Andrew Wilks

CHP has con­trol of lo­cal gov­ern­ment in Is­tan­bul and Ankara, but may find it hard to keep hold of them in March 31 vote.

Turk­ish politi­cians have de­nounced the use of what they say are ma­nip­u­lat­ed im­ages and videos for elec­toral ad­van­tage.

Peo­ple of Is­tan­bul have long feared the ad­vent of a mon­ster quake but it’s hard, and scary for some, to pre­pare for it.

Ro­mani, Ab­dal and Do­mari com­mu­ni­ties have had a hard­er time ac­cess­ing aid and sup­port post-quake.

Mon­i­tors and me­dia re­ports claim Britain is sup­ply­ing Is­rael’s army for its war in Gaza from mil­i­tary bases in Cyprus.

Turkey’s forth­right sup­port for Pales­tine could af­fect­ing ef­forts to re­vive ties with Is­rael.

As one of few coun­tries that have con­tact with both Hamas and Is­rael, Turkey would like to ne­go­ti­ate a last­ing peace.

Au­thor­i­ties, how­ev­er, point to wide­spread de­struc­tion, low funds and dwin­dling out­side help as ob­sta­cles to their work.

Kil­ic­daroglu is fac­ing ques­tions over his lead­er­ship of the CHP, hav­ing not won a na­tion­al elec­tion since 2010.

Eco­nom­ic con­cerns and re­la­tions with the West lie at the top of Er­do­gan’s agen­da af­ter pres­i­den­tial elec­tion vic­to­ry.