The international community does not seem poised to prevent Erdogan from setting Turkey on the path to autocracy. Nevertheless, he might still fail.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was holding talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul on Saturday (May 24, 2025), news channel CNN Turk and state media said, broadcasting video of ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will attend the inauguration of the new presidential complex of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Saturday, Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change ...

First lady Emine Erdoğan, chairperson of the U.N. High-Level Advisory Board on Zero Waste, visited the "Zero Waste Installation Exhibition" at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday.Erdoğan, ...

He also served on the board of the Trabzonspor football club. His political career started in local government, and by 2014, ... Imamoglu solidified his position in 2024 by defeating Erdogan’s ...

The Istanbul mayoralty is also significant to Erdogan, who was mayor of the capital between 1994 and 1998. However, Imamoglu ended up with a lead of almost 10 percentage points over his AKP ...

A Turkish court on Sunday jailed the mayor of Istanbul on corruption charges, escalating the crackdown against opposition to the country’s strongman leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ekrem ...

Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s most serious political rival, was arrested at his home on Wednesday just days before he was to be registered as a candidate in the 2028 presidential election.

FILE PHOTO: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has long been seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s most formidable rival. File image/Reuters. In 2019, he caught the nation’s attention when he fought and ...