Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Now, it is the turn of “Gülenists” to be eliminated from the bureaucracy and to be deprived of any social and economic power, on the way to “the second one-party period” in Turkey.

Twelve police officers, who were among sixty six suspects detained as part of Turkey's "parallel state" probe, have been arrested.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will be an "active" head of state if he wins the presidential election in August and will play a particularly strong role in foreign policy, one of his government's most senior ministers has said.
      

Turkey’s long-awaited high-speed railway line between the capital Ankara and the financial capital Istanbul was finally inaugurated on July 25, only to break down several hours later.

Survey finds support for EU-based solution for Cyprus

The voting cards for the Aug. 10 Turkish presidential elections were unveiled on July 24. The three presidential candidates, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Selahattin Demirtaş and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu have been placed on the cards from left to right, respectively, as they prepare for Turkey’s first-ever presidential election by popular vote.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has said that the pipeline project that will transport water from Turkey to northern Cyprus via tunnels under the Mediterranean Sea will be completed shortly.

The AKP’s İhsan Şener, who is in charge of promotion and media affairs, stated that the party expected the pipeline project to be completed and opened in September.

“There’s never a dull moment in Turkey”: A cliché sentence I have heard so often from a newcomer to Turkey. Indeed, it’s a cliché, but it also reflects the truth.

Although Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not want it to be debated within the party until the end of the presidential elections, the signs in his own statements are increasing talk about “the prime ministerial candidate in Erdoğan's mind” in the corridors of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

The police officers who raided the houses of ranking military officers, journalists, academicians and activists five years ago as part of the so called “Ergenekon” and “Balyoz” investigations are now themselves on the receiving end.