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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.”

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.

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...

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.

President Barack Obama has told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. will work with them to help bring those behind July’s attempted coup to justice.

Mon, Jul 18: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is responding to last Friday’s failed coup attempt with an iron fist, saying he would approve reinstating the death penalty. Jeff Semple looks at how Erdogan is now consolidating his hold on power.

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...

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...

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.

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.