Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is set to announce its presidential candidate in Ankara on July 1 with a presentation featuring special 3D technology. Current Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the most likely contender for the ruling party. 

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is set to announce its presidential candidate on July 1 in Ankara in a meeting comprising more than 4,000 party officials together. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the most likely contender for the ruling party.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has announced he will not stand to be re-elected for another seven years on August 10.

“I will not present my candidacy. I already told this to [Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan before the March 30 [local elections]. My office will end on August 28,” Hurriyet Daily News quoted him as saying.

External as well as internal factors are leading to the redistribution of cards, the redrawing of borders in the region. The idea of Turkey expanding its borders to include oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan is nothing new for the abundant “deep strategists.” While trying to expand borders, however, Turkey may find itself bidding farewell to some fundamental parts of the motherland.

President Abdullah Gül has confirmed that he will not run for a second term in the upcoming presidential elections in August.

Turkey's two main opposition parties on June 29 formally backed a figure known as a devout Muslim to challenge an expected bid for the presidency by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who heads the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). 

Three suspects were to face a prosecutor over the weekend following their arrest by members of Greece’s anti-terrorism squad in the central Athens neighborhood of Exarchia, late Friday.

CNN International correspondent Ivan Watson said goodbye to Istanbul at a farewell party with his colleagues, who presented him some tongue-in-cheek political gifts that refer to his recent clash with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

An article published by a pro-government newspaper claiming that the Gülenists almost seized control of the Turkish army has infuriated President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) with the latter arguing the move was aiming at tarnishing "institutional identity" of the military.

It will be clear by the end of this weekend whether there will be a Kurdish force up against the possible candidacy of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It is still a possibility despite the legal package that Erdoğan submitted to Parliament on June 26 in order to attract, or at least pacify, Kurdish voters for the presidential elections, the first round of which will be held Aug. 10.