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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.

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.”

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.

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.

Speaking at the COP29 United Nations (UN) climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel should be held to account at international courts for the “environmental catastrophe” it is creating in Gaza. Erdogan said Israel’s attacks on Gaza have caused chemicals to leach into the soil and groundwater.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan launched a new attack on French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, saying he needed “treatment on the mental level” over his attitude towards Muslims and Islam.

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.

Students clashed with Turkish police in Istanbul on Monday, angry over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a new rector at one of the country’s top universities. They claim the appointment process was undemocratic.

Asked about the U.S. commitment to Iraq’s sovereignty and interference from its Turkish and Iranian neighbours, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi defended his country’s position and said Turkish attacks in Northern Iraq would not be acceptable. Meanwhile, U.S. President Trump said “I will say the U.S. and me, in particular, we have a very good...

Fighting erupted among protesters on the streets of Washington, D.C. Tuesday as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with U.S. President Donald Trump at The White House earlier in the day.

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that it is Turkey’s responsibility to save Palestinians from Israeli “cruelty” and hold those who carry out attacks in Gaza accountable. Speaking in the Black Sea province of Rize, Erdogan said Turkey is doing much more on the Gaza crisis than what is seen and will never leave Palestinians...

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday with both leaders expressing hopes of repairing ties shattered by Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane along the Syrian border last year.

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.

Criticism over Turkey’s referendum as a representative from the European election observer mission says the vote did not live up to the standards of the Council of Europe.