Turkey’s Erdogan to take oath as he begins third term as president
Tayyip Erdogan was set to be sworn in as Turkey's president on Saturday after winning re-election last weekend and will later name his cabinet, which is expected to signal a…
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‘No amateur’: Identity politics, media crackdown help propel Erdogan to…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defeated opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s Turkish presidential election runoff – a victory analysts ascribe to Erdogan’s focus…
Turkey’s undefeated Erdogan enters third decade of rule
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cemented his status as the most important figure in contemporary Turkish history, after victory in Sunday’s presidential runoff extended his…
From inflation to NATO: Turkey’s Erdogan has stacked in-tray for last…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a huge in-tray waiting for him at his presidential palace after extending his two-decade rule over Turkey for one last time in Sunday’s runoff.…
From Biden to Putin, world leaders congratulate Erdogan on election win
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were among world leaders congratulating Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won Sunday’s historic runoff election to extend his…
Turkey’s Kurdish areas serve as petri dish for illiberal democracy test
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reelected in a runoff that experts say is the latest trend in the rise of illiberal democracies. The Kurdish…
???? Live: Turkey’s Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu face off in second-round…
Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country’s longtime leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a…
Voting begins in historic Turkey presidential runoff election
Turks began voting on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and persist with Turkey's increasingly authoritarian…
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…
Symbolism, history and nationalism put Erdogan in strong position ahead of…
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…