Justice and Development Party (AKP)

There are two tendencies.

One sees the continuation of the peace process in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s political future.

That’s why it deems it important that he gets elected with a strong and definite victory in the first round.

This tendency is being represented by Ä°hsan Arslan.

The suspects detained on charges of “illegal wiretapping, spying and fraud” in an operation on July 22 had been monitoring the private lives of the people they allegedly wiretapped illegally, according to authorities.

Outgoing President Abdullah Gül’s Bayram (Eid al-Fitr) message was the first of many farewell messages he will undoubtedly issue before his tenure officially ends on Aug. 28. Eyes are on him now to see if he remains in active politics or not.

Eleven police officers were arrested early July 30 as part of an investigation into the alleged illegal wiretapping of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his inner circle.

The 11 arrested officers, which include former Istanbul police intelligence chief Yurt Atayün, were all charged with “sharing secret information and documents belonging to the state.”

Yurt Atayün, the former head of the Istanbul anti-terror police department, has told an Istanbul court that he personally briefed the prime minister on faulty intel that was used in operations against the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), the urban wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has told his party’s Istanbul branch that they need to “re-conquer” the Turkish metropolitan.

Speaking in an event to mark Eid al-Fitr on July 29, Bahçeli said his party should reign in Turkey’s most populated city, which is currently held by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Istanbul deputy and former professional football player Hakan Şükür has hit the headlines again with his heading ability as the war between Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally-turned-nemesis, the Gülen movement, comes to a head with the ongoing wiretapping investigation.

U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice has slammed Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek over his remarks regarding anti-Israel protests in Turkey, labeling them as “just hate.”

Under normal circumstances, we should not have categories like moderate Islam or radical Islam. Yet, as long as there are fanatics killing not only non-Muslims, but also Muslims in the name of Islam, we need to accept the existence that many people misinterpret Islam.

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.