Justice and Development Party (AKP)

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.

Each of the 301 families of the Soma mine accident victims will be allocated nearly 155,000 Turkish Liras and will be given two houses, the Turkish prime minister has announced, adding the victims’ children will be granted an education scholarship for life.

A main opposition lawmaker has submitted a parliamentary question over the distribution of free coal in an Aegean town in the middle of summer, right before the upcoming presidential elections in August.

Presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Vision Statement underscores three principles: democratic politics, open society and a state of law.

If it were someone that just entered the stage of politics who wrote the statement, that person would get applauded for truly understanding the needs of Turkey’s current state and there would not be anything to say about them.