Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on his supporters to boycott prep school, which help students studying university and high school admission exams.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Monday asked Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan if he had allowed a construction mogul to unfairly benefit from privileges and state incentives.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday reiterated his claims that a conspiracy has been devised to discredit his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government and that corruption allegations faced by four of his ministers are just a cover to this end.

The government was shaken by the resignations of three ministers on Wednesday due to a sweeping investigation of corruption and bribery, prompting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to introduce 10 new names to the ministries in a major Cabinet reshuffle.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized a police officer for crossing his legs -- which can be considered a sign of disrespect in Turkey -- and ordering lahmacun, a traditional Turkish pizza, during an operation within the scope of an investigation into bribery, gold smuggling and forgery, when speaking at a rally in the province of Samsun on Saturday.

Opposition party members are criticizing a reshuffle of the Turkish Cabinet after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed 10 new ministers on Wednesday.

Returning from Pakistan after a two-day visit, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan first time said that those who involved in corruption will be held accountable, a move reflects a shift in his approach to an ogoing graft investigation into allegations of bribery and fraud that involves his four ministers.

The deputy prime minister has ruled out a retrial for army officers convicted of plotting a military coup against the government amid ongoing debates over a possible move to propose an amendment to the law to allow the retrial of military officials.

I have been taken aback by the statements made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during multiple rallies in various cities over the weekend. Clearly, he opted for a defensive attack strategy concerning the corruption scandal that is shaking up the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) rule.

Turkey may be placed in a difficult position in the international arena as Yasin al-Qadi, a Saudi Arabian businessman who is on the US Treasury Department's “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” list, has entered Turkey multiple times escorted by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's protective detail and without a passport or visa, the Taraf daily reported on Monday.

A woman in Manisa was detained for holding up a shoebox -- in a reference to shoeboxes full of money found during a raid of the house of the general director of state-run Halkbank as part of a recent major corruption operation -- during an event in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was addressing the public on Sunday.

Former Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay, who resigned from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Friday, has said that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is being advised by the same people who once criticized him harshly, including saying that Erdoğan had betrayed the country.

The leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of trying to cover up a recent graft probe in which four government ministers are also involved.

Turkish markets saw the bottom-line at their weakest in 17 months and the currency fell to fresh lows against the US dollar and the euro as an ongoing corruption probe moves closer to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Speaking at the Pakistan-Turkey Business Forum on Monday, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pointed out the historical alliance between the two countries and paid compliments to the PAK-TURK schools established by Turkish entrepreneurs.

Bulgaria and Greece have been enraged by remarks made by the Turkish prime minister, who recently said Turkey attributes great importance to a number of cities in Western Thrace, some of which today lies within the borders of Bulgaria and Greece, and the Balkans, a sensitive issue that evokes past conflicts born in the historical formation of nation-states in this troubled region.

Turkey's main stock index fell 4.1 percent after one of three Turkish Cabinet ministers who resigned on Wednesday amid a high-level corruption scandal said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan should also resign.

The Taraf daily and journalist Mehmet Baransu have filed a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over charges of involvement in an “attempt to influence a fair trial,” slander and insult. The daily and Baransu also filed a TL 50,000 compensation case against Erdoğan for non-pecuniary damages.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has praised Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab -- who stands accused of being the ringleader of a shady money-laundering and gold-smuggling ring set up to dodge sanctions against Iran -- for his contribution to the country's economy and charity events.