Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Hayrettin Karaman, professor emeritus of Islamic law and columnist for daily Yeni Şafak, is an important figure in Turkey. He is known to be deeply respected by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan and his ideas are known to be widely appreciated by the members of the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP).

A Samsun court has granted a stay of execution for a gas station project which was slated to be built in a green area in the Black Sea province of Amasya following locals’ demonstrations.

The court issued the decision regarding a revision of the development plan in 2006, the organization of the parcel in 2008 and the construction permit given in 2014.

The ruling party is dedicated to make the presidential election in August, after which the country will have its first president elected by the public; more than an election for a new president.

Mutual distrust between the government and the Kurdish political groups will not yield a breakthrough in the ongoing resolution process, according to the social democrat opposition leader, who argued no one was really aware of the substance of the process.

On the first anniversary of nationwide protests that shook Turkish Prime Minster Tayyip Erdoğan's rule, barely a thousand anti-government demonstrators marched in Istanbul on May 31.

Outnumbered by riot police, they were soon sent scurrying into side streets by tear gas and water cannon.

With nearly two months left to the presidential polls, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is introducing all indications that it is pushing the Kurdish peace process. Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay announced on Sunday, June 1, that the government was in preparation to intensify the peace process through bold and concrete steps.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has taken the initiative to launch an investigation into a prosecutor and three judges who issued court orders for the arrest and freezing of assets of graft suspects in the Dec. 17 and Dec. 25 investigations, overruling the country’s top judicial body that had dismissed the need for such an investigation.

The establishment of a parliamentary commission to investigate four former Turkish cabinet members of the ruling AKP is given another delay With the procedure for the establishment of a parliamentary commission to investigate four former ministers already delayed due to the failure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to nominate its members, the Parliamentary Speaker’s Of

Despite some false starts, Turkish aerospace engineers are moving ahead at full speed with new unmanned aerial vehicles, including the much anticipated Anka from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Shortly before parliamentary elections in 2011, several election campaign billboards of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) featured blue skies with unidentified aircraft, accompanie

Heavy rain hit Istanbul on June 2, causing local flooding and creating chaos in the metropolis. Incredible images, like the one showing a minibus "cruising" alongside a Bosphorus ferry, have gone viral on social media.