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The tensions between Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and his party reached a peak when the 50-seat Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) ruled to remove his authority to appoint provincial officials on April 29.

Amid rumors suggesting that Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu may be planning to resign, eyes are on a State Day meeting between him and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an today.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will not "surrender" to the Gülen movement, its head Devlet Bahçeli said on April 12, commenting on challenges to his leadership after an Ankara court's appointment of a three-member panel to organize an extraordinary congress.

Private broadcasters Kanaltürk and Bugün TV, which were owned by the alleged Gülen-linked Koza ?pek Media Group, were shut down on Feb. 29.

In addition, the operations of Koza ?pek Media Group ended as of Feb. 29. Employees have packed up their belongings from the building.

Turkish police detained 18 people including senior police officers on Dec. 8, in an investigation of alleged supporters within the police force of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's ally-turned-foe, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, state-run Anadolu Agency said. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said the country's "dual-headed system" of rule has to be removed, referring to the powers held by the president and the prime minister, who both come to their positions through elections. 

At least 46 people, including a number of high-ranking officials and security personnel, were detained in 18 Turkish provinces on Nov. 3, as part of an anti-terror operation in the Aegean province of ?zmir against the followers of the U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen, a former ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. 

Turkey's top business group has expressed "serious concerns" over the fate of press freedom and the security of the judiciary after the seizure of two televisions and newspapers owned by the Koza-?pek Group in a statement on Oct. 28. 

Istanbul police used force on Oct. 28 to enter the headquarters and seize control of media outlets owned by the Koza-?pek Group, dramatically breaking into the main broadcasting room and shutting down two TV stations owned by the group.

The first residents of Imbros, known as Gökçeada in Turkish, in the Aegean province of Çanakkale migrated from Anatolia some 8,500 years ago, according to archeological research which has been carried out on the island for the past six years.