The main rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces a potential bar to running in elections after his university ...

Türkiye is facing a severe financial crisis, with the economy crumbling, reserves depleting, and inflation surging. Over 50 ...

Turkish police have detained Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main political challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in an intensifying crackdown against the opposition to the country’s ...

In targeting a political rival for corruption, the Erdoğan government is widely seen as distorting the rule of law in Turkey ...

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spent years eroding democracy, stifling dissent and purging the country’s army and civil service. Now, it ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is facing criticism over what critics say is a crackdown on opposition political figures after police detained his main rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem ...

Many consider the case against Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, seen as the biggest challenger to Erdoğan’s 22-year rule, to be ...

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump spoke with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Trump likes Erdoğan; he sees someone he believes he can deal with in Turkey’s president.

The new detentions come amid a major crackdown by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s authorities, which included the arrest of Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a highly popular opposition party ...

Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing the opposition’s coalition.

Turkey took a sharp turn toward full autocracy on Sunday when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main ... a poem when he was mayor of Istanbul. The Turkish constitution limits presidents to two terms ...