Deniz Baykal

Interior Minister Efkan Ala, while chatting with journalists the other day, made an interesting comment about media groups affiliated with the Fethullah Gülen movement: ?Until these incidents took place, these media outlets had not even once criticized the government. After these incidents, they started. Is this the media? I am asking: Didn?t the government make any mistakes from 2002 to 2013?

“Their plans to arrest me were ready,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in his speech on Dec. 12 while hosting the Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) in the new presidential palace in Ankara.

“Their plans to arrest me were ready,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in his speech on Dec. 12 while hosting the Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) in the new presidential palace in Ankara.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has responded quickly and has done right in answering calls for an early party congress by setting the date as Sept. 5-6.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) leadership has decided to hold a snap extraordinary congress, in a move to prevent dissidents becoming organized in their challenge against CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

Some 50 former deputies of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have joined the dissidents in vocing their discontent against the party leader and calling for his resignation.

During a rally held on Aug. 8 presidential hopeful Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan preferred emphasizing the deeply rooted comradery between him and outgoing President Abdullah Gül, blaming the opposition for trying to drive a wedge between them.

“We had a successful term with Mr. Gül, in extreme harmony,” Erdoğan said, while addressing people in Gül’s hometown.

During a rally held on Aug. 8 presidential hopeful Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan preferred emphasizing the deeply rooted comradery between him and outgoing President Abdullah Gül, blaming the opposition for trying to drive a wedge between them.

“We had a successful term with Mr. Gül, in extreme harmony,” Erdoğan said, while addressing people in Gül’s hometown.

The Republican People’s Party’s presidential nominee Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu starts a debate within the party, with some claiming that he does not represent the party’s authentic worldview