Nihat Ergün

Some very important people, in an unaccustomed manner for those in the Justice and Development Party (AKP) flank, have started expressing their discomfort either by making statements, through electronic messages on social media or just by reappearing in public after months of seclusion.

With less than two weeks to go to the convention of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the party leadership is now working on how it can best make use of its experienced politicians and whether they would run in early polls, including former Economy Minister Ali Babacan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu. 

There seems to be two visible stumbling blocks in front of the Republican People?s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). One is how the relations between the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an will be shaped in a possible coalition scenario. The other is whether the corruption dossier concerning four former ministers will be reopened or not.

Have you read former Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat Ergün's new book? 

A member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Ergün's book titled "Ad?m Ad?m Siyaset" (Step by Step Politics) is a very important book for understanding from where to where the Islamist movement has come and what its problems are.

An alleged fraudster with familial links to the former science minister, who was arrested as part of a spying case involving the wiretapping of then-Prime Minister President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and other top state officials, received 423,000 Turkish Liras over two years during his employment at Turkey?s top science body.

An alleged fraudster with familial links to Turkey?s former science minister has been exposed as part of a probe into a spying case that encompasses wiretapping then-Prime Minister President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and other top-ranking state officials.