Deniz Baykal

Speaker of the Turkish parliament has declared an oath taken by a leading Kurdish politician null and void due to the latter's rewording of the oath.

The national assembly of Turkey, most members of which were reelected in Nov. 1 snap elections following the June 7 elections, gathers on Nov. 17 for an oath taking ceremony, the kick off procedure for the forming of a new government.

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has put the final touches on its timeline to form a new government, as the country's top election body released the final results of the Nov. 1 snap elections, confirming the AKP had regained its parliamentary majority.

In democratic countries, election campaigns probably start with rallies, an inauguration of some local administration or central government achievements. In semi democracies, the situation might be different. In pseudo or peculiar democracies like Turkey, often the "political campaign" might turn rather dirty. Many people might recall the "tape wars" of Turkey's recent political history.

One: Let?s confess it, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored tremendously against Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), when Tu?rul Türke?, who is the son of the party?s founding leader, accepted the ministerial post offered to him, defying his party?s official stance. This cannot be easily digested. Bahçeli received a serious kick.

Sociologists and psychiatrists might eventually come up with an answer, but no seismologist would succeed in measuring the scale of the massive quake in the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). How could anyone think of the possibility of someone carrying the surname of the founding father of the ?nationalist struggle? abandoning the struggle and aligning with ? as the MHP has been claiming ?

If Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an?s intention in his address yesterday was to make the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) angry and decide not to join the ?temporary? election government of Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, it did not work.

Having begun working to form an interim government that will act until snap elections scheduled for Nov. 1, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has eventually sent letters of proposals to deputies of opposition parties, asking them to take part in the government.

A baby goat was saved by animal lovers after its owners, living in one of the Turkish capital Ankara's most luxurious areas, abandoned it in a construction site. 

A baby goat was saved by animal lovers after its owners, living in one of the Turkish capital Ankara's most luxurious areas, abandoned it in a construction site.