People's Party

The unification committee of the National Liberal Party (PNL) approved the PNL governance programme, a document that will set the grounds of the partnership with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, for the achievement of the project "Romania of things well-done," PNL co-chairman Vasile Blaga told a press conference on Saturday.

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The timing of a lengthy meeting between Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan late Feb. 25 has led to speculation suggesting Babacan resigned from his post after President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an continued his criticism of the Central Bank.

Yet, Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z ruled out such move.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Head Sezgin Tanr?kulu has addressed a report claiming that around $1 billion in cash has been smuggled into Iran since March 2014 from Dubai and Turkey, asking whether these claims are true.

A recent response by the justice ministry to a parliamentary question on torture and sexual abuse at a juvenile prison in Alia?a in the province of ?zmir contradicted earlier claims, with an opposition deputy questioning if the ministry has hidden the bitter truth.

An opposition deputy has taken the floor in Turkey's parliament to defend jackals and hyenas, after both animals were mentioned in an analogy about the government's alleged corruption.

The former chief of the National Intelligence Agency (M?T), Hakan Fidan, who recently resigned from his post in order to run in the June 7 general elections by becoming a nominee on the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) ticket, visited the provincial branch of the party in Ankara Feb. 23.

Turkish opposition parties have harshly reacted to the evacuation of the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah in northern Syria, accusing the government of abandoning the country's only territory outside its borders.

The state mechanism is not a tool to oppress the people, but to provide services to them, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has said, criticizing the homeland security bill draft brought to parliament by the ruling party. 

An Ankara court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Health Ministry against the Turkish Medical Association's (TTB) Ankara Chamber of Doctors (ATO) for assisting injured protesters during the Gezi Park protests in 2013.

urkey's Parliament descended into fresh chaos on Feb. 19 with lawmakers exchanging punches for a second time over a controversial bill to boost police powers against protesters.