Politics

The Turkish government removed three mayors from office on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants as Ankara deepened its crackdown on the opposition.

Turkey's top appeals court on Friday ordered the acquittal of journalist Mehmet Altan over links to the group blamed for the 2016 failed coup, state media reported.

Hundreds gathered at Istanbul's main court on Friday to support an opposition politician who faces 17 years in prison for a series of tweets criticising the government. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party suffered a humiliating defeat on Sunday when the opposition's Ekrem Imamoglu won the re-run of the Istanbul mayoral election by a…

Turkey's opposition revelled Monday in a landslide win in Istanbul's re-run mayoral vote -- a blow for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that even some pro-government media called a victory for…

Istanbul returned to the polls on Sunday in a re-run of the mayoral election that has become a test of Turkish democracy as well as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's continued popularity at a…

A Turkish court on Thursday gave life sentences to 151 people including senior military officers in one of the biggest trials over the 2016 failed bid to overthrow President Recep Tayyip…

Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition candidate in this week's re-run vote for Istanbul mayor, has been standing out as the antithesis of the man who has dominated Turkish politics for much of the…

A Starbucks cup merging with a crowd around a dried-up well, or a yacht spliced with a boat full of refugees: powerful collages by a Turkish artist have taken the internet by storm.

Europe's top rights court on Tuesday condemned Moldova over the "extra-legal transfer" of five Turkish nationals over their alleged ties to an Islamic preacher blamed for an attempted coup…