Despite the sultan of Istanbul being at the helm of power for 20 years and counting, he managed to come through in a heavily contested general election of 2023
Will the West be able to summon the fortitude to oppose Tsar Putin?
This year’s local elections — originally held on March 31 — have been widely regarded as a referendum on Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule
A bid to overthrow a legitimate government and the deaths of innocent people cannot be justified
The country’s media and NGOs can also play a role in restoring human rights in Turkey
Fatih Portakal is being investigated for "openly inciting others to commit a crime"
The stakes were particularly high as the new president will be the first to enjoy enhanced powers, without even a prime minister
At least 72 people, among them 20 children, were killed in Tuesday’s attack in rebel-held Khan Sheikhun.
The Russian foreign ministry confirmed the death of envoy Andrei Karlov, which marked one of the most serious spillovers of the Syria conflict.
Yet another suspected Islamic State attack has hit Turkey.
The Eu has not reacted well to Turkey’s failed coup.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said the shooting down of its jet would have “significant consequences, including for Russia-Turkish relations”.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has emerged even more belligerent towards his opponents before the nationwide municipal elections.
Riot police battled with demonstrators in several Turkish cities as mourners buried a teenager wounded in protests last summer.
Two ministers have resigned in Turkey after their sons were arrested in a graft probe that they have called an "ugly plot" against the government.
Turkish riot police stormed Gezi Park at the heart of two weeks of protest against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party on Saturday ruled out early elections demonstrators defied his call for an immediate end to protests.
Iraq has summoned Turkey’s ambassador to complain over comments from officials about a political crisis in Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government.
Turkey has joined members of the Arab League and the West in imposing sanctions on Syria’s government because of its violent crackdown on civilians.
The first snows of winter piled misery on earthquake survivors in Turkey as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited the quake zone amid rising anger.
Turkey says it would impose sanctions on Syria despite the blocking of any UN measures against Bashar al-Assad for his crackdown on violent dissent.
Turkey’s prime minister heads to Libya on Friday, a day after the French and British leaders were welcomed for helping to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi.
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/ 14 September 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood has warned Tayyip Erdogan against seeking to dominate the Middle East, despite an enthusiastic welcome at his regional tour.
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/ 15 September 2009
A journalist who published a joke suggesting Turkey’s leaders are corrupt was handed a suspended prison sentence on Tuesday.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s claim of personal success in sealing Russian-Turkish energy deals was exaggerated, Turkey said on Friday.
Barack Obama’s call on Turkey to help resolve conflicts from the Middle East to Afghanistan is an endorsement the secular democracy has long sought.
Eighty-six people have been indicted on charges of plotting the violent overthrow of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government.
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/ 28 February 2008
United States President George Bush urged Nato ally Turkey on Thursday to end its offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq quickly, but Washington said it would not threaten to withdraw intelligence help. The United States fears prolonging the Turkish operation, which began on February 21, will undermine stability in the region.
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/ 16 December 2007
Turkish warplanes targeting Kurdish rebels bombed villages deep in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing one woman and forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, local officials said. In Ankara, the Turkish military’s General Staff said in a statement its warplanes had attacked targets of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party.
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/ 1 December 2007
Turkey’s army said it entered northern Iraq on Saturday to tackle up a group of up to 60 Kurdish rebels, a day after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s Cabinet authorised a cross-border operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). It was not clear whether the incursion was a major operation by Nato member Turkey aimed at destroying bases of the PKK.
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/ 3 November 2007
Turkey stepped up pressure on the United States to help curb attacks by Kurdish rebels from northern Iraq as a conference on Saturday of Iraq’s neighbours and major powers sought to lower cross-border tensions. The ”neighbours’ conference”, hosted by Turkey, was meant to focus on security inside Iraq but instead it is overshadowed by tensions between Turkey and Iraq.
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/ 29 October 2007
Helicopter gunships went into action against rebel Kurds in eastern Turkey on Monday while the government flexed its military muscle with massive national day parades and flypasts in major cities. Turkey has massed up to 100 000 troops, backed by tanks, artillery, war planes and combat helicopters, along the Iraqi border.