Justice and Development Party (AKP)
The pendulum swings the other way
The police officers who raided the houses of ranking military officers, journalists, academicians and activists five years ago as part of the so called âErgenekonâ and âBalyozâ investigations are now themselves on the receiving end.
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Turkish Parliament to work even after first round of presidential vote
Parliamentâs General Assembly has voted to extend its work until Aug. 14, upon a proposal by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). It will therefore continue working even after the first round of the presidential election, set for Aug. 10.
The campaign is not being reflected in the media
I have previously written about how the Republican Peopleâs Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) local branches are not mobilized for the electoral campaign of their joint presidential candidate, Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoÄlu.
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Is Erdoğan framing Davutoğlu as the next prime minister?
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are seemingly confident that the ErdoÄan will be elected as the 12th president of Turkey in the first round of elections on Aug. 10. ErdoÄan has said he is expecting 54 to 56 percent of the votes, in line with the results of some public opinion polls.
Ruling AKP vocal for presidential system in run-up to August vote
A leading member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), who is also the deputy speaker of Parliament, has once again repeated the partyâs aspirations to implement a presidential system in Turkey.
Turkish PM Erdoğan bids emotional farewell at ‘last’ party group meeting
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan bid an emotional farewell to his fellow colleagues in Parliament yesterday, yet signaled that he would meet them again next month, only with a different title and at a different rostrum if he is elected president in August.
Turkish PM Erdoğan bids farewell to party group at Parliament
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan bid farewell to his parliamentary group during his address on July 22, saying it would be his last group meeting if he is elected president next month.
âI have addressed you from this desk for 13 years,â ErdoÄan said in an emotional speech, adding that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was âwitness to a historic struggle.â
PM Erdoğan rules out President Gül’s immediate return to AKP
Any return by President Abdullah Gül to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) as party chairman will have to wait at least 10 months, Turkeyâs prime minister has said, strongly implying that he does not regard his longtime friend as a potential premier if he is elected president next month.
Turkey says ‘good luck’ to companies fleeing Iraq
One of the points in the foreign policy areas where I give credit to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has been its decision to improve relations with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq.
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Turkey-based NATO radar's Israel protection in question
The Turkish government claims that the Kürecik radar base is not designed to protect Israel, while the opposition loudly insists it is.