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The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is not only a political establishment of Turkey's past 18 years but also an organization that is capable to serve the future of the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Jan. 25, calling on the party's grassroots to prove this to electorates.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Jan. 13 urged his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members to work hard as if "every day is an election day" until 2023 when the country is scheduled to run for presidential and parliamentary elections.

Thousands of students, academics, activists and opposition party members organised a second protest on Wednesday in Kadikoy Pier Square in Istanbul over the appointment of a new rector at Bogazici University.

Arrested soldiers who participated in the 2016 attempted coup are accompanied by Turkish soldiers as they arrive at the court in Sincan Prison before trial in Ankara, August 1, 2017. Photo: EPA/TUMAY BERKIN

Akinci Air Base in Ankara was the headquarters of the plotters and the operations of the abortive coup attempt were managed there, including air strikes on civilians.

Twitter said it had removed 7,340 "fake and compromised" accounts on Friday, which were linked to the youth branch of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, AKP.

After night-long debates and even a fist fight, Turkey's parliament on Wednesday accepted a new bill with the votes of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling coalition, which greatly expands the powers of the night watchmen, or neighbourhood guards.

They can now stop and search people if and when they see necessary, and may now carry weapons and use force.

The Turkish government may start works to change the current status of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya), a landmark mosque-turned-museum in Istanbul, daily Hürriyet reported on June 5.

Turkish authorities arrested three opposition lawmakers on Friday after they were stripped of their parliamentary status the day before.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has demanded the urgent transfer of the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) shares in the lender İş Bankası to the Treasury during a recent meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), daily Hürriyet reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday rejected Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu's resignation after a midnight meeting between the two men.

Turkey's state Communications Directorate said in a statement that Erdogan "did not find the request [to resign] suitable".