An active Hamas office remains in Istanbul. It was from here that the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers was ...

The news blackout was the latest example of the stranglehold that Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has over the ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday sought to position his country as a point of stability in an increasingly tumultuous world, saying Turkey was essential for European security and able ...

A university degree is a requirement to stand as a presidential candidate under Turkish law. European nations have bristled at the apparent crackdown on dissent in Turkey. The European Union ...

Who’s that protester? It’s Pikachu! A demonstrator in a Pikachu costume joined thousands of protesters who took to the streets to express outrage over the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor — who ...

The mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, was arrested at his home on Wednesday, four days before he was set to be named the presidential candidate of Turkey’s political opposition. He has denied the ...

Dilara Senkaya/Reuters That same day, Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party, or C.H.P., designated Mr. Imamoglu its candidate in the next presidential election.