Turkish leader confirms decision to hold general election on May 14

Turkey will ... in due course." Earlier, Erdogan announced plans to reschedule the general election from June 18, the deadline established by the law, to May 14 in order to hold the vote before ... Read More

Turkey’s elections agency endorses decision to hold general elections on May 14

Turkey’s Supreme Election Council on Friday evening endorsed the decision by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to hold general elections ... May 14 instead of June 18, when they were originally ... Read More

Turkey will hold a runoff election on May 28, with Erdogan in the lead

A candidate must get more than 50% of the vote to win the highly charged race. As no candidate passed that threshold, the vote will go to a runoff election on May 28. With more than 99% of votes ... Read More

Turkey's top election authority restores newly elected pro-Kurdish mayor's right to hold office

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s highest electoral authority on Wednesday restored the right of a newly elected mayor from a pro-Kurdish party to hold office, overturning an earlier decision by a ... Read More

Turkey’s opposition in electoral battle to keep hold of major cities

Istanbul, Turkey – Across much of the world, local elections ... been full of news, opinion and debate on the March 31 local vote. Across the country, voters will elect more than 23,000 ... Read More

EXPLAINER | Five things to know about Turkey's momentous election

Turkey's local elections on Sunday dealt he biggest blow in more than two decades ... that the 2023 election that saw him re-elected president with 52 percent of the vote would be his last. Bayram ... Read More

Rishi Sunak rules out general election on 2 May

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said there will not be a general election on 2 May, the date when local elections ... to call one earlier than that. If the PM had been planning to hold a spring ... Read More

Govt committed to hold general elections on time: Ahsan

Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal says the government is committed to hold next general elections ... hold the next elections without delay. Ahsan Iqbal said the tenure of existing ... Read More

Turkey’s top election authority restores newly elected pro-Kurdish mayor’s right to hold office

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s highest electoral authority on Wednesday restored the right of a newly elected mayor from a pro-Kurdish party to hold office, overturning an earlier decision by ... Read More