Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu will hold a crucial press meeting on May 5, following an extraordinary the Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting earlier the same day, according to reports that came after the PM met with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an amid rumors of a resignation. 

Reports and sources say the party will hold a congress soon, with the PM not running for the seat.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said you "should not forget how you got to your post," in pointed remarks that came amid rumors of the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and hours before a key meeting between the two.

Amid rumors suggesting that Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu may be planning to resign, eyes are on a State Day meeting between him and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an today.

Local Turkish media have been running stories about Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's intention to step down.

Tensions have been on the rise between Davutoglu and the head of state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as the latter is seeking to introduce an executive presidency through constitutional changes.

The handling of Greek-Turkish affairs requires a particularly careful mix of prudence and decisiveness. Although this has been the rule for decades, it is now of pivotal importance.

It's been six months since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections with an almost 50 percent majority, forming a powerful government. But it has obviously failed to address Turkey's growing problems, such as ethnic and jihadist terrorism and foreign policy challenges, signaling an acute governance crisis.

Turkey is using the charge of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an to intimidate his opponents and silence dissent and European leaders must take a tougher line with Ankara on free speech, Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk said on May 3. 

Amid speculations of a rift within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has stressed the party's "common cause," after the AKP's highest decision-making body moved to strip him of the authority to appoint provincial officials.

Neither an early election nor an extraordinary party congress is on the agenda of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a veteran executive of the party has said, amid rising speculation over the party's highest decision-making body's move to remove the authority to appoint provincial party officials from Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu.

Turkey's first electric car, the Pehlivan Elektrak developed by Trakya University, has returned to the country after a two-week trip around the Balkan Peninsula. 

The fiber carbon car visited Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 14-day tour.