With the jailing of Istanbul's mayor on corruption charges, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has got rid of his most powerful ...

Turkey’s president has accused the political opposition of “sinking the economy” during the country’s largest protests in ...

Some have thought Mr Erdogan an aspiring dictator ever since the 1990s, when as an Islamist he campaigned against Turkey’s ...

The jailing of Istanbul’s mayor pending his trial on corruption charges has stoked worries that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is becoming more authoritarian in seeking to sideline a top rival.

A media workers' union says Turkish authorities have arrested several journalists at their homes. That's while protests ...

Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is ...

Hundreds of people protested outside an Istanbul courthouse Saturday, calling for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign, as Turkey entered its fourth day of civil unrest. Violent clashes ...

Istanbul's popular mayor and the leading political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Lowen was detained for 17 hours before he was deported, a BBC statement said. "No journalist should face ...

Between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s phone call with President Trump this month and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s trip to Washington this week, the Turks sense opportunity. But why should ...

who was emerging as a key rival and likely election challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Monday that 1,133 people had been detained for "illegal ...

Istanbul (AFP) – With the jailing of Istanbul's mayor on corruption charges, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has got rid of his most powerful opponent. Now his sights are set on the main ...