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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election despite opposition parties insisting all the votes have not yet been counted. Erdogan's speech was broadcast shortly before 11 p.m. local time (2000GMT). As he was speaking, Turkey's Supreme...

The polls are closing in Turkey's first ever joint parliamentary and presidential elections, with allegations of voter fraud and intimidation at some ballot boxes being reported. In the town of Suruc, close to the Syrian border, footage emerged purporting to...

Millions of Turkish voters will go to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fights for his political life. The elections are being held under Turkey's state of emergency laws which came in...

Turkey's foreign minister on Friday claimed Greek premier Alexis Tsipras had been pressured by fellow EU countries into not extraditing the eight former soldiers wanted by Ankara on coup charges. Mevlut Cavusoglu, speaking less than two days before crunch presidential...

Russian-made surface-to-air missiles bought by Turkey will be used "in necessary" Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Erdogan, speaking in a live television interview with four Turkish broadcasters in Istanbul, insisted the S-400 system was not for show. "We will not...

A Turkish court has jailed an elderly cartoonist for apparently insulting the country's ruler, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with his drawings. Nuri Kurtcebe, whose work appears in the Kemalist newspaper Aydinlik, was sentenced to 14 months in prison, according to his...

Turkey's presidency has released a grandiose video celebrating the fall of Constantinople with a slick, CGI-rich production which links the 1453 Ottoman conquest with the rule of present-day leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Also backed by Istanbul City Council, the video depicts...

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed the Cypriot government for mothballed peace talks on the divided island. Erdogan, who was addressing a Ramadan fast-breaking meal organized by his ruling AK Party in the Turkish capital Ankara, claimed the "whims"...

On Tuesday, as Germany unveiled its football squad for June's 2018 World Cup in Russia, two of best-known players are facing a storm of criticism for meeting Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish-origin footballers Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan, joined by Turkish...

Turkey's leader has claimed "unilateral" moves by Cyprus' government in its offshore territory will create a security threat. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was speaking in London at an event organized by the Chatham House think-tank. Chatham House Associate Fellow Fadi Hakura said the...