Turkey’s lone 'she-wolf' leaves opposition fractured - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Sibel Hurtas

Sibel Hurtas

Apr 27, 2018

Meral Aksener, the leader of the Iyi Party, speaks during a news conference at her party headquaters in Ankara, Turkey April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC13C89C3680 — Meral Aksener, the leader of the Iyi or Good Party, speaks during a news conference at her party headquaters in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2018. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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Turkey's incumbent President Abdullah Gul and his wife Hayrunnisa Gul talk to the media as they leave a polling station after casting their votes in Ankara August 10, 2014. Turks began voting on Sunday with Tayyip Erdogan poised to become the country's first elected president, fulfilling his dream of what he calls a "new Turkey" and his opponents say will be an increasingly authoritarian nation. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1EA8A1K7X01

Turkish opposition dejected as ex-president shuns presidential race

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Meral Aksener, leader of the opposition Iyi (Good) Party and a candidate in the June 24 presidential snap election, arrives at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, to attend a Youth and Sports Day celebration in Ankara, Turkey May 19, 2018. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC141A555330

Turkish opposition remains own worst enemy

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP names jailed leader as presidential candidate

Cengiz Candar

Chairman of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu (C).

Turkey’s opposing camps seek to broaden base ahead of May elections

Nazlan Ertan

In Izmir, reporting on culture