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...
