Turkish PM may withdraw from politicsJuly 18, 2007 - 14:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the general leader of the ruling AKP Party, said that he will withdraw from politics if the AKP does not come to single-handed victory in the upcoming July 22 elections.Erdogan's comments on this front came at a campaign rally in Isparta, when he also issued heavy criticism towards Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition CHP, and Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the MHP, Hurriyet newspaper reports. The decision to hold parliamentary elections July 22 was taken by President Ahmed Necet Sezer after the Turkish parliament had failed to elect new President. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |