible voters in Turkey and 3 million Turkish expats entitled to cast their votes in the June 24 snap presidential and parliamentary elections.

The number of first-time voters is 1.65 million, while a total of 180,869 ballot boxes will be set up on polling day, Güven added. Turkish expats will vote in 60 countries at 123 diplomatic representations.

HDP appeals to Ankara court for release of jailed Selahattin Demirtaş

15 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

The lawyers of Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have appealed for his release from jail, saying his official candidacy constitutionally necessitates active participation in the election period.

Demirtaş’s lawyers appealed to the Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on May 15 demanding his release, stating that Turkey’s constitution and European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) legislation stipulates the “right to a free election.”

Power to women under Turkey's new action plan

14 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Daily Sabah

The government conducts and will carry out projects to empower Turkish women whose rights and access to employment are often overlooked in male-dominated society.

In his party's manifesto ahead of the June 24 elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to end "every tradition of the age of ignorance targeting women." The Ministry of Family and Social Justice already works to empower women with projects to improve gender equality for women, which have lagged behind men in every field, courtesy of a patriarchal mindset.

CHP’s İnce rejects to use presidential powers if elected

11 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

Muharrem İnce, the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) presidential candidate, has vowed he will never use the presidential powers granted by the 2017 referendum on constitutional amendments in the event that he is elected as president. 

“There are vast powers given to the president. But I will not use them. I will be afraid to,” İnce said at an event with representatives of civil society organizations in the Black Sea province of Trabzon on May 11.

Turkish citizens in hurry to be registered as voters ahead of June 24 early elections

08 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

People are standing in long queues outside civil registry offices across the country to be registered as voters for the upcoming June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections. 

The voter lists have already been posted at neighborhood councils for people to check if their names are on the list as eligible voters.  The deadline to notify authorities of change of address is May 12. 

İYİ Party chair Akşener vows to restructure 8 billion-lira debts of 4.5 million citizens

07 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

Revealing her party’s economic program ahead of the June 24 snap elections, İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has vowed to restructure the debts of 4.5 million Turkish citizens, worth 8 billion liras, through a project called the “Turkey Solidarity Fund.”

Presidential candidate İnce challenges Erdoğan, calls for Demirtaş's release from jail

05 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

The presidential candidate for Turkey's main opposition on May 5 called for the release of Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), challenging President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to "let us race like men" in next month's snap elections.

On May 4, the Republican People's Party (CHP) nominated Muharrem İnce to challenge Erdoğan in the June 24 presidential election. The Kurdish issue-focused HDP nominated its jailed former leader Selahattin Demirtaş.

Mayor partido opositor turco designa a Muharrem Ince candidato presidencial

04 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
La Vanguardia

El opositor Partido Republicano del Pueblo (CHP, socialdemócrata) designó hoy a Muharrem Ince como candidato para las próximas elecciones presidenciales de Turquía el próximo 24 de junio.

"Seré el presidente de todas las formaciones políticas", prometió Ince en caso de ganar, en unas declaraciones retransmitidas por el canal CNNTürk.

Release journalists before elections: Turkish Journalists Association claimed

03 Mayo 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

The state of emergency “should be lifted” and imprisoned journalists should be released ahead of the upcoming elections on June 24, the Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) said in a statement to mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3. 

“We have been considering the necessity of lifting the state of emergency, releasing journalists in jail, the return of fundamental rights and freedoms to the citizens for healthy elections,” it said.

Party leaders should not run in presidential election: CHP head Kılıçdaroğlu

29 Abr 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

Political party leaders should not run in presidential elections because the position requires political impartiality, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on April 29. 

Speaking at a local media gathering in the Marmaris district of Muğla province, Kılıçdaroğlu once again said he would not be running in the upcoming snap presidential election on June 24, recalling that a president will have to swear an oath for “impartially” at parliament to take the seat.

Erdoğan kicks off election campaign in CHP stronghold İzmir

27 Abr 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Dawn News

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) will begin working intensely for the early June 24 general and presidential elections as President and Chairman of the AK Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will kick off the campaign tomorrow in the western province of İzmir, a city known for being a stronghold for the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).

Turquía condena a prisión a 15 periodistas del diario opositor Cumhuriyet

26 Abr 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
La Vanguardia

El director de la publicación, Akin Atalay, ha sido condenado a 6 años y 6 meses, mientras que el redactor jefe, Murat Sabuncu, tiene una sentencia de 7, como el periodista Ahmet Sik.

Un tribunal de Estambul condenó hoy a penas de prisión a quince directivos, periodistas y colaboradores del diario opositor turco “Cumhuriyet”, entre ellos el director y el redactor jefe de la publicación, informó hoy el propio periódico.

Erdoğan signs election harmonization bill

26 Abr 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Yeni Safak

Bill to bring Turkey’s election system in line with constitutional reforms approved in 2017 referendum. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday signed a harmonization law to bring Turkey’s election system in line with constitutional reforms approved last year in a referendum, according to the presidency.

Under the law, Turkish citizens living abroad can cast their votes until three days before election day in Turkey, scheduled for June 24.

CHP party assembly authorizes Kılıçdaroğlu to form alliance

25 Abr 2018
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet Daily News

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) party assembly on April 24 granted full authorization to its leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to hold electoral alliance talks and make all necessary decisions regarding the issue, CHP spokesman leader Bülent Tezcan has said. 

In its extraordinary meeting regarding the upcoming early presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, the CHP party assembly unanimously accepted that Kılıçdaroğlu is fully authorized to take steps regarding a possible electoral alliance with other political parties.

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