Who’s that protester? It’s Pikachu! A demonstrator in a Pikachu costume joined thousands of protesters who took to the streets to express outrage over the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor — who ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has already been jailed by Erdogan in March this year on charges of corruption and aiding a ...

As per the current constitution, a Turkish president can stay in office for two consecutive five-year terms. Erdogan is ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday he has appointed a team of legal experts to start working on a new ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said ... refusal to stop supporting the PKK is at the root of the current conflict. Turkey's muscle on the ground is the Syrian National Army, composed ...

One of Turkey's most popular politicians ... The mayor of Istanbul since 2019, Imamoglu is seen as one of current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's most serious rivals and his secular ...

His current term ends ... 71. The president has not said whether he will run, but he has no clear successor and many people expect him to do so. Turkey’s stock market and the value of its ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...