ERDOĞAN DOESN'T NEED A NEW CONSTITUTION!
In recent weeks, Turkey has been debating claims of a new constitution, a revision of the system of government, and changes to the electoral law.
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MELİH GÖKÇEK SUMMONED TO TESTIFY: IF ANKARA HAD A VOICE, WHAT WOULD IT SAY?
When the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office summoned the city’s former mayor, Melih Gökçek, to testify over his family members' assets and accounts in Germany, the first reaction was silence.
TURKISH, GREEK INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS MEET WITH CONFLICTING AGENDAS
Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) chief İbrahim Kalın made a visit to Athens on Aug. 28, meeting his Greek counterpart Themistoklis Demiris, head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP), at its headquarters, and the trip was publicized to media with a week delay, as a rare example.
MECCA PACT IN PRACTICE WITHOUT PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL
Turkey is putting its defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan into effect before securing necessary approval from parliament.
TURKISH AEROSPACE PASSES TWO MILESTONES
TA began delivery of T625 Gökbey helicopters to the police, while also completing the first flight of the serial produced Hürjet jet trainer.
SYRIA PROJECTS MAP INCLUDING GOLAN HEIGHTS OVER AIRBASE ISRAEL STRUCK
Syria's Defense Ministry used drones to project a map of Syria — including the Golan Heights — into the sky above Abu Duhur Military Airbase, a facility in the Idlib countryside that Israel has struck many times.
ANKARA WELCOMES SDF DISSOLUTION
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan welcomed the dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), expressing satisfaction while emphasizing the need to verify implementation on the ground.
MINERS END 17-DAY PROTEST AFTER RECEIVING FIRST PAYMENTS
Mining workers demonstrating in Ankara against Yıldızlar SSS Holding ended their 17-day protest outside the Energy Ministry after receiving the first installment of their back pay.
AUTHORITIES CLOSE BRIEF PROBE INTO BRITISH ECONOMIST FOLLOWING REMARKS ABOUT ERDOĞAN
Turkish authorities have closed a brief investigation into British economist Timothy Ash over comments likening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
CHP LAUNCHES LARGEST EXPULSION WAVE YET AS COURT OF CASSATION DEADLINE NEARS
The CHP Party Assembly has launched disciplinary proceedings against former party officials who have aligned themselves with the breakaway Yeni Party.
FROM GOLD BARS TO A MURDER PROBE: INSIDE THE OPERATIONS AGAINST TWO RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Authorities have exhumed the body of a religious leader who died a decade ago as part of wide-ranging judicial investigations into two Islamic orders with poor relations with the government.
PEACE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD, BUT FEARS OF SABOTAGE GROW
With the framework law in force and mechanisms in place to allow the return of PKK militants, the peace process has moved into a new phase — not without controversy.