Turkey’s ruling party taunts opposition over early election
Turkey’s ruling AK Party taunted the main opposition party on Thursday to name a candidate to challenge Tayyip Erdogan for June elections which are expected...
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Turkey’s parliament approves key articles of constitutional reform (Updated)
Turkey’s parliament has approved key measures allowing the president to be a member of a political party and issue decrees, part of a constitutional reform...
Power struggle in Turkey’s nationalist opposition in legal limbo
By Ercan Gurses and Humeyra Pamuk The main challenger for the leadership of Turkey’s nationalist opposition vowed on Friday a party congress would go ahead...
Turkey’s Davutoglu says he will step down (Update 4)
By Ercan Gurses and Nick Tattersall Ahmet Davutoglu announced on Thursday that he was stepping down as leader of Turkey’s ruling AK Party and therefore...
Turkey to work on rule to strip terrorism supporters of citizenship
Turkey will work on a new rule to strip citizenship from Turks found to be supporting terrorism, the justice minister said on Wednesday, a day...
Holding a wolf by its ears – Why the West should worry about Turkey
By Peter Marino Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has beaten down his opponents and returned his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AK Party) to a fourth term of...
Erdogan’s War
By Gwynne Dyer THE DEATH toll from the twin suicide bombs at a peace rally in Ankara on Saturday has reached 128. The Turkish police...
Turkish election ‘becoming impossible’ due to unrest – pro-Kurdish party (Update 3)
By Seyhmus Cakan Rising violence in southeast Turkey following the collapse of a ceasefire between the government and Kurdish insurgents will make it difficult to...
Turkish police raid conglomerate with close links to cleric Gulen (Updated)
By Daren Butler and Ayla Jean Yackley Turkish police raided the offices of a conglomerate with close links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, an...
Turkey’s main opposition accuses Erdogan of blocking coalition efforts
By Humeyra Pamuk Turkey’s main opposition leader has accused President Tayyip Erdogan of blocking efforts to form a coalition government and warned him against taking...
Early election in Turkey would prolong economic risk
By Ercan Gurses Uncertainty about the formation of Turkey’s next government poses a risk to economic growth and the best scenario would be a strong...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition open to coalition without AKP
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said on Thursday it was open to all options for a coalition government other than with the ruling AK...
Cyprus closely watching situation in Turkey, government says
By Jean Christou The government said on Monday it was monitoring and evaluating the uncertain situation created after the elections in Turkey on Sunday. Government...
Plunged into uncertainty, Turkey could face early election (Update 2)
By Orhan Coskun and Ercan Gurses Turkey faced the prospect of weeks of political turmoil after the ruling AK Party lost its parliametary majority in...
Turkish ruling party may lose majority in June election
By Nevzat Devranoglu Turkey’s ruling AK Party may lose its parliamentary majority in a June 7 election and be forced to form either a coalition...
Turkish parliament votes against corruption trial for ex-ministers
The Turkish parliament voted on Wednesday not to send to trial four former ministers accused of wrongdoing in a corruption investigation, in a boost to...
Erdogan chairs Turkish cabinet meeting, pushing presidential powers
By Nick Tattersall and Tulay Karadeniz Tayyip Erdogan became the first Turkish president to chair a cabinet meeting in more than a decade on Monday,...
Erdogan’s presidential win starts race for new Turkish govt
By Nick Tattersall and Orhan Coskun Turkey’s ruling party began deliberations on the shape of the next government on Monday after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan...
Tear gas fired at Turkey mine unrest
By Nick Tattersall Riot police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse several thousand protesters on Friday in a Turkish mining town still grieving the...
Turkey’s Erdogan calls on US to extradite rival Gulen
By Gulsen Solaker Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would ask the United States to extradite an Islamic cleric he accuses of plotting to topple him and...