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The law on the protection of the family and the prevention of violence against women is the redline, and its existence is not open to dispute, Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanık has said over the debates that sparked after the New Welfare Party (YRP) suggested to repeal the law.

A software program to facilitate the profiling of members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has been developed as part of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) bid to discharge alleged Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) members from the military. 

The race ahead of the April 16 referendum on constitutional changes shifting Turkey to an executive presidential system is still close, with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) needing to convince the undecideds among its constituency, according to Bekir Ağırdır, the general director of polling company Konda. 

"The organization has been able to have legal arrangements done by the political authority." This is a sentence from the indictment into the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), written by the Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office. 

Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) reports, known in Turkey by their acronym ÇED, became part of Turkish legislation in 1983, but it was another 10 years before they entered into force in 1993.

Since then, the regulation has been amended 17 times, most of them in the 2000s, during the Justice and Development Party (AKP) tenure.

Over the past 14 years, one sacrosanct principle of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was to stick to declared schedules and categorically refuse early elections. Elections were held a few months ahead of scheduled dates, and local elections were held in a shorter time, together with parliamentary elections.

Party discipline is a big issue for some parties while in one, loyalty to the eternal leader is so strong and uncompromising that with just one sign, the chairperson might feel compelled not only to step down but also spell out who should take over his post at the leader's dictate... A post that has been transformed from chief executive of the country to a royal and loyal secretariat.

Turkish lawmakers found themselves debating Oscar Wilde during a constitutional commission meeting on May 2, after several lawmakers said they did not know who the classic Irish writer was and confused him with the Oscars movie awards.

"Markets huge slap in the face to lobby of fear" wrote the headline of pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) daily Sabah last March 18. Dollar sinks, stock market [at] all-time high; we shall not give in to terror and chaos callers." It was less than a week after the deadly Ankara bombings, a day after the German embassy's warning about a possible terror attack in Istanbul.

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has launched internal investigations against 15 mayors and around 10 provincial heads over corruption allegations, after a mayor was sent to the party's disciplinary council with an expulsion request for taking material advantage of his position.