Ali Babacan

Former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç has said some television channels, including the state-run TRT,
 have been imposing an "embargo" on him for the last two years.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has made solid steps to fight against corruption, former Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan has claimed in an interview with private broadcaster NTV, saying that if it did not do so it would become a sustainability issue for the party.

Many Turkey analysts and economists interpreted the U.S. central bank Federal Reserve?s (Fed?s) decision to keep its policy rate on hold on Sept. 17 as something positive for the Turkish economy and assets.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu convinced former Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan to stand as a candidate for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Nov. 1 election on the last day before the deadline for the party to submit their candidate lists to the Supreme Election Board (YSK).

The political backstage of Ankara was stirred at lunchtime on Sept. 17, when President Tayyip Erdo?an paid an unplanned visit to Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to perform Friday prayers together in the mosque inside the Çankaya prime ministerial - formerly presidential - compound on top of the capital?s Çankaya Hill. 

The major player in Turkey's interim government, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has made striking changes to its candidate list for the Nov. 1 snap election compared to its lineup for the June 7 parliamentary election, in which the AKP's votes dropped almost 10 percent.

Turkish former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan will stand as a candidate for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a Nov. 1 election, marking the return of one of its most respected names for the snap poll. 

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, the current leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), will emerge as the sole candidate for leadership at its Sept. 12 convention, with names running for the AKP?s highest decision-making body reflecting the clout of its founding leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu did not ask for much actually while getting prepared for the Justice and Development Party?s (AK Parti) congress on Sept. 12. After being handpicked by President Tayyip Erdo?an to succeed him as the chairman of the AK Parti and as the prime minister after Erdo?an?s election as president on Aug.

Turkey's new deputy prime minister in charge of the economy said on Sept. 8 that growth and inflation would miss government targets this year but the political uncertainty which has hammered the lira would ease after a November election.