Today’s Zaman: "Erdogan's party has less and less chance of winning"
Western media on the key geopolitical events over Russia, US, Syria, and Turkey
Turkey elections 2015
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What can be expected from new Turkish elections?
On November 1st Turkey will host the second parliamentary elections of the year. The need for them is explained by the fact that after the results of the first elections, held on June 7, the country's political parties failed to agree on the …
Ban on predicting outcome of parliamentary elections in Turkey
Ban on forecasting of election results and conducting public opinion polls on the current political situation id to come into on October 22nd in Turkey. Recall that early parliamentary …
People's World: "The next two weeks will be critical for Turkey"
Western media on the key geopolitical events over Russia, Syria, Iran, and Turkey
Merkel's visit to Ankara. View from Berlin
The attitude of the political elite of Germany to the Government of Turkey is not the best, and the quick visit of the German Chancellor caused a mixed reaction in her homeland
Terrorist attack in Ankara won't affect conduct of parliamentary elections in Turkey
A senior official of the Turkish authorities reported today that the date of the parliamentary elections in the country will not change, despite the terrorist attack in Ankara which occurred yesterday. He noted that postponement of the …
PKK stops fighting in Turkey
Today, the military wing of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party, 'Union of Kurdistan Communities', spread a statement about the cessation of hostilities in Turkey on the eve of parliamentary elections in the country, which will be …
Pre-election campaign in Turkey stopped for three days
The administration of the Prime Minister of Turkey has announced a suspension of campaigning before the parliamentary elections on November 1 for three days. "In connection with the terrorist attack in Ankara, the campaign is …
Erdogan: our parties have no political culture of coalition building
Despite the great experience of democracy in Turkey, the political parties have no culture of coalition building, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with the Turkish TRT TV channel. He noted …
Davutoglu retains position as head of AKP
Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu has been re-elected as chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party. At today’s congress 1353 delegates out of 1360 …
Is Turkey ready for new ceasefire with PKK?
Today the spokesperson for the European commissioner for enlargement and European neighbourhood policy, Maya Kosyanchich, condemned the bloodshed which has continued for one and a half months in eastern Turkey and urged ...
Has Turkish Stream been postponed until November?
The Russian Energy Ministry expects that an intergovernmental deal on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline will be signed after a new government is formed in Turkey, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said. Russia …
What to expect from new elections in Turkey?
The talks on forming a ruling coalition in Turkey, which continued for a month and a half, ended in a failure. On August 18 President of the Republic Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew a mandate to form the new government of the incumbent prime …
Turkey elects parliament earlier than appointed date
According to a source in the Turkish Supreme Electoral Commission (YSK), early elections to the Turkish parliament may take place earlier than the appointed time. This decision was supported by the …
Higher Electoral Commission announces Turkey's readiness for elections
Turkey is fully ready to holdearly elections to the parliament of the country, the head of Turkey's Supreme Electoral Commission (YSK) Sadi Guven stated. He specified that early parliamentary elections should be …
Creation of coalition and re-elections equally probable in Turkey
The creation of a coalition government and holding of re-elections to the parliament in Turkey are equally probable, Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism, Omer Celik, believes. "Today's meeting occurred in a positive atmosphere
Davutoglu gives instructions to prepare for early parliamentary elections
Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu gave an order to prepare for early parliamentary elections. "Despite the ongoing negotiations on a coalition, you have to be ready at any moment in the event of early elections. You have to …
Osman Jan: Turkey and Russia understand each other
Their own visions of global political processes, not similar to the Western one, allow Russia and Turkey to understand each other, making a joint contribution to solving the existing problems in the region, a member of the Venice Commission, …
Davutoglu presents timetable of talks on coalition government
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that he is planning to meet with all three parties in Parliament as part of coalition talks next week. "We will hold talks with the Republican People's Party on Monday, with the …
Turkish opposition doubts successful talks on coalition government
The chairman of the Turkish opposition Republican People's Party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, doubts of the successful outcome of the first round of talks on the establishment of the coalition government. According to him, the first round
