Republican People's Party—Turkey
Founded in 1922 by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881–1938), the Republican People's Party (RPP) was the ruling party of the Turkish Republic from...
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A freshly elected parliament, still dominated by the Islamic-leaning ruling party, was sworn in Saturday and expected to quickly take up the highly contentious issue of picking a new president.An o...
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A Turkish presidential hopeful whose candidacy raised fears about the possible blurring of the line between mosque and state said Tuesday his goals would be strengthening secularism and the country...
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July 22 (Reuters) - Turks voted for a new parliament on
Sunday to serve a five-year term, with the ruling centre-right
AK Party expected to win most seats in the 550-member assembly. Here are some...
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Turkey's Islamic-oriented ruling party decided Monday to renominate the religious-leaning foreign minister for president, raising the possibility of another showdown with secular factions, includin...
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Turkish lawmakers moved up elections to July 22 on Thursday, after the Islamic-rooted ruling party and its secular opposition agreed that an early ballot was the only way out of their standoff over...
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Istanbul (dpa) - The Turkish military issued an unusually strong
warning about the importance of secularism in the country after a
first-round of presidential voting in parl...
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Ankara (dpa) - The following are key dates in the confrontation
between the Turkish government and military arising from presidential
elections:
April 24: For...
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Ankara (dpa) - Polling booths opened Sunday morning in
parliamentary general elections that polls indidcate will result in
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Par...
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Ankara (dpa) - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared Sunday
to have easily won re-election, with his Islamist-rooted Justice and
Development Party (AKP) taking almost...
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Ankara (dpa) - Turkish markets have given the thumbs up to the
re-election of the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party
(AKP), with the Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB)...
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Republican People's Party—Turkey
New Turkish parliament sworn in
