Lots of things happened on May 24 that will likely have drastic effects on Turkish politics in the upcoming period
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had two victories in two days
Turkey will soon elect a new leader for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and therefore a new prime minister who will introduce a new cabinet with new names to crucial ministerial posts
The country awoke on the morning of May 13 and saw a written statement by the Turkish Armed Forces, informing them about the killing of eight soldiers in an ambush by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Çukurca district of Hakkari province on the Iraqi border
The sudden leave of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has drastically shifted the political agenda from international problems to questions about who will replace him, with further curiosity over how President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will manage to bring about an executive presidential system
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s one-hour long farewell statement on May 5 was very comprehensive in regards to highlight the main reasons behind his sudden leave as well as to give us clues about the shape and duty of the next government and his successor as chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and prime minister
It’s been six months since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections with an almost 50 percent majority, forming a powerful government
There is no need to recall how Turkey and Saudi Arabia clinched the alliance they have built over the past year, especially after the new Saudi King Salman came to the throne, through consecutive high-level visits
There are huge differences between the statements of Turkish and EU officials with regard to how many of the 72 benchmarks required for granting visa exemption to Turkish citizens by the end of June have been fulfilled by the government in Ankara
