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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has accused the main opposition of resorting to "populism" with ambitious electoral promises, while the Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu slammed the government for "unconscientious growth."

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has ruled out a coalition with Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after the June 7 elections.

Turkey marked May Day in places across the country with celebrations, apart from its largest city Istanbul, where riot police did not hesitate to use tear gas and water cannons to halt groups that attempted to rally in the streets to reach the symbolic Taksim Square. 

Weeks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an claimed that Obamacare was inspired by Turkey, the country?s Education Ministry has claimed that a Japanese minister looked at Ankara?s education system with ?envy? and used it as a model.

Expressing opposition to massive marches, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu encouraged individuals to mark May Day in Istanbul with carnations. However, police in the city detained a single woman who brought a book to Taksim Square: Karl Marx's "Das Kapital."

Bully on him! America’s ambassador to neighboring Turkey on Friday mocked Ankara’s mayor for the latter’s derogatory rant against the US State Department’s spokeswoman last Wednesday, when the Turkish politician cited the Baltimore riots to goad Marie Harf, “come blonde, answer now.”

Turkey's 10th Labor Films Festival opens on May 2 with a ceremony to be held at Istanbul's ?i?li Municipality Kent Culture Center. 

Turkey has returned to the European Parliament an April 15 motion describing the mass killing of Ottoman Armenians during World War I as genocide, as a senior EU official warned Ankara about the consequences of its reaction to statements made by countries and organizations labeling the mass killings genocide. 

U.S. Ambassador to Ankara John Bass has waded into the dispute between Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek and U.S. State Department spokesperson Marie Harf, by posting a photo-shopped blonde haired picture of himself on Instagram.

Some 123 U.S. soldiers arrived in Turkey as part of a program to train and equip the putatively moderate Syrian opposition, along with weapons that are being transferred to ?ncirlik Airbase in the southern province of Adana.