Levent Gök

The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) bought a record amount of over 5 million tons of wheat and over 1 million tons of barley this year, after the global food security rush due to both the pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has appealed to the Constitutional Court, demanding the stay of execution and the annulment of parliamentary bylaw changes approved in July.
 

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has filed a complaint on Council of State head Zerrin Güngör to the council's board of directors, saying her remarks that criticized CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu "implicate the Council of State."

Only a handful of people in judicial circles and the media criticized Constitutional Court head Zühtü Arslan for bowing before President Tayyip Erdoğan out of respect during Turkey's Victory Day celebrations on Aug. 30.

A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) visited the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to extend Eid al-Adha greetings on Sept. 2, with the two parties agreeing on the importance of action in the ongoing crisis in Myanmar.

The government extended the powers of the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) and linked it directly to President Tayyip Erdoğan with a new state of emergency decree issued on Aug. 25. The MİT undersecretary (the chief of the agency) previously reported directly to the prime minister, but will now report only to the president.

Opposition parties criticized two newly issued state of emergency decrees, which extended President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's powers in line with the new executive presidential system. 

Turkey's Biosecurity Council has approved the use of three types of genetically modified soybeans and one type of genetically modified corn as animal food in a decision published in the Official Gazette on Aug. 2, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and political parties represented at parliament have applied to be intervening parties in the case on events at the Akıncı Air Base on the night of the July 2016 coup attempt.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy group leader Levent Gök has slammed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for "threatening" CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. 

"You will get into a state where you will not be able to step out," Erdoğan had said, referring to Kılıçdaroğlu's "justice march."