Politics of Turkey

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has actually prevented Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek's disappearance.

According to a Turkish saying, he (or she) who goes to the hamam must be prepared to sweat. This means that if you are taking on a particular job you must be prepared to put up with its downside. President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an does not want to observe this.

Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek has sued writer Hayko Ba?dat on the grounds the writer insulted him in Twitter. In the tweet which was considered insulting, Ba?dat wrote, ?They have given Ankara to an Armenian, what a shame.?

The ongoing Kurdish peace process will be a key factor for voters in the June 7 general elections, and all sides are doing their best to convince the people that their side of the story is true.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed energy security and the future of energy projects in the region in a phone conversation.

Borisov and Erdogan also agreed on Tuesday to hold a meeting soon, with energy projects being a prominent topic on the agenda, according to the press office of the Bulgarian government.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has said that even though Turkey is "approaching Armenia with candidness in an effort to resolve the 1915 incidents," Yerevan focuses on the events to hamper the normalization process between the two countries.

Turkey?s current $11,000 GDP per capita will rise to $25,000 by 2023 if the country swiftly adopts the presidential system, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said, claiming the development pace of the country has slowed down because of the plurivocality in the administrative system.

Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç has admitted that his harsh public accusations against Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek were wrong but that he had to protect his personal rights, even as he warned the mayor that he would lose if he goes to court.

A 14-year-old girl has been wounded in the head with a tear gas canister in the Gazi neighborhood of Istanbul after police attacked protesters demonstrating against the detention of revolutionaries in the area, according to daily BirGün.

Controversial U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen is the key suspect in the latest investigation into allegations of cheating in a compulsory public servants? examination in Turkey, with 65 people detained as suspects across the country on March 24.