Cemil Çiçek

New members of the 550-seat Turkish parliament will take their oaths at the first session of the national assembly on June 23.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and former President Abdullah Gül held a surprise meeting in parliament on June 19, the first such meeting since the June 7 general election.

Erdo?an and Gül met in the office of Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek for around an hour.

Turkish Airlines will add seven new direct foreign flight destinations from Turkey's capital Ankara beginning from Oct. 1, 2015, officials said on May 14.

Ankara Chamber of Industry head Nurettin Özdebir told Anadolu Agency that Turkish Airlines had promised to add 27 flights per week from Ankara to seven new foreign destinations.

Turkey?s top judge has urged political leaders to protect the principle of separation of powers and to be careful of letting these powers go beyond their limits, in an indirect reference to the government?s efforts to renew the constitution and adopt a presidential system which would grant more authority to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. 

ANKARA - Serbia and Turkey have a clear interest in furthering mutual relations in different fields, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Ankara on Sunday.

Gojkovic and Erdogan said there is room for improvements in economic cooperation between the two countries, both in terms of trade and infrastructure.

Freedom of expression topped the agenda of European Parliament President Martin Schulz's April 8 visit to Turkey, where he met a number of senior officials. 

Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has said that even though Turkey is "approaching Armenia with candidness in an effort to resolve the 1915 incidents," Yerevan focuses on the events to hamper the normalization process between the two countries.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has bid to de-escalate the high tension at parliament between ruling party and opposition deputies, after the debate on a bill aimed at cracking down on violent demonstrations descended into a brawl and five MPs were injured late on Feb. 17.

The NATO alliance should increase its pressure on Russia over Ukraine, Turkey's parliament speaker has said, describing tension between NATO and Russia on the issue as a "fault line."

Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek has submitted his own draft law to improve the personal benefits of lawmakers, after failing to create a consensus between the political parties.

Speaking to daily Hürriyet, Çiçek underlined on Feb. 13 that his draft did not outline any new ?financial favors? for lawmakers.