Justice and Development Party (AKP)

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is set to amend a controversial article of its latest Kurdish reform bill, which has been widely criticized as it could be exploited for illegitimate or illegal activities operated or coordinated by public servants.

It seems like the “new Turkey” under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), who know no limits when it comes to construction, is determined to leave no green areas untouched.

In just the last 10 days, the government prepared draft bills that will allow construction on olive groves, pastures and wetlands.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may have been nominated for the presidency, but the question of who will lead the Justice and Development Party (AKP) after him still remains uncertain.

Turkey has drawn a new red line since the latest meeting of the National Security Council (MGK), and that red line is the fight against the “parallel structure” that has attempted to topple the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, a senior party executive has stated. which gathers the country’s top civilian and military leaders.

The government has defended the bill it has initiated with the intention of advancing the stalled peace process with the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), claiming it is a “framework law,” amid debate among the opposition parties over its matter.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the Kurdish and leftist bloc, the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP), has dismissed claims that he will negotiate with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to back Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the second round of the polls.

In the allegiant media, for some time, there has been a new rhetoric: “New Turkey, new leader…” What is wanted to be conveyed is clear, anyhow, in all of those articles splashed all through the newspapers and on the TV screens, there is no effort to conceal the intended massive propaganda: Vote for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, help to  move on to a new Turkey!

For the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the presidential election is not between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his two contenders, but between the advocates of the “new Turkey” and the “old Turkey.”

The heads of Baptist churches from 120 countries gathered in the Aegean province of İzmir for a congress on “religious tourism” July 8.

Around 600 national and international guests attended the first session of “Religious Tourism Meeting of Civilizations” in Turkey, where the main topic of discussion centered on the importance of religious tourism.

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of pursuing a “dictatorship” and warned him about making the “wrong calculations.”