In his more than two decades leading Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been accused of displaying illiberal tendencies, centralizing power and backsliding on democracy. Last week ...

Some have thought Mr Erdogan an aspiring dictator ever since the 1990s, when as an Islamist he campaigned against Turkey’s secularism Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been running Turkey for 22 years ...

Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is trying to prevent a top contender from running for president. By Ben ...

To pressure President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the jailing of his top rival, the opposition wants Turks to boycott companies that back Mr. Erdogan and plans to organize a protest this weekend.

He beat candidates from Erdogan's party in three previous local elections to hold the mayor's office. Erdogan started his political career as a mayor of Istanbul, a city of 16 million people that ...

For years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been removing checks on his own power and manipulating state institutions to give his party electoral advantages, but until now, the Turkish ...

Hundreds of people protested outside an Istanbul courthouse Saturday, calling for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign, as Turkey entered its fourth day of civil unrest. Violent clashes ...

When Turkey jailed Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest rival at the weekend, thousands of protesters took to the streets. Notably less vocal were the country’s Western allies. The Turkish president ...

Təbiətin yenidən canlandığı, torpağın oyandığı və ümidlərin çiçəkləndiyi Novruz bayramı münasibətilə Zati-alinizə və dost Azərbaycan xalqına ən səmimi təbriklərimi çatdırıram. Çoxəsrlik qədim ənənəmiz ...

Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested the detention of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest political rival for a third straight evening, extending a standoff that’s rattling investors.

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that what he dismissed as their "show" will fizzle out. Sign up here. But since the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu last week, hundreds of thousands of ...

Turkey’s seen many a rule of law showdown through the years. Onetime Istanbul mayor Recep Tayep Erdogan was himself jailed in 1999 - essentially for being popular. He’s since enjoyed 22 ...