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Ankara has been closely following political developments in neighboring Iraq, hoping to renew bilateral relations with the country following its strained relationship with outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Somalia’s government warned Sept. 6 that the country’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels were planning a wave of retaliatory attacks after it was confirmed their leader was killed earlier this week in a US air strike.
 

New Prime Minister Davutoğlu will today present his government’s program, with a packed 10 months planned ahead of the general elections next June Turkey’s 62nd government, led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, is set to outline its program on Sept.

Six police officers were arrested in Turkey on Aug. 22 as part of an ongoing wiretapping investigation in which hundreds of officers have been detained or removed from their posts in recent months.
      

The massive rise in the number of imam-hatip religious schools in the last four years shows how the AKP has been championing a more conservative education system, according to education reformer Batuhan Aydagül.

Koç Holding’s Otokar may face challenge from BMC in a contract to build 1,000 indigenous main battle tanks despite being the creator of a prototype of the armored carrier, the Altay A multibillion-dollar government contract to select the maker of Turkey’s first indigenous main battle tank will be a litmus test for the defense arm of the country’s biggest industrial conglomerate, K

In the early hours of July 30, an Istanbul court arrested 11 ranking members of the Turkish police for spying against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) government.

The new party is expected to announce its establishment under the name of the “Center Party” on July 7. It claims “center,” but despite some of the individuals expected to be among the founders being of center-left origin, the majority and those having their grassroots links are of right wing origin.

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani has called on the United Nations to aid in arranging a referendum in Kirkuk based upon Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, which regulates jurisdictional issues.

Turkey’s economy minister called on June 23 for a sharp rate cut a day before a meeting of the Central Bank.

“I don’t think anybody in Turkey will want high interest rates,” Nihat Zeybekci said.

“We expect the interest rates to be lowered as soon as possible” to the level before the big rate increase in January, he added.