Iranian Diplomacy- The Persian year 1395 ended with the Middle East still under the threat and insecurity caused by extremists and terrorists as well as socio-political structural failures existing in many of the countries in the region. However, evidence shows the at least in Syria and Iraq cases, the year ahead has already demonstrated an ...

Alwaght- The plan announced by the Turkeys ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the countrys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the parliament under the title of government system modernization has unbelievably reached its final implementation stage less than a year after raising. Over the past year, the efforts to change the government ...

Turkish Minute- Justice and Development Party (AKP) Trabzon deputy Muhammet Balta was bitten on leg during a brawl in the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday night, according to another AKP deputy ?amil Tayyar. Turkish deputies exchanged blows in a brawl in parliament, as tempers boiled over in a debate on a constitutional reform package to expand the ...

Press TV- Scuffles have broken out at Turkeys parliament amid debates over a controversial bill on constitutional amendments, which would expand the powers of the president. Turkish lawmakers got engaged in physical violence, pushing each other and exchanging blows during a round of voting on Wednesday. The opposition lawmakers accuse the ...

Turkish authorities have blocked access to WikiLeaks following a move by the website to publish a cache of nearly 300,000 purported emails from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials in the wake of a failed coup attempt in Turkey. Turkeys telecommunications authority described the move in a statement on Wednesday as an administrative ...

Turkeys governing Justice and Development Party (AKP)has formally tapped Transport Minister Binali Yildirim as its sole candidate to be the partys new chairman and thereby automaticallythe next prime minister. AKP spokesman Omer Celik made the announcement at a news conference after a meeting of the partys executive board in Ankara on Thursday....

Alwaght- The Turkish Prime Minster Ahmet Davutoglu in a press conference on May 6, 2016, announced he would step down as leader of Justice and Development- AKP for short- at an extraordinary congress set to be held on May 22 and so he would not bid to get the prime minister post again. This resignation is coming while during the past few months ...

Alwaght-In Turkish parliamentary election in November, Erdogans Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the election, and now from whatever perspective we review the election results, it is Erdogan's AK Party headed by Davutoglu which has won the majority and would soon took office. The party will form the government independently, and no coalition ...

Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham congratulated the government and nation of Turkey over the successful elections with high participation of voters in the brotherly and friendly country. She expressed the hope that with formation of the new government, bilateral relations between Iran and Turkey will further develop in all areas. Unofficial results ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Turkeys ruling party, Justice and Development (AKP), has won outright majority in the countrys parliament, the latest results of the parliamentary election showed on Sunday. With 99 percent of the votes counted, partial results shows the AKP has won 49.3 percent, followed by the Republican Peoples Party (CHP) with 25.2 percent and ...

Turkish people have started casting ballots in a parliamentary election five months after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its majority in parliament and failed to form a coalition government. Polling stations opened on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) in the east, where people have until 4:00 p.m. (1300 GMT) to participate ...

Alwaght- Being a complicated and ambiguous challenge, the Kurdish issue has frequently been a trigger for tensions between the Turkish central government and the Kurdish parties and groups. In recent years, Turkeys ruling party, Justice and Development Party (AKP), has changed its approach towards Kurds and region generally, however, due to inconsistency ...

Turkeys market has crashed after the ruling party suffered a major setback in the country's parliamentary elections. The Istanbul stock exchange had a jittery day on Monday with the BIST 100 index plunging 5.67 percent in opening trade. The countrys currency plunged to a new record low. The Turkish lira dropped 4.0 percent in value to trade at ...

[caption id="attachment_136606" align="alignright" width="190"] Turkish riot police advance during clashes with protesters in Istanbul (file photo).[/caption] Turkish police have raided a television station and a newspaper close to a self-exiled US-based cleric, detaining some people, media reports say. Police launched simultaneous operations in ...

Turkeys lawmakers have passed a law expanding the powers of its telecoms authority and tightening Internet controls. The regulations are part of a broader bill that was proposed earlier this week by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Sources say the new law would broaden the authorities power to block access to websites without a court ...

Turkeys ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has met to approve Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as the new party chairman and prime minister-designate. Davutoglu will be approved at a special AKP congress at an Ankara sports arena on Wednesday evening. Sources say the congress is a largely ceremonial affair with Davutoglu the only candidate ...

Irans President Hassan Rouhani has extended his congratulations to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the victory of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the recent local elections in Turkey. In a telephone conversation with Erdogan on Tuesday, the Iranian president said the Turkish peoples turnout in the countrys municipal elections ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen to stop acts of provocation against Turkey. I was naive. I used my best endeavors to support him (Gulen), Erdogan said during an election rally in Turkeys southwestern city of Isparta, referring to his former alignment with the cleric. Two years ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Four female lawmakers of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) today entered the Turkish Parliament wearing headscarves, 14 years after a similar move led to tensions. Nurcan Dalbudak, Gulay Samanc?, Gonul Bekin ?ahkulubey and Sevde Beyaz?t Kaar became the first women to wear headscarves in a parliamentary session. Deputy Parliament ...