Talks for a coalition government in Turkey between the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), which lost its parliamentary majority in the June 7 election, and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been taking place under extraordinary circumstances.
In an unexpected move a day before a key meeting on coalition possibilities with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu made a call on Aug. 9 for a united political stance against violence.
You can read the details in Serkan Demirtaş’s story in today’s edition of Hürriyet Daily News; Turkey’s Incirlik air base is soon to become the hub for military operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) by the U.S.-led coalition of countries.
General Hulusi Akar, the Commander of the Turkish Land Forces was appointed as the new Chief of General Staff (CGS) by President Tayyip Erdoğan following the three-day Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) meetings held Aug. 3-5 and chaired by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
Following 10 days full of acts of terrorism by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and massive retaliation by the Turkish army against PKK bases in Iraq, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has contacted the government in a move to end the clashes in order to resume talks in pursuit of a political solution to Turkey’s chronic problem
The talks between delegations of the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) to understand whether and on what terms a coalition would be possible for a new government in Turkey were completed on Aug. 3
Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-chairman of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is nowadays the focus of a denouncment campaign by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) government
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan could not separate himself from domestic politics even during his China-Indonesia trip, rocking coalition talks between the delegations of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) with his words
Hitting the PKK has tactical priority for us, as Turkey gets ready for joint ops against ISIL together with the U.S., one Turkish official says
