Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Turks vote in test for Erdogan as recession hits home
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Turks vote in test for Erdogan as recession hits home

Turkey voted in local elections on Sunday in a test for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with his ruling party risking…
Turkish ruling AKP official says elections to be held if constitutional changes not made: AA
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Turkish ruling AKP official says elections to be held if constitutional changes not made: AA

Turkey will hold elections if a constitutional reform package expanding President Tayyip Erodgan's powers is not approved by parliament, state-run…
Turkey’s Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt
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Turkey’s Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt

President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally of more than one million people on Sunday that July's failed coup would be…
Turkey’s post-coup purge exposes deep divisions
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Turkey’s post-coup purge exposes deep divisions

Visitors to Istanbul in these first few days after the failed military coup will find a nation that is not…
Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress
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Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress

Police sealed off a hotel in Ankara on Sunday, preventing dissidents in Turkey's nationalist opposition from holding a party congress…
Turkish parliament debate on lawmakers’ immunity ends in a brawl
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Turkish parliament debate on lawmakers’ immunity ends in a brawl

Members of Turkey's ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish opposition traded kicks and punches and threw water at each other…
Brawls in Turkish parliament delay legislation on EU migrant deal
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Brawls in Turkish parliament delay legislation on EU migrant deal

Brawls between lawmakers from Turkey's ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish opposition have delayed efforts to pass legislation on a…
Turkish nationalists would back AKP minority government in return for snap poll
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Turkish nationalists would back AKP minority government in return for snap poll

Turkey's nationalist opposition MHP would support a minority government formed by the ruling AK Party if it agreed to hold…
Fists fly as Turkish MPs debate bill on violent demonstrations: media
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Fists fly as Turkish MPs debate bill on violent demonstrations: media

Turkish parliamentarians threw punches and two were taken to hospital late on Tuesday after a debate over a bill aimed…
Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in as president
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Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in as president

Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey's 12th president at a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, cementing his position as…
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