Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Turks vote in test for Erdogan as recession hits home
Middle East
March 31, 2019
Turks vote in test for Erdogan as recession hits home
Turkey voted in local elections on Sunday in a test for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with his ruling party risking…
Turkish ruling AKP official says elections to be held if constitutional changes not made: AA
Middle East
January 13, 2017
Turkish ruling AKP official says elections to be held if constitutional changes not made: AA
Turkey will hold elections if a constitutional reform package expanding President Tayyip Erodgan's powers is not approved by parliament, state-run…
Turkey’s Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt
Middle East
August 8, 2016
Turkey’s Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt
President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally of more than one million people on Sunday that July's failed coup would be…
Turkey’s post-coup purge exposes deep divisions
World
July 24, 2016
Turkey’s post-coup purge exposes deep divisions
Visitors to Istanbul in these first few days after the failed military coup will find a nation that is not…
Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress
Middle East
May 16, 2016
Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress
Police sealed off a hotel in Ankara on Sunday, preventing dissidents in Turkey's nationalist opposition from holding a party congress…
Turkish parliament debate on lawmakers’ immunity ends in a brawl
Middle East
May 3, 2016
Turkish parliament debate on lawmakers’ immunity ends in a brawl
Members of Turkey's ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish opposition traded kicks and punches and threw water at each other…
Brawls in Turkish parliament delay legislation on EU migrant deal
Middle East
April 28, 2016
Brawls in Turkish parliament delay legislation on EU migrant deal
Brawls between lawmakers from Turkey's ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish opposition have delayed efforts to pass legislation on a…
Turkish nationalists would back AKP minority government in return for snap poll
World
August 4, 2015
Turkish nationalists would back AKP minority government in return for snap poll
Turkey's nationalist opposition MHP would support a minority government formed by the ruling AK Party if it agreed to hold…
Fists fly as Turkish MPs debate bill on violent demonstrations: media
World
February 18, 2015
Fists fly as Turkish MPs debate bill on violent demonstrations: media
Turkish parliamentarians threw punches and two were taken to hospital late on Tuesday after a debate over a bill aimed…
Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in as president
World
August 28, 2014
Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in as president
Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey's 12th president at a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, cementing his position as…