For quite a while now Turkey has been debating whether the “Presidential System” would be suitable for the country. Opinion leaders have expressed that PM Erdoğan has made it clear he would be in favor of such a system switch in the Turkish democracy whereas many believe this would make the number one politician of Turkey even more authoritarian. The members of the ruling party have already started to talk ...

The fierce competition among the economies of the world  is getting tougher every day. In fact so tough that it has swept some important countries into a state of despair and made them dependent on the financial aid to come from EU. The whole of Europe prayed God for other countries not to follow as its could be an end of a legend, namelt European Union. Turkey which has not been shown the green light to en ...

Down below you will find a summary of topics from major Turkish papers and internet sites. Government says withdrawal of outlawed PKK militants developing according to plans On the contrary to negative statements by the opposition parties as well as concerns from many citizens as to what is going to happen regarding the withdrawal process in question, the government paints a very confident picture about the ...

On the way to working out the Kurdish issue to establish peace in the country, the government of Turkey has took initiative to put together a bunch of people called “wise people” including artists, musicians, journalists, academics, intellectuals and representatives from non-governmental organizations who are expected to assume the task of persuading public to support one of the most important milestones in ...

It seems that the government is very determined to put an end to the terror issue which has cost tens of thousands of lives (of both Kurdish and Turkish origin) in Turkey during the few decades. In fact, the ruling AKP and the BDP often express they are committed to the ongoing process of finding a peaceful resolution to the issue. A peaceful solution has never been closer as some experts have stated and bo ...

It is reported that US State Secretary Kerry is scheduled to visit Ankara on his tour to Europe and Middle East region between February 24 and March 6. The secretary is known to have important issues on his agenda such as priorities to attend to after the crisis in Syria comes to an end. Among countries the secretary is expected to visit are the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi A ...

Turkey, in parallel with its foreign policies for the past decade has been trying to be actively involved in the ever so complex Middle East politics, in particular. As Turkish Foreign Minister has often put it, Turkey wants to secure its place among major players in the region. Within this scope Turkish PM has also paid plenty of visits to the countries in the region to improve relations with concerned cou ...

It was announced by the Turkish Government that there were 120,147 Syrians currently staying in Turkey after having escaped from clashes in their country. AFAD made a written statement on Friday saying Turkey had made available 5 tent cities in Hatay, 2 in Sanliurfa, 3 in Gaziantep and one each in Osmaniye, Kahramanmaras and Adiyaman and one container city in Kilis. AFAD also mentioned that Turkey took all ...

The Turkish embassy in Berlin built with the inspiration of Seljuk and Ottoman architecture is the biggest Turkish embassy building in the world. Erdoğan who delivered a speech at the inauguration placed emphasis on Turkish-German friendship. He said the place where the new embassy stands was where the first Ottoman embassy was built in Berlin with the Ottomans' ambassador İbrahim Hakkı Pasha having taken o ...

Turkey is facing big changes in all walks of life to include social, economic, politic and administrative ones. The Turkish government has accomplished many changes in all areas and the most recent one has to do with "the status change of several towns" in the country. Within this framework, the bill regarding the status change of 13 towns has been submitted to parliament. The project was started when PM Er ...

Turkish PM’s bodyguard team being replaced to maintain security Five chiefs of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail have been removed from their posts in an effort to avoid any security weakness, daily Hürriyet reported today. Four police commissioners were also appointed to different police departments as a part of the security operation. Four bodyguard teams in Ankara and one in Istanbul ...

Haluk Koç, the deputy chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), has made public the text of the protocol allegedly signed by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and representatives of the Turkish Government at the negotiations in Oslo. England, in the capacity of an arbitrator country, signed the text in the name of the two parties, Koç said. According to the text the two sides agreed upon, ...

The Turkish state will not cease operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Southeast Anatolia until the militants lay down their arms, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday. “The terrorists should know that if they drop their arms, then the operations in the country will end. But arms cannot be silenced as long as the terrorists do not drop their arms. They would target ...

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that the Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine, for which negotiations are ongoing, will be complete by the end of the year. Speaking at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "Our current trade volume is 6.5 billion dollars. Our target is to bring that up to 20 billion dollars by the year 2 ...

PM: "Turkey will not hand over Iraqi VP Hashemi" Turkey will not hand over Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who faces a death sentence against him in Baghdad, if Baghdad government would file such a request and he can remain in Turkey as long as he needs to, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday. "I'll say it very clearly. We will be willing to host Mr. Hashemi as long as he wants, an ...

The unrest in the Middle East and Syria in specific seems to escalating each and every day in spite of all the (useless) efforts spent by UN officials to put and end to it. Syria, on the contrary to many predictions as to Assad would leave the country to give way to a new administration and regime (certainly) to take over the country has been resisting all the pressure from the SYRIAN ARMY OF FREEDOM (rebel ...

Ankara’s reaction to the treacherous attack in Beytüşşebap, Şırnak has been harsh. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan emphasizes the fact that these perpetrators will never be allowed to realize their intentions. A steadfast resolution in the fight against terrorism was the message delivered in a state summit held yesterday in response to the PKK attack in Beytüşşebap, which resulted in the deaths of ten soldier ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan responded harshly to a series of questions regarding issues concerning the appointment of teachers, the recent education reforms, and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in a recent TV interview. Erdoğan criticized the portrayal of the appointment of teachers in the media, accusing journalists of "abusing emotions." "The media place really disturbing t ...

"The increased terror attacks in Turkey is the price for the country's support for the 'Syrian people,' according to Iraq's exiled vice president Tariq al-Hashemi. Escalation in the terrorist activities of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey is to be expected, because of Turkey's allying itself with the Syrian people against the al-Assad regime, fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashem ...

The government’s recent decision to convert a former tobacco plant into a prison has angered the local chamber of commerce, which is demanding an industrial zone instead. “The government has chosen to build an eighth prison in the city, instead of establishing a second organized industrial site,” said Remzi Can, the head of the Diyarbakır Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in a press meeting on Aug. 24. Burç ...

Commenting that if the people in the Southeast were not so afraid of the PKK terrorist organization, then the BDP, or Peace and Democracy Party, would not get the vote, Erdoğan states "These deputies embrace them (terrorists) as if they were brothers, so of course we suffice to ask, ‘what sort of relationship is this’? Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was remarking on imagery surfaced depicting BDP deput ...

Turkey which received a real strong applause from western democracies for a long time - until a short while ago - has been attracting criticism for a while  from some major unbiased sources in those countries. This criticism is mainly targeted at the pressure exerted on the press, institutions and citizens by the current administration - and the head of government, in specific. One of the harshest articles ...

An Alevi cemevi standing next to a cemetery in Istanbul is a "freak," according to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. "That cemevi was built there as a freak, and still remains an illegal building – it has no license," Erdoğan said during an interview broadcast on the private A Haber channel yesterday in response to a question about the status of Alevi cemevis in Turkey. The prime minister said th ...