Akif Hamzaçebi

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.

All three Turkish opposition parties in parliament have ignored President Tayyip Erdo?an?s surprising public objection to the resignation of National Intelligence Organization (M?T) Chief Hakan Fidan, who answered to a call by Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to become a candidate for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) in the June 7 parliamentary elections.

A war of words between the ruling and main opposition parties in Turkey over a controversial draft security bill has grown larger, with the latter describing the law as a "clear provocation." 

The presidential emblem at the entrance of the old Çankaya Palace in Ankara has been removed, as the transfer of all service units to the new presidential palace has now been completed.

The presidential system model proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will make Turkey into a ?dictatorship? under President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) Deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Akif Hamzaçebi has claimed.

Continuing with democratic reforms is key for Turkey to advance its EU accession process, Kati Piri, the European Parliament's new rapporteur to Turkey, has said on her first visit to Ankara.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has questioned both President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's motives and authority with regard to his engagement in the possible inclusion of Ottoman language classes in Turkey's high school curriculum.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has accused the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) of "acting with enmity toward their own history," while also describing the debates over the Ottoman language courses as simply "a storm in a teacup."