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Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc speaks during a
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Bülent Arınç…Conscience of AKP

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)...

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Former Istanbul’s chief of police, Huseyin Capkin (C-R), leaves after he was removed from office after overseeing a wave of high-profile bribery arrests this week, Istanbul, Turkey, 19 December 2013. Capkin is among several high-ranking police officers to be sacked in the aftermath of dawn raids that resulted in mass arrests, including the sons of three ministers, for alleged bribery involving public tenders as well as illegal dealings with the Iranian government to circumvent international sanctions. EPA/STR

Turkish prime minister says corruption raids “dirty operation”

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...

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File photo—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses on April 16, 2013 members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

Hamas Praises Erdoğan’s Anticipated Visit to Gaza

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...