Parliament acquits four ex-ministers on corruption, but vote stirs ruling AKP
Turkey’s parliament has acquitted four ex-ministers who faced graft charges, thanks to the votes of the ruling AKP deputies. Scores of AKP deputies who broke the party lines, however, would soon be ‘identified and cleaned,’ a leading MP said.
The change of status between the prime minister and the president was a “smooth transition,” Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu says
The Foreign Policy Programme (TESEV) December 2014 Türkçe Sabiha Senyücel Gündoğar, Mensur Akgün, Aybars Görgülü * Setting out with the premise that the current situation of Israel-Turkey relations is detrimental to all parties in the region, TESEV Foreign Policy Program conducted a
Jerusalem Post (Israel) Tuesday, January 20, 2015, p. 16 Serap Merve Dogan & Maxime Gauin * As everybody knows, the once-flourishing Turkish-Israeli alliance has encountered serious problems during the past few years. To attempt to solve the issue, misunderstandings on both sides should be avoided. Turkey – which saved tens of thousands Jews during the […]
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