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Murat Yetkin murat.yetkin@hdn.com.tr

Though it was not a surprise at all, some 4,000 supporters who were invited to Ankara for the occasion stood up in cheers and slogans to welcome Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s candidacy to become Turkey’s next president.

Murat Yetkin murat.yetkin@hdn.com.tr

Though it was not a surprise at all, some 4,000 supporters who were invited to Ankara for the occasion stood up in cheers and slogans to welcome Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s candidacy to become Turkey’s next president.

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has announced Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as its presidential candidate, with an official logo bearing striking resemblance to that used in U.S. President Barack Obama’s campaigns in 2008 and 2012.

There is no point in mincing words. Hardly anything has turned out the way Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had planned, predicted or hoped for in the Middle East.

It is hackneyed at this stage to point out that their “zero problems with neighbors” approach has been a dismal failure. But that is the case.

A bill that will allow Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to have 402 advisers has been proposed by Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Bitlis deputy Vedat Demiröz.  

Demiröz submitted a proposal during a meeting of the Parliament’s planning and budget commission, while the commission discussed the recruitment of 35,000 public school teachers.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is set to announce its presidential candidate in Ankara on July 1 with a presentation featuring special 3D technology. Current Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the most likely contender for the ruling party. 

External as well as internal factors are leading to the redistribution of cards, the redrawing of borders in the region. The idea of Turkey expanding its borders to include oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan is nothing new for the abundant “deep strategists.” While trying to expand borders, however, Turkey may find itself bidding farewell to some fundamental parts of the motherland.

President Abdullah Gül has confirmed that he will not run for a second term in the upcoming presidential elections in August.

CNN International correspondent Ivan Watson said goodbye to Istanbul at a farewell party with his colleagues, who presented him some tongue-in-cheek political gifts that refer to his recent clash with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

An article published by a pro-government newspaper claiming that the Gülenists almost seized control of the Turkish army has infuriated President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) with the latter arguing the move was aiming at tarnishing "institutional identity" of the military.