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President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has held a surprise meeting with his predecessor and long-time comrade, former President Abdullah Gül.

The famous March 1, 2003, motion debate in a "closed session" of parliament resulted in "153 pages of minutes, four voice tapes, five pages of stenographer notes and 245 pages of voting tabulations regarding the open voting?" 

The session on Saturday, March 1, 2003, started at 2 p.m. and was headed by Parliament Speaker Bülent Ar?nç.

Will the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) convention held over the weekend provide a renewal, a true opening to different masses?

This is the thesis of CHP leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, who has always defended an opening to different masses; the "new CHP" phrase also belongs to him.

The Turkish Justice Ministry has acknowledged it has no documented information in regards to bans imposed on media coverage of certain incidents since from the beginning of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) era in power.

What will be the best thing that can happen to Turkey in 2016?

If I were to ask this question to diehard opponents of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), a serious number among them would wish for President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an to go away. That he disappears somehow from Turkey's agenda.

In just four days, we Turks will go to the ballots again. There will be more than a dozen parties on the list, but the race will mainly be between the major four: The Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Republican People's Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

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.

Hürriyet editor-in-chief Sedat Ergin has described the Oct. 1 attack on columnist Ahmet Hakan as part of ?a nightmare we live in,? declaring ?enough is enough.?

Veteran journalist Ahmet Hakan was injured in an assault in front of his home after an intense months-long campaign of intimidation and slander on pro-government media.

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.

A deputy chair of Turkey?s opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has denied they would support a minority government formed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) if it agreed to hold a snap election in November.