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Inside Turkey Jun 25, 2026

İYİ CHAIR REJECTS KILIÇDAROĞLU AS POLITICAL COUNTERPART

İYİ Party Chair Müsavat Dervişoğlu refused to recognize court-appointed CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as a legitimate interlocutor.

Editorial Staff 1 min

Inside Turkey Nov 28, 2025

İYİ PARTY CONDEMNS ÖCALAN TALKS

İYİ Party Chair Müsavat Dervişoğlu condemned the parliamentary visit to İmralı, calling it a “national disgrace” and asserting that there is no statute of limitations for what he described as betrayal. İYİ Party deputy Alpaslan Yüce resigned from his party, saying it had abandoned its founding centrist ideals.

Editorial Team

Inside Turkey Nov 21, 2025

NATIONALIST PARTIES PUSH BACK AGAINST İMRALI VISIT DEBATE

İYİ Party Chair Müsavat Dervişoğlu and Zafer Party Chair Ümit Özdağ directed sharp criticism at the MHP as political tension rose over whether a parliamentary commission should visit İmralı Island.

Editorial Team