by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 21, 2016 | Features
Bülent Arınç has been one of the most important figures of the Turkish political scene over more than 40 years which he spent in the parliament as deputy of Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, and then one of the three pillars in the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
by Thair Abbas | Dec 19, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that the arrests of a number of people close to his government in a corruption inquiry amounted to a “dirty operation” against his government. A total of 52 people, including three...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 25, 2013 | Middle East
Gaza, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hamas government official Ghazi Hamad emphasized that a successful visit by Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Gaza Strip would “serve the interests of all Palestinians.” Erdoğan has been invited to visit the Palestinian...