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A deputy from Turkey?s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has raised some eyebrows by suggesting to issue a ?license to marry? for men, days after he stirred controversy by stressing ?the honor of the neighborhood.?

President Gül and the first lady depart the presidential palace with a bitter taste following due to a ‘smear campaign’ against their staff President Abdullah Gül and First Lady Hayrünnisa Gül are departing the Çankaya Presidential Palace after seven years in residence with a sense of sadness following what they term “disrespect” on the part of some pro-government publicatio

Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat, a senior member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has announced that he will step down from Turkey’s ruling party.

Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat, a senior member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has announced that he will step down from Turkey’s ruling party.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be an "active" head of state if he wins the presidential election in August and will play a particularly strong role in foreign policy, one of his government's most senior ministers has said.
      

Envoys from diplomatic missions represented in Ankara, mostly chargé d’affairs, along with representatives of various religious groups and Ankara bureau chiefs of selected media outlets, were gathered at the headquarters of Justice and Development Party (AKP) late on July 15 for the seventh traditional iftar dinner.

Turkey's main opposition, the People's Republican Party (CHP), will appeal against election results in Ankara.

The decision comes after the capital remained in hands of the ruling Party of Justice and Development (AKP), amid predictions the opposition could score a victory.