Süleyman Demirel

While it has been the word on the street for more than a month, everybody looks like they are surprised to see PM Ahmet Davuto?lu leave office so smoothly. Has it been in the making all along? What was the main reason? There have been many other crises between the president and the prime minister, so what made it different this time?

The current parliamentary system in Turkey is out of date and the existing situation, in which both the prime minister and president are elected by the people, is unsustainable, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has stated, emphasizing his wish to hold a referendum over a new constitution and a transition to a presidential system while calling on civil society organizations and media to launch a g

Problems between the president and the prime minister are at their lowest point in Turkey's modern history, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has claimed, amid renewed debate on the government's desired shift to a presidential administrative system from the current parliamentary one. 

Turkey?s main opposition party leader has stated that Ayd?n Do?an, the founder and honorary chairman of Do?an Holding, wrote in an open letter that President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an gave an incorrect account of his past meeting with Do?an, stating that the latter had suggested that media can replace governments.

Ayd?n Do?an, the founder and honorary chairman of Do?an Holding, has stated in an open letter addressing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an that he never claimed the media can replace governments.

A 45-day deadline to form a coalition government ended on Aug. 23 without a result, with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an expected to call a snap election and assign Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to form an interim government. 

On Aug. 21, the president said Turkey would hold new parliamentary elections, probably on Nov. 1.

The day we heard about the death of former President Süleyman Demirel, news about another death was circulating around but not too many people were aware of it.

Cüneyt Arcayürek, a veteran Turkish journalist, died on June 23 due to multiple organ failure. He was 87.

A lead columnist for daily Cumhuriyet, Arcayürek had been under treatment in a private hospital in Ankara since May 13. He will be laid to rest in the Gölba?? district of Ankara on June 25, without a funeral ceremony according to his bequest.

Supporters, family members, politicians and statesmen bid farewell to Süleyman Demirel, Turkey's ninth president Supporters, family members, politicians and statesmen bid farewell to Süleyman Demirel, Turkey's ninth president and one of the most prominent figures in the modern Republic's political history, in his hometown of Isparta in southwestern Turkey on June 20 following a state ce

I remembered the letter the moment I heard the news about the death of Turkey?s ninth president, Süleyman Demirel. I called the founder of the Do?an Media Group, Ayd?n Do?an, the other day and told him, ?Mr. Do?an, you should publish that letter on the day the state funeral ceremony is held.? I continued, ?You should publish it or you should let me publish it.?