Development Party

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's 1,150-room mega-palace and its residents should immediately be evicted, an architects' NGO has said in a statement after the country's critical June 7 general elections.

The June 7 parliamentary elections are being followed with great interest by regional countries as well as Turkey?s Western allies, including the United States and the European Union. 

All four major parties and a coalition party which will participate in Turkey?s upcoming June 7 elections have announced their election manifestos, with each elaborating on different topics.

The ruling Justice and the Development Party (AKP) announced a manifesto dubbed ?The 2023 New Turkey Contract,? with a focus on economic development and the new constitution. 

A private firm has added yet another twist to the religious-themed frenzy in Turkey, offering Turkish Delight in the shape of the most sacred site in Islam: The Kabaa in the holy city of Mecca.

One Kabaa-shaped box of Turkish Delight is available for 1.75 liras, but images of the box stirred anger and ridicule among some social media users.

A Turkish lawyer has defended her clients, six policemen accused of beating a Gezi Park protester, by arguing that a police baton is a ?service tool, not a weapon.?

All political parties running for the upcoming parliamentary elections have been working intensely to finalize their candidates as a April 7 deadline to submit their candidate lists to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) approaches. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has broken a self-implemented code by discussing party issues on behalf of the media, says top AKP advisor Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has broken a self-implemented code by discussing party issues on behalf of the media in a recent row between a deputy prime minister and the Ankara Mayor, according to the ruling Justice of Development Par

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an will never be able to achieve his ambition of becoming president with superpowers, Selahattin Demirta?, the co-leader of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) said March 17, rejecting reports of any bargaining with the ruling party. 

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has said rumors voiced by a mysterious Twitter user named “Fuat Avni,” over the potential detention of dozens of journalists known to have been close to the U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gülen, should be taken “seriously.”

Turkey’s government and the country’s intelligence agency are conspiring against the Republican People’s Party (CHP) through media operations in order to weaken the party’s image and stir up fresh trouble, the CHP leader has claimed.