Justice and Development Party (AKP)

The approval rating for the government’s foreign policy has dropped further to 41 percent, according to a recent survey conducted by research organization MetroPOLL, as Turkey struggles to cope with the ongoing crises in neighboring Iraq and Syria.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) will come to a fork on the road if its leader Erdoğan is voted the president in the elections.

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu met with Muslim religious leaders in a fast-breaking dinner on July 12 in a move to break “the perception that the CHP is against religion.”

Prime Minister and presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on citizens to cut their vacations short if necessary to cast their votes in the upcoming presidential elections.

Turkish Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised a new Constitution and strong presidency, as he vowed for the continuation of the Kurdish peace bid if elected in the upcoming elections.

Given my gloomy assessments of the Turkish economy, readers often ask me about the more positive articles they read in the press and elsewhere. We can again refer to Charles Dickens, whom I rediscovered during my recent trip to London.

Turkey, under Mssrs Erdoğan and Davutoğlu, has always had to defend itself against Zionist aggression through peaceful, often pacifist, means. Erdoğan once politely ignored it when the then Israeli President Shimon Peres roared at him that: “Turks know best how to kill.”

A fight between lawmakers from the opposition and ruling parties broke out in Parliament on July 10 over a debate on the amount of money to be allocated to victims of the deadly Soma mine accident.

A senior member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has slammed the recent attacks on a Shiite Mosque in Istanbul.

Deputy Prime Minister Emrullah İşler has criticized the fire on a mosque, which is mostly attended by Shiite Caferis in Istanbul’s Esenyurt district, earlier this week.

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.