Human Rights Commission

The Turkish parliament's Human Rights Commission has announced plans to visit the Gaza Strip to investigate human rights violations amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit back on July 21 at U.S. lawmakers opposed to the prospect of his visiting the White House, saying he would never go to the United States, which he called a "lousy" country.

A parliamentary commission has filed a complaint in order to investigate a woman's allegations of mistreatment under detention in Istanbul. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the group meeting of Justice and Development Party (AKP) on May 30. It was his first address to the meeting as both president and chair of the AK Party. 

Renovations have started at Turkey's parliament in Ankara in order to outfit the legislature for the presidential system after the "yes" campaign won a disputed referendum on April 16 to impose an executive presidential system on the country.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Istanbul on April 15 witnessed a heated debate over unpaid dues and unfulfilled donation pledges, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an telling the participants that it was "time to pay up."

A group of former lawmakers from the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have staged a sit-in at parliament, protesting against the violence and curfews imposed on the southeastern towns of Cizre and Silopi.