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Human rights associations up in arms over deputy’s remarks on torture allegations

In an open letter to the Turkish Parliament, six Turkey-based human rights associations on Thursday criticized recent remarks of ruling Justice and Development Party...

Referendum for presidential system in Turkey may be held in spring, AKP deputy says

Turkey may hold a referendum for a change from a parliamentary system of governance to a presidential system in spring 2017 after a new...

Senior AKP politician: Turkey switched to presidential system in 2007

While suggesting that the term “prime minister” in the Constitution should be replaced with “president,” a senior Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician said...

AKP district deputy head killed by PKK militants in eastern Turkey

Aydın Muştu, deputy chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Özalp district branch in eastern Van province, was killed in an armed...

AKP investigates almost 12,000 members, 874 mayors over Gülen links

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Erol Kaya informed media on Saturday that nearly 12,000 members of the AKP and 874 mayors...

Leaked emails show AKP bribed former US Congressman to write pro-Turkey article

The leaked emails of Berat Albayrak, Turkey’s energy minister and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, show that lobbyists working for the Justice and...

World Teachers Day marked by protest of mass teacher dismissals

The education policies of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and the dismissal of some 50,000 teachers following a July 15 coup attempt...

2 Turkish ministers allegedly use mobile app that caused hundreds of detentions

Two ministers from Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been found by security authorities to be using a smart phone application named ByLock...

Senior AKP figure allegedly said he would decapitate own son if he were coup plotter

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Yasin Aktay told family members of soldiers who were arrested due to their alleged involvement in a...

AKP deputy: Naive to think ‘FETÖ’ has not infiltrated our party

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Sakarya deputy Ayhan Sefer Üstün said on Tuesday that there should also be a cleansing within the...

Turkey sees record rise in mosque construction in last decade

  A total of 8,985 new mosques were constructed in Turkey between 2005 and 2015, data from the country's top religious body has revealed. According to...

CHP slams AKP over municipality decision, claiming political fraud

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has strongly criticized a government decision to appoint trustees to 28 municipalities, located primarily in the predominantly...

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