Ahmet Davutoğlu

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said he has two documents proving that the main opposition Republican People Party's (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu engaged in nepotism during his tenure as the head of the country's social security institution.

Turkey has moved to revive broken ties with Middle Eastern countries, including Syria, Egypt and the Gulf states, according to Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who stressed the "friendship and brotherhood" amid the ongoing crises in bilateral relations.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Turkey and Italy have a good opportunity to boost economic cooperation at the Turkey-Italy Business Forum in Istanbul on Dec. 12, hosted by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK), with the attendance of his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi.

Turkey's recent plans to revive the Ottoman language have found a surprising new outlet, as an Istanbul-based company is now offering Ottoman-related domain names and hosting services.

"Catch the Ottoman trend," reads one advertisement, featuring a Turkish sultan sitting on a sofa telling the viewer to "Register in no time."

The European Parliament's new rapporteur for Turkey has urged the country to intensify cooperation on foreign policy coordination and cooperation, calling on it to support the European Union's sanctions on Russia.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's ultimatum to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, charging him responsibility for any violence resulting from protests against a controversial new security package, has become the center of a heated debate in Ankara. The tension is likely to escalate further, after Demirtaş refused to bow to this ultimatum.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has questioned both President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's motives and authority with regard to his engagement in the possible inclusion of Ottoman language classes in Turkey's high school curriculum.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has announced that the government has decided to lift visa requirements for Polish citizens, to "boost interaction" between the two countries.

If the Constitutional Court disregards protecting stability in its eventual decision over lowering the 10 percent threshold for representation at Parliament, then "the people will not accept it," Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Dec. 8.

Despite holding a lengthy meeting that did not reflect a particularly negative mood, neither the government nor the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have stepped back in their position regarding the definition of public order and its place in the resolution process.