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Turkey's embattled lira slumped almost five percent to new record lows in value against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after concern over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's new cabinet and his…

Four years after the deadliest mining disaster in the modern history of Turkey, a court handed prison sentences of up to 22 years to five managers of a company that ran the Soma mine, which…

President Erdogan is set to take a tough line with the West on key foreign policy issues including the Syria conflict, Russian relations and migrants in his new term, but he may also show…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed his son-in-law Berat Albayrak as Economy Minister and the controversial military chief Hulusi Akar as Defense Minister in the new cabinet, hours…

Covering Turkey as a foreign journalist involves working under a very long shadow. A shadow cast by a still hugely vigorous 64-year old man, 1.85 meters tall, who has ruled the country for…

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…

Selahattin Demirtas, the presidential candidate of pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP), appeared on the state-run television from his prison cell to deliver his campaign speech.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival in the presidential contest are trading barbs in a bitter race to win Turkey's top executive post in the upcoming June 24 elections. 

Canal Istanbul is the most ambitious of what Erdogan terms his "crazy projects" which have seen him transform Turkey's infrastructure with new airports, bridges, roads and tunnels during 15…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other candidates try to win hearts and minds of Turkey's Kurds whose votes are critical in determining the outcome of June 24 presidential and…