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In his first overseas trip as pontiff, Pope Leo appealed for peace in the Middle East and Europe, urging unity to President Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish diplomats on Thursday.

A Turkish C-130 military cargo plane with at least 20 personnel on board crashed in Georgia after taking off from Azerbaijan on Tuesday, marking the NATO member’s deadliest military incident since 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday that authorities had found the flight recorder of the crashed Turkish military cargo plane.

In an Oval Office meeting on Thursday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, U.S. President Donald Trump referenced “rigged elections,” saying he had been “in exile, unfairly,” because of that, adding that Erdogan “knows about rigged elections better than anybody.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that protests over the jailing of Istanbul’s mayor had turned into a “movement of violence” and said the main opposition party would be held accountable for injured police officers and damage to property.

Hundreds of people have been arrested in Turkey following violent clashes between protesters and security forces. The country’s interior ministry said more than 300 people had been detained in over a dozens cities during protests on Friday evening.

Thousands of people across Turkey protested the detention of Istanbul’s popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, marking the third day of the nationwide demonstrations. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) mayor faces an array of charges over alleged corruption and accusations of aiding a terrorist group. He is President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, leading him in some...

Turkish authorities detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the biggest political rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, on Wednesday. Imamoglu faces charges including alleged corruption and allegations of aiding a terrorist group.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Monday that he would implement the Montreux Convention, a pact that would allow limiting the passage of some Russian ships from passing through the Turkish Straits to the Black Sea. Erdogan called Russia’s attack on Ukraine “unacceptable,” but said Turkey would not abandon its ties with either Russia or...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said he is scheduled to speak with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Friday. Trudeau said they will be discussing export permits that Canada has suspended over concerns they’ve been used by Turkey to purchase Azerbaijan arms amid the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The polls are closed in Turkey which held its presidential election on Sunday, widely seen as the country’s most important vote in decades. The result appears too close to call and could be heading to a run-off election. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in power for 20 years, but faces growing opposition led by challenge...

U.S. President Donald Trump was asked if Turkey’s President Erdogan ordered his troops against Kurdish fighters, that he’d wipe out the Turkish economy if that happens.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Aug. 27 that Moscow and Ankara could boost their cooperation in the technological sphere. The two leaders examined various Russian aircraft including MC-21 passenger plane, Mi-38 helicopter and Be-200 sea plane, and listened to the explanations of experts and military officials on their characteristics.

One person died, and five others were wounded, following an alleged “terror attack” at an Istanbul courthouse on Tuesday. The two assailants, a man and a woman — reportedly part of the leftist DHKP-C militant group — were shot dead by authorities shortly after the attack, according to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that he might be persuaded to use the U.S.-made Patriot system in addition to the Russian S-400 missiles, but did not make any commitment following his meeting with President Donald Trump.

Asked about a letter President Donald Trump sent him regarding Turkey’s cross-border offensive into northeast Syria, urging him to not be “a fool,” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he had returned the letter back to Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had spoken with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan about Syria and the ceasefire brokered between Turkey and Kurdish forces, saying it was “complicated” but is still holding.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday he has ordered the foreign ministry to expel ambassadors from 10 western countries, including Canada, after they called for the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appears to have rolled the dice and won. He called a snap election, sending Turks to the polls 18 months early, and appears to have won. But as Mike Armstrong explains, he isn’t just going back to the presidential palace. He’ll be returning with sweeping new powers.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan just won that country’s election, and with it, sweeping new authority. But critics are concerned. As Eric Sorensen reports, Erdoğan’s power, and his recent political tilt towards Russia, is a worry to NATO, and has Canada watching closely.

U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed Turkish coup in 2016, Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday