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Erdogan's victory in the presidential election has broad implications for Turkey and the Middle East, and the course of Turkish involvement in regional politics.

Turkish lawmakers began to take their oaths for the new term of 600-seat Parliament, whose weight in the new presidential system is significantly diminished with the transfer of most of the…

The Turkish cabinet deferred most of its executive powers to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the last decree before the new presidential system officially goes into effect on…

The Turkish government does not consider extending the state of emergency, which caused a litany of complaints among the public amid extreme restrains on liberties and social mobility in the…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s win in presidential election on Sunday would plunge the ties between Ankara and Brussels into an irreversible path, with Turkey’s decades-old aspiration to…

For many observers of the Turkish politics, Sunday's elections did not only mark a regime change, de jure establishment of one-man rule with bestowing sweeping powers at the office of…

Erdogan's win in the presidential vote marks the triumph of illiberal democracy and one-man rule. His vast powers with no effective check on the presidential office seals the end of judicial…

U.S. President Donald J. Trump called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him over his victory in the presidential vote on Sunday. 

The presidential vote was a referendum on Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's lifelong bid to establish an executive presidency. Last year's referendum for a switch to the presidential…

While leaders of more than a dozen countries wasted no time to shower praise and congratulations for President Erdogan who won re-election in the first round of the presidential vote, the…