Justice and Development Party (AKP)

New Year’s resolutions proposal for Turkey’s worried secularists

Half of the Turkish population is unhappy with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) administration. There is a group among them who are quite well-off, yet are also the most angry and frustrated. They are so full of hatred that you would think they must be suffering concretely and tremendously under this government.

Nationalist party accuses ruling AKP of stealing election song

Elections songs are not only popular gimmicks used by political parties during campaigns, but those parties are also apparently very possessive about their tunes.

With the general elections approaching, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has kicked off a debate by accusing the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of stealing a song they used back in 1999.

President Erdoğan tells PM Davutoğlu: I’ll chair Cabinet on Jan 19

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ended speculation as to when he will chair a Cabinet meeting, announcing Dec. 29 that he will do so on Jan. 19, 2015, while underlining that the move was in line with the charter and within the knowledge of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.

Turkey’s PM, deputy PM in conflict over president presiding over Cabinet meetings

Claims by former Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will preside over a Cabinet meeting on Jan. 5, 2015, are incorrect, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has said.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu also said there was no such meeting on that date, while adding that a president has previously overseen a Cabinet meeting.

Davutoğlu’s most important test as PM

A parliamentary commission tasked with the inquiry into corruption claims against four former ministers postponed on Dec. 22 a key vote on whether they should be tried at the Supreme Council. The vote will now take place on Jan. 5, before the commission is set to introduce its report to the Parliament’s General Assembly, most probably on Jan. 9.
 

Parliamentary speaker encourages graft suspects to stand trial to end controversy

Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Cemil Çiçek has issued a veiled yet public call for four ex-minister accused of corruption to be tried at the country's Supreme Council, arguing that it would benefit the nation and the quartet if they were absolved by the top court.

Justice minister implies misconduct by telecommunications authority

There are very grave claims suggesting that the Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) has handed over information to inappropriate individuals or groups, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said.

The government has indicated that a reconstruction or a purge at the TİB was imminent.

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