Parliament's General Assembly

The Constitutional Court has denied the individual applications of two former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers appealing for the reversal of a parliamentary ruling that removed their status as MPs.

The general assembly of the Constitutional Court unanimously rejected the individual application of Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer on Sept. 7.

Lawmakers on Jan. 15 adopted the last article of a constitutional reform package that allows a partisan president, unlike current Turkish Constitution.      

A total of 481 of 550 deputies participated the secret ballot session on the Article 18 on Jan. 15 night at Parliament's General Assembly.      

Turkish lawmakers adopted on Jan. 15 new articles in a contentious constitutional reform package that will pave the way for structural reforms in the nation's highest judicial body, regulate the annual budget and usher in a new government system.        

Parliament's Constitution Commission approved a draft bill on May 2 to lift the immunities of more than 130 MPs who are under legal investigation, in order to let the courts try them. The bill was approved with the votes of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti), the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) after two tense commission

Parliament's General Assembly has passed 10 of the 132 articles in a controversial homeland security bill thanks to votes from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) despite activist-style demonstrations by opposition parties in the chamber.

The decision on what to do with the primary evidence in the corruption probe against four ex-ministers belongs to the corruption inquiry commission, Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has said, rejecting appeals from opposition lawmakers to save the evidence.

A parliamentary inquiry commission has voted not to send four former ministers engulfed in the massive corruption and graft operation launched on Dec. 17, 2013, to the Supreme Council for trial.

The deputies voted nine to five to not send the four ex-ministers to the Supreme Council, with the nine votes all coming from ruling party deputies.

Former Interior Minister Muammer Güler has admitted that he gave a reference about Iranian origin businessman Reza Zarrab, the key suspect of the December 2013 corruption probe, but has denied allegations that he accepted bribes from him.

A controversial judiciary bill that had stirred angry debates about measures allowing searches to be conducted on the basis of mere "reasonable doubt," without any concrete evidence, has been passed by Parliament.

It used to do it. The Constitutional Court most recently seized the presidential vote in Parliament in 2007, ruling that the quorum was 367, contrary to what had been assumed up to that day.

The reason for this ruling was that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) group in Parliament alone would not have been enough to elect Abdullah Gül.