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Turkey's parliament Thursday passed for a second time a constitutional amendment allowing for direct election to the presidency, but complaints of balloting violations arose even before the vote finished. The main opposition party, the secularist...

Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Friday vetoed a constitutional amendment that would have changed the country's election procedures to allow the president to be elected by direct vote rather than selected by parliamentarians. The ruling Justice and...

Approximately 1.5 million people descended upon Izmir, Turkey Sunday to demonstrate against the Islamist-rooted government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan , expressing their commitment to the concept of a secular republic. The...

The Turkish parliament Thursday passed a constitutional amendment changing the process to select the country's president. From this point the president will be elected by popular vote rather than chosen by legislators. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

The Turkish parliament opened debate Monday on an amendment to the Turkish constitution that would see the country's president elected by a popular vote rather than by members of parliament, as is current practice. The move comes the...

Turkey's Office of the General Prosecutor is investigating Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for possible legal violations after he allegedly criticized the country's Constitutional Court following a controversial ruling earlier this week, CNN Turk...

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) announced Thursday that it has formed a coalition with a small opposition Motherland Party of Turkey (ANAP) to pass a...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday said he would push for constitutional amendments to change Turkey's system for electing its president. Under the proposed amendments, the president would be elected by a direct vote rather than...

The Turkish Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that the first parliamentary vote on the only candidate standing for election to the presidency of Turkey was invalid because a quorum of legislators did not participate in the vote as...

Ali Khan : "A revolution is brewing in Turkey. Turkish generals do not believe that Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is sufficiently secular to become the next President of the Turkish Republic. The un-amendable provisions of the...