Politics of Turkey

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has begun holding conferences before a key vote that will take place in the coming days on whether to send four former ministers to Turkey's top court over corruption claims.

In a city largely devoid of public libraries, Istanbul?s Atatürk Library has literally become a beacon in the night for bibliophiles, after it became Turkey?s first library to keep its doors open around the clock.

One of the first reference centers of Turkey?s republican era, the Atatürk Library has been offering a 24/7 service since last October, leading to a huge rise in visitors.

TAV Airports has paid $139.87 million plus taxes for the operation concession of Istanbul Atatürk Airport and 28.97 million euros plus taxes for the operation concession of ?zmir Adnan Menderes Airport to the State Airports Authority (DHM?), according to the company.

It is not possible legally and with reason to consider a trial at the Supreme Council to be part of a coup.

Voicing regret over "unfair international criticism" of Turkey over foreign fighters using the country as a transit point to join Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, Interior Minister Efkan Ala has tasked Turkish ambassadors to "tell the world about the facts."

The other day, a controversial inquiry commission in the Turkish Parliament made a very controversial decision: Four ex-ministers of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, who had been accused of massive corruption, should not face trial at the Supreme Court, the commission said. However, this was not a unanimous decision.

President Erdo?an expresses satisfaction at a parliamentary panel?s decision not to send four ex-ministers to a trial before the Supreme Council, calling the move ?fair,?

The participants of the Individual Pension System (BES) have increased up to 5.1 million as of January 2015 from 3.1 million at the beginning of 2013, when the state contribution at 25 percent started, said Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan Jan. 6.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu continued his verbal attacks against the Gülen movement one day after ruling party deputies on a parliamentary commission elected not to send four ex-ministers to trial at the Supreme Council, in the face of corruption allegations.

A parliamentary commission has decided to destroy the primary evidence in a corruption probe against four ex-ministers, angering opposition members on the commission.

Mesut Dedeo?lu, a Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) panel member, told the panel and the Parliament Speaker's Office that the decision was "against the Constitution."