Ahmet Davutoğlu

An Investigation Commission looking into the corruption allegations against four former ministers of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) is scheduled to hold a critical vote today, Jan. 5.

As 2014 was the year of presidential and local elections, 2015 will be the year of parliamentary elections: The last chain of three votes that will have overhauled the entire Turkish political system.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to chair the cabinet meeting that will take place on Jan. 19 is a straightforward intervention against the Turkish state’s tradition, the leader of the main opposition has said, calling Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to resist for stopping such interventions into his authority.

This year and the next few months are going to be critical regarding the future of Turkey’s critical Kurdish problem.

Both the government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are heading toward a make-it or break-it stage after the two-year-old exhausting dialogue in between the two.

We will eat healthy and exercise more. We will read more and watch TV less. So should be our resolutions for 2015, right? But that would be too mundane and easy after all. We as a proud nation of great heritage should do more.

The parliamentary elections scheduled for June is likely to be the major political issue of Turkey in 2015.

It is also likely that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) will stay in power for another four years, since no major shift in the political spectrum has been observed in the from two elections last year; the locals in March and presidential in August.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will not attend the country’s top business organization’s general assembly on Jan. 22, 2015 due to the organization’s claims that their addressee was the prime minister and not the president, according to prime ministry news sources.

The year 2014 could be summarized as the year of elections for Turkey that resulted in the overall change in the political system with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan becoming the first president elected through popular vote, while Ahmet Davutoğlu took over the chairmanship of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Prime Ministry.

Following a loud and clear announcement by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç appears to have toned down his rhetoric over the prospect of a Cabinet meeting being chaired by the former, as he said they find it “appropriate.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a visit to Iraq next month in a move to further reinforce recently mended bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries.