Sadullah Ergin

A former Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) deputy head who was recently released from custody has accused the Gülenists and the government of bargaining over the division of the Turkish judiciary bodies and that they agreed on the number of Gülenist personnel to be appointed to the two institutions. 

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül's father-in-law, who died on Feb. 11, was laid to rest in Istanbul on Feb. 12 at a funeral attended by top state officials. 

Ahmet Özyurt, 76, died of heart failure in an Istanbul hospital on Feb. 11.

When asked about the arrests of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu replied, "In these kinds of situations, trial without arrest is the principal."  

I believe he is sincere. He is not the one orchestrating the arrests "in these kinds of situations" anyway.

The case into 28 people from Turkey's top science body and top telecommunications authority illegally wiretapping the encrypted phones of high-ranking state officials, including then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, will begin on July 13. 

A controversial new book by Ahmet Sever, who served as an advisor to President Abdullah Gül for 12 years, which revealed a number of splits of opinion between Gül and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has triggered reactions from the AKP. 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has confirmed the authenticity of a tapped phone conversation which allegedly proves his involvement in judiciary affairs.