Ankara/04.05.18/Turan: The largest opposition party of Turkey, the People's Republican Party (CHP), nominated MP Muharram Inge as a candidate for presidential elections on June 24. The 54-year-old politician was unanimously nominated on May 4 at the congress of the People's Republican Party in Ankara, CNN Türk reported.
Speaking to the audience, Inge promised to become president of all Turks, not just supporters of his party.
The head of the CHP Kemal Kilicdaroglu said, Erdogan abolished the separation of powers, the freedom of the media was destroyed, democracy was under threat.
The Turkish opposition fears the establishment of a single authority in the country, if the current head of state Erdogan wins the elections. In Turkey, June 24 will also hold parliamentary elections. After them the transition of the country to the presidential form of government will be completed, when the president becomes the head of state and government.
On 18 April Erdogan suddenly announced the holding of early parliamentary and presidential elections, justifying his decision in the situation in neighboring Syria and Iraq. Earlier Erdogan repeatedly claimed that the voting will be held, as planned, on November 3, 2019. -02D-
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Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) has indefinitely suspended flights on the Baku-Kazan-Baku route, citing repeated closures of airspace over Kazan caused by the implementation of the "Kovyor" plan, the company announced on Thursday.
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Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan rejected Ilham Aliyev's demands for Yerevan to stop acquiring weapons. "Armenia has acquired and will continue to acquire weapons solely for the purpose of self-defense. Over 200 square kilometers of our sovereign territory is under the control of Azerbaijan. And even to regain these territories, we do not intend to consider military action, but rather a process of demarcation. So, we are buying weapons and have no intention of sending them back," he stated.
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On January 8, Ilham Aliyev received the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian. Ahmadian conveyed greetings from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian to Aliyev. Aliyev asked Ahmadian to convey his reciprocal greetings.
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On November 8, a hearing took place in the Sabail District Court regarding the criminal case of Aziz Orudjov, the head of Kanal-13. During the session, Orudjov's lawyers requested that his pre-trial detention be changed to house arrest. However, the request was not granted. The prosecutor then announced the indictment. Orudjov denied the charges against him. The next court session is scheduled for January 24.
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