Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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. 

A fundraising event headed by the Turkish Business Women's Association (T?KAD) has raised more than 2 million Turkish Liras for families who have lost their loved ones in terror acts. 

With rising security concerns due to attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as well as the ongoing conflict between Turkey's security forces and militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an will chair a cabinet meeting on May 2, the sixth one he has called since coming to power. 

The ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) highest decision-making body has taken back from Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu the authority to appoint AKP provincial and district heads, a move widely considered to be another step to reducing the leader's power over the party organization.

The other evening, I delivered a speech in the southern Mediterranean tourism hub province of Antalya at Akra Barut Hotel's grand hall for businessmen.

The theme of the speech, organized by the Antalya Industrialists and Businessmen Association, was "Is it a dream for us to make peace with each other now or is it still possible?"

Are President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu at loggerheads? 

Those journalists close to the president in the "pool media" are openly saying, "Things are not going well for Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu." 

The prime minister, on the other hand, is accusing them of engaging in efforts "to design the AKP through the media." 

Germany's Justice Ministry has completed a draft to abolish a criminal law that enables Germany to try its citizens on charges of insulting foreign political leaders, Deutsche Welle Turkish reported on April 28.

U.S. State Department Spokesperson John Kirby has urged Turkey's government to respect the "independent professional judgment" of journalists, commenting on an April 28 decision by an Istanbul court that sentenced two Turkish journalists to two years in prison for republishing a cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring an image of the Prophet Muhammad in their columns. 

There is no need for a specific emphasis on Islam in the new constitution, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said, noting that it was no issue if people live their faith.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said that Turkey and Israel discussed sending an energy ship to Gaza, as relations between two countries enter a phase of normalization after six years.