Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from AKP

'This Is Only The Beginning': Turkish Opposition Celebrate

Opposition supporters on Sunday filled an Istanbul square to celebrate the re-election of Ekrem Imamoglu as mayor, who dealt a second blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party by repeating his landmark 2019 win.

International Business Times

Istanbul's Ambitious Mayor Deals A New Blow To Erdogan

Ekrem Imamoglu's second victory in an Istanbul city election on Sunday cemented his standing as Turkey's top opposition leader in a new blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party.

International Business Times

Turkey’s opposition party sweeps to local elections victory in snub to Erdoğan

Ekrem Imamoğlu secures unexpected second term as Istanbul’s mayor, propelling the CHP to the centre of national politics

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Turkey Prepares For High-Stakes Local Elections

Volunteer election monitors in Turkey trained to prevent fraud in upcoming local elections. Key role in safeguarding integrity.

Top News

‘People don’t believe they can win’: apathy abounds ahead of Istanbul’s mayoral election

Ekrem Imamoğlu’s 2019 victory was a big moment for Turkey’s opposition – but five turbulent years as Erdoğan’s enemy have taken their toll

The Guardian - UK

Turkey Heads To Local Elections As Erdogan Seeks To Avenge 2019 Defeat

Turks will vote next Sunday in local polls as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.

International Business Times

Erdogan Says March Local Elections Will Be His 'Last'

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that the country's March local elections would be his last, suggesting an end to his more than two decades in power.

International Business Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Erdogan Picks Nationalist To Run For Ankara Mayor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday picked a nationalist former member of a hard-right party to run for mayor of Ankara in closely watched March 31 local elections.

International Business Times

100 years of the Republic of Turkey – in pictures

From its founding origins as a secular republic to army coups, footballing success and the rise of Erdoğan, we look at 100 years of Turkey since 1923

The Guardian - UK

Aamir Khan to produce Sunny Deol-Rajkumar Santoshi's 'Lahore, 1947'

The project will mark the maiden collaboration between Sunny Deol and Aamir Khan, who have previously worked with Santoshi on separate projects

The Hindu

Former co-CEO of failed bank First Republic lands on her feet with a new job

Hafize Gaye Erkan will have to persuade her fellow Turks not to abandon the lira wholesale in a bid to stave off an impending currency collapse.

Fortune

Erdogan backs Kurdish Islamist party – and women pay the price

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s alliance with Huda-Par, a hardline Kurdish Islamist party with a shadowy past, for the 2023 vote sparked howls of condemnations. It was part of a strategy to win the Kurdish vote, but women fear that they will pay the price.

France 24

Status quo in Turkey: On the new term for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

In Turkey, a new term could be the ideal opportunity for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to right the wrongs and offer a new inclusive beginning

The Hindu

Turkey: what to expect from Erdoğan, his ultranationalist alliance and their 'family values' pledges

After a bitter and hard-fought campaign that went to a second run-off vote, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has retained the Turkish presidency in an election that some deemed as “free but not fair”. Having first won power in 2003, Erdoğan has been able to extend his rule for a further five…

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Turkish lira plunges as Erdoğan claims mandate to continue divisive rule

Re-elected president commits to economic unorthodoxy and culture wars suggesting further trouble ahead

The Guardian - UK

Erdoğan and his hardline allies have won Turkey – women and LGBTQ+ people will pay the price

Five more years of the Turkish president and his radical backers are a daunting prospect for many, says former Guardian Turkey correspondent Constanze Letsch

Radio France Internationale

Turkey's LGBTQ community dread future under Erdogan

Turkey's LGBTQ community fear being exposed to more homophobic hate after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made them into his favourite target for his bitterly divisive re-election campaign.

Radio France Internationale

Turkey's Erdogan wins election, extending rule to third decade

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection Sunday, extending his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade in a country reeling from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that levelled entire cities.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins Turkish presidential election

Election board confirms victory of incumbent over opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu after runoff

Evening Standard

Turkey: Erdogan is president for five more years after defeating Kilicdaroglu in presidential run-off

Rishi Sunak congratulates President Erdogan who won a new term with 52.14% of the vote

France 24

Nationalism is ‘definitely a winner’ in Turkey’s presidential elections

Nationalism has been one of the major themes of the Turkish presidential elections, with both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu using its rhetoric as both sides draw on nationalist parties’ support.

France 24

Symbolism, history and nationalism put Erdogan in strong position ahead of presidential runoff

Emotion trumped economics in the 2023 Turkish presidential campaign, forcing the opposition to embrace nationalism ahead of Sunday’s runoff. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was ahead of the curve, using a mix of nationalist rhetoric, pan-Islamic heroism and historical references in a bid to enter his third decade in power.

The Conversation

Turkey's presidential runoff: 4 essential reads on what's at stake

Turkish voters will head to the polls on May 28, 2023, for the second time in the month – this time facing a choice between a winnowed field of two candidates, each of whom is vowing to take the country in a very different direction.

The Guardian - UK

‘He works hard’: Voters in Turkey’s quake zone backing Erdoğan in runoff

Despite criticism of his response to February’s earthquakes, Erdoğan is increasingly popular in the rural provinces most affected

Reuters

Turkey election runoff 2023: what you need to know

Turks were voting on Sunday in a presidential election runoff between the incumbent Tayyip Erdogan and his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu that will decide whether the president extends his rule into a third decade.

1 2 3 4 5

People

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

11 stories

Leela Jacinto

10 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Republican People Party

34 stories

Justice and Development Party

11 stories

HUDA

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.