Binali Yildirim

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…

CNN's Turkish channel was criticized Tuesday after it cut short an interview with the opposition candidate for Istanbul mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, who was stripped of his position one month…

Turkish election officials on Wednesday officially confirmed main opposition CHP candidate Ekrem Imamoglu's win as the "mayor of Istanbul" in the March 31 disputed local election, following…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday cast doubt on results showing his ruling party's candidate narrowly lost the election for Istanbul mayor, saying there had been "theft at the…

Turkish electoral authorities on Wednesday recounted votes in more than a dozen Istanbul districts after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AKP challenged results giving the opposition…

After much fuss and wrangling, Turkey's Supreme Election Council confirmed that opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won more votes than his rival from President Erdogan's party. The…

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the government seeks to retain some of the powers emanating from the state of emergency laws to more effectively combat terrorism when the emergency…

Hopes for an improvement in Turkey-Germany relations plagued by a number of contentious issues over the past two years quickly unraveled after Turkish prime minister's meeting with German…

In the first visit to Riyadh since the U.S. controversially recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim met with Saudi King Salman and discussed the…

Reza Zarrab, a key, prominent defendant in Iran sanctions trial in New York City, has no longer been a suspect, but a new witness in the case, the Turkish prime minister said. Speaking at…