Ahmet Davutoglu
The AKP stepped up for expulsion of former prime minister
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has decided to seek the expulsion of former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, along with former MPs Selçuk Özdağ, Ayhan Sefer Üstün and Abdullah Başcı from its ranks.
A test for Turkey
As Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu had presided over a widely acclaimed "zero problems with neighbors" foreign policy. This foreign policy was a fraud from the outset, though, relying on an overly generous definition of "zero" and a selective definition of "neighbor." Turkey used this declared policy as cover to pursue regional hegemony in a less overtly threatening manner.
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Former Turkish President Gül holds meeting with former PM Davutoğlu ahead of snap polls
Former President Abdullah Gül held a meeting with Turkey's former prime and foreign minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Ankara on April 23, daily Habertürk has reported.
Erdogan plotted RF-4E jet incident to push NATO into a war with Syria
The shooting down of a Turkish RF-4E Phantom reconnaissance jet on June 22, 2012 by Syria after it had violated Syrian airspace near Latakia was a secret false flag operation planned by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) to push Turkey into a military incursion into its southern neighbor at the outset of the civil war in the Arab country while dragging NATO along with it.
AKP marks 16th anniversary with 're-energization' plans under Erdoğan
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been in office since 2002, has marked 16th anniversary of its foundation, with party head President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urging the renewal of all provincial organizations ahead of the 2019 elections.
Why Erdogan fired Turkey’s top cleric
On June 31, Mehmet Gormez, a Turkish cleric who headed the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), a government department that runs more than 85,000 mosques, bid farewell to his post he had occupied since 2010. Gormez’s term didn’t end until 2020, which is why his early departure triggered a heated discussion in the media and on social media.
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A retreat in Turkey's 'more friends, fewer enemies' policy?
When Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım replaced Ahmet Davutoğlu in May 2016 as both the prime minister and the chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), one of his first messages was about a substantial recalibration of Turkey's foreign policy.
Research ship launches work in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait for three-storey Istanbul tunnel project
A research ship called "Fugro Scout" launched a land survey in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait on July 28 for the three-storey Grand Istanbul Tunnel project, which will connect the city's two sides with one railway and two highways.
Ruling AKP urges politicians to be on side of courtesy after Davutoğlu, MHP row
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy chair and party spokesperson Mahir Ünal said on July 26 that politicians should be on the side of "courtesy" when uttering their criticisms or giving their responses in the face of criticisms following the recent war of words between the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
MHP, AKP in row over former Deputy PM Türkeş
The row between former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and the opposing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) grows as MHP officials have slammed Davutoğlu for transferring former MHP lawmaker Tuğrul Türkeş to the ruling cabinet in 2015.
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