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 ...

ANKARA - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will name its presidential candidate for the next election ...

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

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

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

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a leading opposition figure and potential challenger to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it clear that he may consider running for president in the next election during a conversation with popular Turkish singer Ibrahim Tatlises at a rally ...

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 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 ...

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 ...