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Bulgaria's former tsar and Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg (L) and the leader of the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms Ahmed Dogan (R) were at one point rumoured to plan running on a joint ballot in the upcoming elections. Photo by BGNES
The leader of the ethnic Turkish party has expressed reserved confidence that his formation will be among the ruling parties after the general elections in the summer.
"I pray to God, but who knows," Ahmed Dogan jovially said when asked whether or not his party will be part of the country's next government.
Ahmed Dogan, whose party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) is part of the current Socialist-led ruling coalition and is a key player in the country's political life, appeared surprisingly in parliament on Wednesday. He is known to be among the lawmakers playing truant most often and has attended no more than ten parliamentary session during the last four years.
The occasion for his presence in parliament turned out to be the 65th anniversary of his party fellow Yunal Lyutfi.
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The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) Honorary Chair Ahmed Dogan raised concerns about the party's evolving nature, warning against it becoming a "corporate partisan organization" driven solely by financial interests
DPS did not comment on the information to BNT, but reported that a party meeting is currently being held
The executive Director of the Doğan Holding Barbaros Muratoğlu has been arrested in Ankara on Thursday morning on suspicions of links with the organisation FETO of the Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, reported BGNES.
Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS) has overturned a lower court decision to deny registration to DOST political party founded by Lyutvi Mestan.
Bulgartabac will halt its sales to the Middle East from April 1 due to alleged "negative media campaign" and in view of "the sensitive situation in that region", the tobacco holding group said on Wednesday.
Lyutvi Mestan, the expelled leader of Bulgaria’s predominantly ethnic Turk Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), said on Saturday that his new political project, DOST, will be ‘a radical, pro-NATO and pro-EU party’.
The "We Want to Vote" initiative has launched a new internet site aiming at assisting all Bulgarian expats, who wish to vote in the October 23 presidential elections.
Bulgaria's Supreme Constitutional Court is requesting additional documents and expertise in the case of the summer general elections vote in neighboring Turkey.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ordered the Bulgarian Ambassadors to Turkey and the US to give explanations for ‘disciplinary violations’ in the July 5 general elections.
The popular party of prime minister Boyko Borisov manages to keep and to even increase its lead ahead of the formerly ruling Socialists following their crushing defeat at July 5 general elections, a brand new survey shows.
The Bulgarian central prosecutor's office has announced that the most serious violations have been found in the Turkish polls from the Bulgarian Parliament Elections on July 5.
An inspection by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has found serious violations in the foreign sections during the Parliament Elections on July 5.
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