Meral Aksener doesn’t run from fights. Turkey’s former interior minister is known informally as asena, or she-wolf. When the country’s military took steps in 1997 to remove the government from power, ...

Using “Turkey will be good” as its slogan and a bright sun as its logo, ex-Turkish minister Meral Aksener has launched a new political party with a promise to shake up the country’s politics. “Turkey ...

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Turkey's Good (IYI) Party will continue to be led by Meral Aksener. Aksener was elected at the party’s second extraordinary congress in Ankara on Sunday. Aksener, the only candidate to run, received ...

ANKARA — As Turkey prepares to vote on the expansion of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s powers on Sunday, a small band of renegade ultranationalists may hold the key to the president’s ambitions. The ...

ISTANBUL — Meral Akşener relishes the idea that she frightens Turkey’s most powerful man. With a smirk, she lists headlines from pro-government newspapers painting her as a dangerous conspirator ...

TEKIRDAG, Turkey – Meral Aksener strides into the packed sports hall in the industrial town of Cerkezkoy exuding calm confidence. The approximately 1,500-2,000 people gathered to hear her speak erupt ...