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Press for freedom
Turkey is passing through some rather unpleasant days. The president of the country is publicly targeting newsmen. The premier, talking at a local convention of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), says everyone was taking an examination nowadays. What examination?
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New life and politics in Turkey: Living in limbo
Turkey has been in political limbo ever since Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was elected president. This was the first time a president has been elected by popular vote, but Turkey is still a parliamentary system where executive power is in the hands of the prime minister and the Cabinet.
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Turkish opposition steps up pressure on gov’t with new examples of nepotism
Despite the governmentâs counterattack against the main opposition Republican Peopleâs Partyâs (CHP) claims of widespread nepotism and favoritism in civil service recruitment, appointment and promotion, the CHP has continued to give new examples of abuse of public office since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002.
Erdoğan poised to land blow on former ally Gülen
âTheir plans to arrest me were ready,â Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan said in his speech on Dec. 12 while hosting the Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) in the new presidential palace in Ankara.
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Erdoğan poised fist to hit the blow to former ally Gülen
âTheir plans to arrest me were ready,â Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan said in his speech on Dec. 12 while hosting the Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) in the new presidential palace in Ankara.
The making of the ‘presidential system’
This week, the Turkish media reported the creation of something called âthe shadow government.â What this referred to was the establishment of a whole new bureaucracy in President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄanâs office.
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President Erdoğan to chair Cabinet in 2015
President ErdoÄan is set to extend his reach even further with plans to begin chairing Cabinet meetings starting next month, his aide says Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan will begin chairing meetings of the Cabinet in the upcoming year, one of his close aides has announced, while ruling out any conflict of authority between the president and the prime minister.
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Turkey’s ruling AKP going back to its radical roots
Once the champion of individual freedoms, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is now pushing an ultra-conservative and Islamist agenda, as party officials feel their public support is strong enough to transform the country.
Ruling AKP seeks official state emblem for Turkey
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has proposed to designate an official "state emblem" for the Republic of Turkey, stating that such an emblem would contribute to the "institutional personality of the state."
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Which one of the four ex-ministers will be tried by Turkish courts?
Last year, a week from today on Dec. 17, Istanbul prosecutors opened the biggest ever corruption probe in Turkey.