Ruling Justice and Development Party

The rector of Pamukkale University, Hüseyin Bağ, has been suspended from his post after reports that he gave a job to his wife in the university, Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK) said on Aug. 10.

The move comes after reports that he had given his wife a job as a teaching assistant went viral on social media.

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy chairman Ali İhsan Yavuz has submitted official paperwork to the Supreme Election Council (YSK) to annul the results of the March 31 Istanbul mayoral election, with his party seeking a do-over in the entire province. 

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Leader Mehmet Özhaseki hinted a possible pre-election alliance with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) for the upcoming local elections.

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Çorum deputy and parliament's administrative chief Salim Uslu said they have initiated works to move Hittite civilization artifacts at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara and the Hittite Sun Course Monument in the capital's Sıhhiye Square to the Central Anatolian province of Çorum.

The Turkish parliament has passed 41 international agreements in one sitting, as political parties have also delivered messages to their parliamentary groups on consolidation between parties. 

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chair Yasin Aktay has described U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries as "racist." 

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chair Tuğrul Türkeş has said he is against the reintroduction of the death penalty, a hotly-debated issue since Turkey's failed July 15 military coup attempt. 

Both President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have harshly slammed the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) for its recent criticism of the arrest of the co-leaders and 10 lawmakers of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on terrorism charges. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s kitchen is under the strict control of his doctors, with a five-member emergency team permanently on call in the presidential palace.

All food and meals are analyzed before being served to Erdo?an in the palace, according to his personal doctor, Cevdet Erdöl.

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.