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Turkey's TV and radio watchdog has fined three private broadcasters for publishing "news contrary to the facts" and for slander against Ayd?n Do?an, the founder and honorary chairman of Do?an Holding, which owns daily Hürriyet.

Turkey's main opposition leader has made clear that their fierce objection concerning President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) ambitions for a presidential system is not related to Erdo?an. It is the principle of the presidential system which draws the party's ire.

Turkey's main opposition leader has made clear that their fierce objection concerning President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) ambitions for a presidential system is not related to Erdo?an. It is the principle of the presidential system which draws the party's ire.

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has annulled the dismissal of allegations against the former mayor of Istanbul's ?i?li district, Mustafa Sar?gül, and his son Emir Sar?gül in an investigation launched after the wife of current ?i?li Mayor Hayri ?nönü accused the Sar?güls of pressuring ?nönü to resign using death threats. 

During a speech on Jan. 6 to local headmen, President Tayyip Erdo?an brought up the issue of a regime shift from the current parliamentary system to a presidential one. Erdo?an said that if the representatives of the people - meaning MPs - were not ready to deliver this shift, he could appeal directly to the people in some form of referendum. 

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and two other opposition parties have reached a consensus on a number of key issues necessary to produce a new constitution and now parliament is responsible for moving the process forward, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu stated on Dec. 6.

Long-term military curfews constitute a violation of the European Convention of Human Rights, former European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judge R?za Türmen has told daily Radikal, amid continued curfews in a number of towns in southeastern Turkey.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu's tour to two opposition parties, the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), yielded important results, as three parties have agreed on three top issues.

Turkey's main opposition leader has vowed to stop all President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's efforts to shift Turkey to a presidential system from the current parliamentary system, underlining the significance of the country's "two centuries of experience in the parliamentary system." 

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli gave surprising support to Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu's Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) during a 1 hour 40 minute talk in parliament on Jan. 4. He agreed to take part in a commission in which all parties, including the Kurdish-problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), would be represented.