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Turkey’s third-place finisher endorses Erdoğan in runoff election

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday secured the endorsement of an ultra-nationalist whose third-place finish helped force Turkey's first election runoff, Agence France-Presse reported. Sinan...

Ousted Kurdish mayor sentenced to 15 years in prison on terrorism charges

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 15 years to a former Kurdish mayor on two charges of membership in a...

Erdoğan eyes third decade of rule in historic runoff

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cruises on Sunday into the final week before an historic runoff election as the big favorite to extend two...

Kılıçdaroğlu: Bookish retiree takes on Erdoğan

A retired civil servant from one of Turkey's most repressed social groups has defied doubters by pushing veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan into a...

Nationalist opposition leader pledges support for Kılıçdaroğlu in presidential runoff

Meral Akşener, the leader of Turkey's nationalist opposition Good (İYİ) Party, broke her weeklong silence after Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections, saying she and...

Erdoğan denies being an autocrat, points to runoff election as proof

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denied being an autocratic leader, saying if that had been the case, he would not be competing in...

Workers’ Party of Turkey raises allegations of election fraud affecting 4.2 mln votes

The Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) has raised allegations of election fraud that potentially affected over 4 million votes cast in Turkey’s recent presidential...

Turkey’s opposition plots fightback against Erdoğan

Turkey's opposition tried on Wednesday to recover from a crushingly disappointing election performance and launch a new attack aimed at beating President Recep Tayyip...

Turkey’s ultranationalist outsider basks in runoff fame

An also-ran who helped push Turkey to its first runoff election on May 28 is using his new-found fame to make ultranationalism mainstream and...

Kılıçdaroğlu harshens rhetoric, says 10 million refugees need to be urgently expelled from Turkey

In an apparent bid to woo nationalist voters, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the soft-spoken main opposition leader and presidential candidate, has stepped up his rhetoric and...

Erdoğan calls on Turks to vote for stability in election runoff

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday called on Turkish voters to support him in a May 28 election runoff to maintain stability in Turkey...

Kılıçdaroğlu seeks support of Turkish youth in runoff, works to devise new strategy

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate for the opposition and leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has called on the younger generation in Turkey...

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