Esen said Imamoglu has the necessary qualities to rally ... system in Turkey could develop in the coming years," said political scientist Esen. "Erdogan wants to use these elections to weaken ...

Erdogan, re-elected last year, is serving his last term as president permitted by the constitution, unless parliament calls ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities have detained a prominent ... Critics say the crackdown follows significant losses by ...

Video. Protests in Istanbul erupted as police used tear gas against supporters of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who faces new legal ...

Syria’s interim president is calling for international pressure on Israel to force it to withdraw from the buffer zone in ...

The CHP has long criticised the Istanbul prosecutor and the judiciary as a tool that Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) uses to silence opposition. It has called for early national elections to ...

Ruling party says ... Under Turkey's presidential term limits he is in his final term of office unless there is a constitutional amendment or parliament calls an early election.

Turkey shares a long border with Syria, hosts more than three million Syrian refugees and had chilly relations with Mr. al-Assad for years. Mr. Erdogan began speaking of mending ties not long ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party said on Tuesday that Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the PKK militant group, will ...

Turkey's government ... Technically, there are two ways for Erdogan to run again: Either the constitution can be amended or parliament can opt for early elections. The sticking point, however ...

Erdogan, re-elected last year, is serving his last term as president permitted by the constitution, unless parliament calls an early election. He has ruled Turkey for more than 21 years ...

ANKARA - Paving the way for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to run for a fourth term in office is "on our agenda", the spokesman for the president's ruling party said on Monday, adding that the ...