Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due Monday in neighbouring Iraq for his first state visit there in years, with water, oil and regional security issues expected to top the agenda.
Newly re-elected Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has emerged as the main challenger to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s reign. But in some ways, he is following in the footsteps of the Turkish leader who ran the city in the 1990s.
Turkey's local elections on Sunday dealt the biggest blow in more than two decades to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AKP party.
Observers called it Erdogan's worst election defeat since his party took power in 2002, with many blaming sky-high inflation of 67% and a crashing devaluation of the lira currency the past year
Supporters of the opposition filled an Istanbul square on Sunday to celebrate the re-election of Ekrem Imamoglu as mayor, who repeated his landmark 2019 win.
Sultan Kosen, who towers over everyone else in the world at 8ft 3inches, was today seen peering out of the privacy curtain at the polling station in the Derik district of Mardin, on Turkey's southern border
Turkish voters went to the polls on Sunday in municipal elections, with all eyes on Istanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to pry away from the opposition.
Bruised and fractured by Tayyip Erdogan's victory in 2023 general elections, Turkey's opposition aims to land a blow in Sunday's local polls, with the future of its biggest hope, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, tied to the outcome.
Leading the accolades, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un said Russian voters showed their 'unshakeable support and trust' in Putin, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) today said that his nation 'firmly backs' the leaders of Hamas and that the country speaks openly with them. He refused to brand Hamas terrorists.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit between the...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in Cairo on Wednesday that they were turning a "new leaf" in their relations after over a decade of estrangement.
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths said the Palestinian people have been subjected to an 'assault that is unparalleled in its intensity, brutality and scope'
Turkish police on Tuesday shot dead two assailants from a leftist organisation, branded "terrorists" by authorities, who attacked a security checkpoint outside Istanbul's main court, killing one person and injuring five, officials said.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening (DAVA) officially on January 7 to be ready to take part in the European elections taking place in June this year.
Tuncer Cihan, 52, was killed after being shot in the head by two men, since described as members of IS, who burst into the Santa Maria church in Istanbul and fired several rounds
The attack happened at around 11.40am (8.40am UK time) at the Santa Maria church in the Sariyer district of Istanbul.
LORD CAMERON: I finished the week believing that, with the right steps, we could see an end to the fighting and even the start of a viable solution to the Israel/Palestine question.
Turkey's general assembly, where President Tayyip Erdogan 's ruling alliance holds a majority, voted 287-55 to approve the application that Sweden first made in 2022.
Rishi Sunak said that the UK, US and allies had to act to protect the freedom of shipping to move on the crucial route.
Rishi Sunak will make a statement to the Commons this afternoon after authorising UK forces to take part in the raids on Yemen.
