The Anadolu Agency photo below shows Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu getting a briefing on Jan. 8 from Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım aboard a helicopter regarding the ongoing construction work for the third “Yavuz Selim” bridge across the Bosphorus
Right before Paris was put on alert over yet another incident on the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo assault by al-Qaeda on Jan. 7, former French President Nicholas Sarkozy claimed that the Schengen visa agreement “was dead.”
During a speech on Jan. 6 to local headmen, President Tayyip Erdoğan brought up the issue of a regime shift from the current parliamentary system to a presidential one
After a silence of nearly two days - and after most reactions from all over the world had been heard - Numan Kurtulmuş, the Turkish government’s spokesperson and deputy prime minister, responded to the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the evening of Jan. 4
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli gave surprising support to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) during a 1 hour 40 minute talk in parliament on Jan. 4
Saudi Arabia opened its embassy in Baghdad after 25 years closed on Jan. 1. It had been closed ever since Iraq invaded Kuwait
The European Union has set 10 priorities for 2016
2015 has been a problematic year for Turkey both in domestic and international politics
When the meeting between Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Republican People’s Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu came to an end, it was almost obvious that the talks in the main opposition leader’s office would bear fruit
