Mustafa Elitaş

Ruling AKP lawmakers press charges against former top commander

Six lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have filed criminal complaints against former Chief of General Staff İlker Başbuğ after he said FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup attempt, had played a significant role in the adoption of laws in parliament that resulted in several military personnel to serve jail time over a decade ago.

Turkey's ruling AKP to withdraw controversial draft law on olive groves: Official

A contentious draft law to make possible for the building of industrial facilities on olive groves if "public interest" can be imputed under the supervision of a preservation board will be withdrawn to the commission, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) official has stated.