state-run Anadolu Agency

A scholar from a university in central Turkey has claimed well-disguised Ottoman Armenians attacked their own villages in 1915 to win independence from the crumbling Ottoman Empire.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an will pay an official visit to Kuwait next week, at the invitation of Kuwait?s emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

The visit will take place on April 27-28, with Erdo?an meeting the sheikh on the second day of his visit. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an chaired a cabinet meeting April 20 for the third time since he was elected president, with the A?r? incident and electorate security at the top of the agenda.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has ?strongly? condemned an April 18 armed attack on the Ankara headquarters of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP). 

Describing the presidential system as an ?antidote? to introduce an effective system of governance, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? has turned criticism of the pledge around, associating ?dictatorial rule? with Turkey?s current parliamentary system.

A delegation of observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has held meetings with executives from opposition parties in Turkey?s parliament ahead of the June 7 general elections.

Saying it had been tasked by a civilian authority and its primary motive was not to conduct any military operation, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has denied accusations about its conduct in an incident that resulted in a deadly clash with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the eastern province of A?r?.

Saying it had been tasked by a civilian authority and its primary motive was not to conduct any military operation, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has denied accusations about its conduct in an incident that resulted in a deadly clash with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the eastern province of A?r?.

A senior executive of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) was taken into custody in Ankara on April 7 before being transferred to Istanbul as part of an ongoing investigation.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an hosted Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Interior Minister Prince Mohammad bin Nayef al-Saud at a lengthy meeting hours before departing for an official visit to Tehran on April 7.

Bin Nayef?s visit was not announced on the daily schedule of Erdo?an regularly posted on the official webpage of the presidency of the Republic of Turkey.