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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive on an official visit to Serbia in late September, the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti said on Tuesday.

The report said that the Turkish delegation would include about 150 businesspeople from different sectors.

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which is a political ally of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is outraged over recent remarks by an AKP deputy. The deputy had suggested that the government is in the process of establishing a "new state" in Turkey headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Aug. 7 urged his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members to put in greater effort for the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2019, while heralding a broad change within the party organization.

The Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM), a currently unused facility in the heart of Istanbul, will be demolished and rebuilt on a larger plot, according to plans seen by daily Hürriyet. 

Considering the fact Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been emulating the Iranian model for some time, from investing in proxy groups for leverage and regime change to exporting the ruling party’s Islamist ideology overseas, one should not be surprised to find out that a clandestine program to acquire weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) including a nuclear device for deterrence is

The government has recently been holding a series of meetings with foreign investors in a bid to recover Turkey's deteriorated perception. Following Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım's meeting with the executives of Turkey's German companies, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci is also expected to hold a broader meeting with foreign capital.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has slammed a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) member over his controversial remarks on "founding a new state," which had prompted outrage from opposition parties. 

Yıldırım criticized AKP member Ayhan Oğan after the latter said the government is "building a new state and its founding leader is President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan."

The number of death penalties executed during the 64-year period from 1920 to 1984 was 712 until it was abolished, according to the report titled "Death Penalties since 1920," daily Milliyet reported on Aug. 6.

The International Atatürk Airport will become an exposition area once Istanbul's giant third airport starts operating, Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan has stated.

All suspected members of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) under arrest will have to wear "single-type" brown jumpsuits during court appearances, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Aug. 5.