Binali Yıldırım

In the post-traumatic atmosphere after the bloody coup attempt of July 15, almost all people in Turkey are being forced to take sides or be labeled "the enemy. " A "yes-or-no" choice is being imposed, like the "You're either with me or against me" remark once made by the former U.S. President George W. Bush.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will submit its own charter draft that includes a presidential system, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said, a day after the nationalist opposition party hinted that it could support a referendum to chance the system.

In her second debate with the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Oct. 10, Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton said she was considering "arming the Kurds" because they are the "best partners in Syria and Iraq" against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).

Turkey has one official and one shadow prime minister, the head of the main opposition has said, declaring Binali Yıldırım to be the former and Energy Minister Berat Albayrak - who is also the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - to be the latter. 

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has criticized the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over the latter's remarks regarding victimizations since the failed July 15 coup attempt, complaining that the CHP emphasizes the government's post-coup attempt measures more than it mentions the thwarted military coup.

Some 40,000 people in total have been denounced to police in Ankara as followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen since the failed coup attempt of July 15. 
The informants include those who have denounced their parents, children, relatives and neighbors, daily Habertürk reported on Oct. 11.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has criticized U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for promising to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters. 

Shiite Muslims in Turkey commemorated on Oct. 11 the Battle of Karbala, a bloody clash that took place more than 1,000 years ago in Karbala, located in present-day Iraq.

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician was killed by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Dicle district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Oct. 11, marking the second such killing by the group in two days.

PKK militants opened fire on Deryan Aktert, the AKP's district chairman in Dicle, while he was at his workplace.        

Ongoing instability in Iraq and Syria has affected Turkey more than any other country, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Oct. 10. 
"The situation to our south in Iraq and Syria affects our country, Turkey, the most," said Yıldırım on Oct. 10 during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul.