On Nov. 5, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European Parliament President Martin Schulz were on the Aegean island of Lesvos, which is much closer to Turkey than it is to the Greek mainland, carrying out observations over the ongoing influx of Syrian refugees
In line with the proverb “Strike while the iron is hot,” Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan lost no time bringing forward the issue of a radical shift in Turkey from the current parliamentary system to a presidential one through a constitutional change, following the election victory of the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti)
The day after the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) scored its surprising election victory, it has reopened the issue of a new constitution based on a shift from the current parliamentary system to a presidential system
When he said “This was also a surprise for me,” Bilal Erdoğan, the son of President Tayyip Erdoğan was busy celebrating the Justice and Development Party’s (AK Parti) election victory on the night of Nov. 1, waving Turkish and Ottoman flags along Baghdad Avenue, a secular-republican heartland on Istanbul’s Asian side.
In his speech right after losing parliamentary majority on June 7 elections, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu addressed his voters when he said “I got your message.”
The latest opinion polls tell us that neither the make-up of the four-party parliament, nor the ranking of the parties in parliament, is likely to change substantially on Nov. 1, a re-run of the June 7 general election
Research companies have been revealing the results of their opinion polls just a few days ahead of Turkey’s Nov. 1 re-election
Turkey marks the 92nd anniversary of the declaration of the republic on Oct. 29 by its founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in deep political strain ahead of the crucial general election on Nov. 1, which could determine not only the next government but also the country’s entire near future.
An Ankara court has stamp approved a demand by the prosecutor’s office on Oct. 27 to seize the administration of Koza-Ipek business group upon suspicion that they are financing terrorism as a part of an investigation ongoing since Sept. 1, despite an inspection report saying that there were no irregularities found in the company records.
