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The economic and judicial reforms to improve the investment climate in Turkey will be led by the People's Alliance, composed of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, informing that necessary legislation would soon be brought to the agenda in the parliament.

Presidential High Advisory Board member and former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç resigned on Nov. 24 after his division with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the imprisonment of jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala and former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rejected a call by his adviser Bülent Arınç for the release of jailed philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala and former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, stressing that his party's alliance with the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is sturdy.

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has demanded up to 15 years in jail for the son-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç on charges of being a member of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), widely believed to have been behind the failed July 2016 coup attempt, daily Habertürk reported on July 12.

Until the coming to office of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002, one can fairly say that Turkey's national days, putting aside Oct. 29 Republic Day, had basically turned into occasions for holidays, rather than special days when people celebrated Republican values.

A psychological warfare that components of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) have recently started is a new perception operation. They started publicizing the full name of pilot Major O.K., who played a huge role in the prevention of the coup attempt on July 15, 2016 by informing the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) that Undersecretary Hakan Fidan would be kidnapped. 

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir has accused Turkish courts of bestowing privilege on relatives of key political figures of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), while reiterating the ongoing arrest of HDP lawmakers and journalists, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Members of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) are still active, opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has claimed, accusing the government of being discriminatory and ineffective in its struggle against the followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. 

Amid the Qatar crisis which is straining the entire neighborhood, Turkish politics has become occupied with a son-in-law crisis where the courts are accused of positive discrimination in the case of the relatives of key political figures of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti).

An Ankara court ordered the release of the son-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç under judicial control on June 9, four days after he was arrested on charges of being a member of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), widely believed to be behind the failed July 2016 coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.