Turkish government

The Turkish government maintains security during the June 7 general elections with a total of 404,000 security personnel.

Some 300,000 police officers will be on duty throughout the day, Interior Minister Sebahattin Öztürk said on June 5 in a televised interview, adding that the rest of the personnel will be gendarmerie.

Developing Borsa Istanbul is an important component of building the Istanbul financial hub, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Director for Turkey Jean-Patrick Marquet told Anadolu Agency in an interview on June 5.

More than 3,000 Syrians fleeing clashes between Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish fighters have crossed into Turkey since June 3, a Turkish government official said.

Kurdish forces are trying to drive the militants out of Tel Abyad, in Syria's Hassakah province, close to the Turkish border town of Akçakale. 

With only few days until the June 7 parliamentary election, the Turkish government has decided to open new departments of riot police and special operations in several provinces. 

Related decisions by the Council of Ministers were published in the official Gazette on the early morning of June 4 and went into force immediately, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held a grand chamber hearing on June 3 over a case concerning the rejection of a demand made by a number of Turkish Alevis that the state cover the expenses of cemevis, their houses of worship.

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) called on the Turkish government on May 31 ?to urgently recognize the importance of plural voices within the media and to provide the conditions for independent sources of information? as the country is just a week from critical June 7 elections.

The Turkish government has seized control of Bank Asya following a 18-month long political battle between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and exiled Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen - a move seen as increasing risk premium for Turkish assets a week before parliamentary elections.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu announced on June 1 that Turkey will finish the prototype of its first domestically-produced car in August.

"All preparations have been finalized and we will sign the papers this week," he said at an election rally of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Central Anatolian province of K?r?kkale, as quoted by Anadolu Agency. 

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) called the Turkish government on May 31 'to urgently recognize the importance of plural voices within the media and to provide the conditions for independent sources of information' as the country is only a week ahead of critical June 7 elections.

Main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu criticized the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government?s changing stance on the Syria-bound Turkish National Intelligence Agency (M?T) trucks, which were stopped in Jan. 2014.