Özlem Zengin

Good (İYİ) Party Chairwoman Meral Akşener has reiterated that they will immediately sign the Istanbul Convention that stipulates solid measures opposing the violence against women.

Political party representatives exchange greetings face to face for Eid al-Adha after two years of online greetings due to pandemic restrictions.

The political parties of the parliament on July 21 exchanged Eid greetings via video conference due to the pandemic measures.

In their Eid al-Adha messages, politicians underlined the importance of getting vaccinated to control the COVID-19 pandemic.

President and Chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has renewed his A-team in the party following the general convention, appointing his closest aides Binali Yıldırım and Numan Kurtulmuş as the deputy leaders and four new figures to his executive board.

The struggle against terror is not merely killing terror group members, but also other means of fighting should be carried out in this process, the main opposition party leader has said, questioning the government's way of fighting against the illegal PKK group.

A long-awaited law proposal about animal rights that seeks jail terms for anyone who kills, abuses or tortures animals will be presented to the Turkish Parliament within two weeks, the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) lawmaker has said.

"We want to do our best to protect the rights of the animals," AKP Deputy Chair Özlem Zengin told Demirören News Agency on Feb. 3.

Turkey's State Inspection Council (DDK) and President Recep Tayyip Erodoğan's key advisors will closely monitor trials in Ankara and Istanbul of suspects arrested for alleged links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) before submitting relevant reports to the president.  

Turkey's State Inspection Council (DDK) and President Recep Tayyip Erodoğan's key advisors will closely be following trials in Ankara and Istanbul of suspects arrested for alleged links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) before submitting relevant reports to Erdoğan regarding the developments.  

Parliament late on Feb. 3 sent the draft charter amendment to the president's office for approval, with a referendum on introducing major political system changes to Turkey likely to take place on April 16.