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Supporters of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) hold up a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they celebrate in Istanbul after the first results in the country's general election on November 1, 2015. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

Governing Coalition in Turkey Introduces Amendments to Party, Electoral Laws

The parliamentary proposal submitted to the parliament by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey together with its ally the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in order to change…

Jiwan Soz 25 March 2022

A Turkish national flag hangs on a fence as Syrian refugees wait for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's arrival at the Nizip refugee camp near Gaziantep, Turkey, 23 April 2016. (EPA/SEDAT SUNA)

Syrian Refugees Call Out Turkish Politicians’ Agenda

Turkish security forces have arrested more than 120 people since August 13, over attacks against Syrian refugees and their properties in the capital Ankara, following the death of a Turkish citizen…

Jiwan Soz 20 August 2021

Photo of Gürsel Tekin, CHP member of parliament and a former deputy to the CHP leader. (Supplied)

Turkish Opposition Figure Insists on Early Elections to Solve Country’s Crises

A prominent figure of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition party in Turkey, repeated his call for early parliamentary and presidential elections in the country. Gürsel Tekin,…

Jiwan Soz 16 April 2021

Turkey’s Bid for Religious Leadership

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Gonul Tol 18 January 2019

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