On March 10, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on holding the election, which was initially set for June 18 ANKARA, March 18. /TASS/. Turkey’s general election campaign is ...

Turkey is seeking more than seven years in prison for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu over allegedly criminal comments he made about the city’s chief prosecutor, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the second round of the presidential election on May 28 after neither won Sunday’s first round. WSJ’s Jared ...

greeted by supporters as he and his wife leave the polling station after casting their votes during snap twin Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections in Istanbul on June 24, 2018.

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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. He was first elected president in 2014 ...

The Kremlin has denied interfering in Turkey's elections after the opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, accused Russia of "meddling". Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russians did not interfere ...

Turkey is at a critical juncture. The dual parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14 will decide the country's future as Turkey descends into authoritarianism under President Erdogan.

Four people are dead and eight wounded in southern Turkey, after election campaigning descended into violence. The incident has heightened tensions ahead of the 24 June vote, in which President ...

It is reported that Ankara views the extension of the grain deal as essential ahead of the Turkish general election on Sunday ANKARA, May 11. /TASS/. Participants in the Istanbul grain talks will ...