EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday took back control of the ruling party he founded, a step that gives the nation’s most powerful man additional authority to appoint loyalists to parliament lists and party posts across the nation.

EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaign to secure sweeping executive authority won approval of parliament early Saturday. Turks will have the final say in a referendum that could be held in early April.

EghtesadOnline: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaign to secure sweeping executive authority is moving ahead amid brawls in Turkey’s parliament, where victory today could put him a step away from building a power center unrivaled since the days of Ataturk.

EghtesadOnline: A Turkish parliamentary committee approved a proposed government bill that would grant sweeping executive powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.