Justice and Development Party (AKP)

The main opposition party of Turkey has strongly dismissed an explanation from the Foreign Ministry and insisted the Kürecik radar base in the eastern province of Malatya has actually “become an element of Israel’s air defense system.”

Two people died and eight were injured July 20 after being trapped inside the Saklıkent Canyon in the southwestern province of Muğla due to intense flooding, with the mayor describing the deaths as “fate.”

President Abdullah Gül denied claims in one national newspaper yesterday, July 17, that he was so sidelined in the Justice and Development Party (AKP) – of which together with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bülent Arınç, he was one of the three founders – that he might continue politics in a new party.

The surprise reversal came weeks after the government demanded the resignation of an alcohol drinking local official in the same province

Comments by the new U.S. ambassador to Ankara, John Bass, that Turkey is “drifting in the direction” of authoritarianism, is part of a campaign against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said.

President Abdullah Gül has denied media reports that he was unhappy with the situation in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was considering taking a different path in his post-presidency period.

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.

Prime Minister Erdoğan once again slammed the UN over its inaction to Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

A request to visit mines in the U.S. and Australia by the parliamentary commission investigating the Soma mine disaster has triggered a reaction from one opposition deputy, who alleges that it is a “vacation” request, daily Milliyet has reported.

It is now crystal clear the committee formed at Parliament has been constructed to cover up the bribery and the corruption claims.