Dursun Çiçek

Six lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have filed criminal complaints against former Chief of General Staff İlker Başbuğ after he said FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup attempt, had played a significant role in the adoption of laws in parliament that resulted in several military personnel to serve jail time over a decade ago.

A number of developments in the last few days, mostly moves by President Tayyip Erdoğan, might be signs that he has something big in mind at the planning stage.

An Istanbul prosecutor has demanded between three and 600 years in jail for eight former judges and prosecutors who took part in the Ergenekon investigations and prosecutions, which saw the arrest and trial of hundreds of mostly military personnel, Doğan News Agency has reported.

A lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) said the southeastern Kilis province had turned into a "war zone" and that nobody had "life safety," after a party delegation paid a visit to the border town and prepared a report on its security situation in the face of recent rocket attacks from Syrian territories.

Opposition parties have pointed the finger at Turkey's intelligence and security agencies for failing to stop the deadly terrorist attack in the capital Ankara that killed 28 people on Feb. 17, urging the government to take all necessary measures to avoid future incidents.