Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be in the toughest fight of his political life at this Sunday’s election. But as Elmira Bayrasli writes, “whether Erdogan wins or loses, Ankara is ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is losing confidence in central bank governor Sahap Kavcioglu, less than seven months after he sacked his predecessor, and the two have communicated little in ...

Fresh from his victory in Turkey’s presidential election, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has “emerged as one of the most wily and repressive strongmen ruling today,” writes Ruth Ben-Ghiat.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday emerged as winner of the country’s presidential election, proving himself resilient against the opposition bloc as he extends his rule into a third decade.

For Turkey’s rulers, quakes have been gamechangers in the past. In what later became a defining moment for Erdogan’s ascension to power, the 1999 quake – and the slow relief efforts that ...

T urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was mayor of Istanbul when a devastating earthquake hit Izmit in 1999, killing more than 17,000 people and devastating the country’s economy. The ...

Mr. Erdogan spent four months in jail, making plans for a comeback despite the ban. In a general amnesty in 2001, Turkey’s Constitutional Court lifted the ban, and he soon assembled a new ...