The Latest Breaking News from Ankara

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held his last election rallies in Istanbul on Saturday, accusing the opposition of working with U.S. President Joe Biden to topple him while making a final appeal ahead of the biggest challenge to his 20-year rule.

Turkey’s polls this weekend will pit opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu against incumbent President Erdogan.

Erdogan’s independent foreign policy put Turkey on the map – the opposition’s may be far more muted.

After months of waiting, Swedish hopes are high for Turkey’s ratification after Sunday’s vote.

Foreign ministers for Turkey, Syria, Russia and Iran met on Wednesday in Moscow, marking the highest-level talks so far on rebuilding ties between Ankara and Damascus after years of animosity during Syria's civil war.

A united opposition group led by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu could finally end the Turkish president’s decades of power

Syrians fleeing their country's civil war were once welcomed in Turkey out of compassion, making the country home to the world’s largest refugee community

Whoever wins Turkey's elections this month, the NATO-member is expected to maintain cordial relations with Russia that have already endured several years of dramatic change in Ankara's foreign policy.

Ukrainian Oleksandr Marikovsky was holding his country's flag in the Turkish capital Ankara and was poised to have his photo taken just as a Russian MP tore it from his hands

Türkiye has closed its airspace to Armenian flights heading to a third destination in response to the unveiling of a controversial monument in Yerevan last week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. The monument commemorates those involved in an assassination plot against Ottoman Turkish officials whom Armenia holds…

Here is a look at the man expected to be the top challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 20-year rule in the May 14 Turkish election, and what sets him apart.