Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an says the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) should bury their arms rather than simply put them down, as the Kurdish peace process is already in stalemate.

A major thoroughfare in the Atatürk Forest Farm (AOÇ), a previously protected area in the capital of Ankara containing Turkey's controversial presidential complex, will be blocked to vehicular traffic, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality as saying.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is seeking compensation from the co-leader of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirta?, on charges of ?gross insults, slander and impeachment.?

A meeting between the leaders of Turkey?s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Republican People?s Party (CHP) failed to produce a breakthrough on a coalition government, but doors were left open, with both sides announcing that a final decision will be made later this week.

By the time you read this, it should be a little clearer if Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is going to go for a coalition government that will reinstate a semblance of stability in the country ? in other words, opt for the rational course ?

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Turkey on Aug. 11 as he embarks on the second round of his tour of regional countries, including Lebanon and Pakistan, after a nuclear agreement was reached between Iran and world powers.

As an indication Turkey categorizes ties with the Arab League, Ankara has continued its economic relations with the organization, despite the political strain caused by a recent condemnation of the league and its secretary general, Egyptian Nabil al-Arabi, in particular. 

Singapore celebrated the semi-centennial of its independence over the weekend. Under the leadership of its founder, Lee Kuan Yew, who passed away in March, it rose from being a poor country with no resources to one of the wealthiest and most developed states in the world.

Turkey is heading fast to an ambiguous but dreadful situation. The leaders of the country's two biggest parties will be meeting Aug. 10 for a final push to form what is called a "grand coalition" but prospects are dim.

Thousands gathered for a demonstration in Istanbul's Bak?rköy district on Aug. 9, to call for peace in an event organized by the Peace Bloc, which consists of around 80 civil society organizations and is supported by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and some deputies from the Republican People's Party (CHP).