EYES ON PARLIAMENT FOR MECCA AGREEMENT
Despite opposition objections, the ruling AKP and its ally MHP hold a sufficient majority in parliament to pass the agreement.
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DP PULLS OUT OF COMMISSION, PROTESTS İMRALI VISIT
Democrat Party (DP) Izmir Deputy Haydar Altıntaş has announced the party's withdrawal from the National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy Commission, citing objections to the delegation’s visit to İmralı where PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has been jailed since 1999.
GOVERNMENT’S NEW MOTTO: DOMESTIC FRONT
The ruling AKP and MHP chairs continued calling for a strong “domestic front,” urging the opposition not to voice objections as the Kurdish process continues.
LOVE HAS NO PLACE IN TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY
When Hakan Fidan met the new recruits who passed the Foreign Ministry’s examinations in February, he told them not to marry foreigners. He has made his objections known since the first day he came to office in June 2023, complaining that the rate of Turkish diplomats married to a foreign national had reached 20 percent. He also made clear that while those already married to foreigners would not be discriminated against, from now on those who would marry foreigners would not be appointed to critical positions.