Central Decision and Executive Council

The fact that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won an outright victory with almost 52 percent in the first round of the presidential election, according to unofficial results, may be a game changer in near-future scenarios for the post-Erdoğan era.

Turkey’s intelligence chief was the first official in Ankara to learn about the release of 32 Turkish drivers who had been kidnapped by Islamist militants in northern Iraq.