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Kılıçdaroğlu vows to turn closed-İstanbul airport into aviation and space center

Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has announced plans to turn Atatürk Airport in İstanbul, closed...

Ailing Erdoğan spends third day away from campaign trail

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stayed home for a third day on Friday following a stomach ailment that has interrupted his campaign for re-election...

Pro-Kurdish party calls on voters to back Kılıçdaroğlu in critical election

Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party and its leftist allies called on voters Friday to back Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's main rival, in the...

Turkish diaspora voters head to polls in Germany

Polling stations opened Thursday in Germany for the roughly 1.5 million registered Turkish voters living in the European country, the largest diaspora participating in...

Putin praises Erdoğan ahead of key elections

Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's leadership ahead of key elections in the NATO country, Agence France-Presse reported. Erdoğan,...

Kılıçdaroğlu says his party has concerns about election security, does not trust YSK

Leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said his party does not trust Turkey's Supreme Board...

Parliamentary candidate from Green Left Party arrested on terrorism charges

A parliamentary candidate from the opposition Green Left Party (YSP) has been arrested on terrorism-related charges after being targeted by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman...

Opposition parties, Kılıçdaroğlu remain silent on mass detention of Kurds despite int’l condemnation

Turkey’s opposition parties and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of an opposition bloc of six parties, have remained silent on the detention of...

Green Left Party parliamentary candidate detained after being targeted by interior minister

A parliamentary candidate from the opposition Green Left Party (YSP) has been detained on terrorism-related charges after being targeted by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman...

Erdoğan’s escalating crackdown on Kurds amid looming elections

Bünyamin Tekin "Why did we get involved in this if it had no benefit for us?" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly asked as he watched...

President Erdoğan slams LGBT community, accuses opposition of undermining the family

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and opposition parties of being pro-LGBT and undermining the family, the Stockholm Center...

Far-right presidential candidate criticized for downplaying China’s repression of Uyghurs

Sinan Oğan, a far-right presidential candidate representing a bloc of four parties, is experiencing a backlash for suggesting that China's treatment of its Uyghur...

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