In exclusive comments, Ekrem Imamoglu said he still hopes to run for president — but he signals he expects a long legal ...

In the five months since Turkey detained President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top political rival, the authorities have arrested ...

Turkish authorities have detained the mayor of Istanbul's Beyoglu district and about 40 other officials. Inan Guney of the ...

A mayor from Turkey's main opposition party joined President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party on Thursday amid a crackdown on the opposition in which 15 mayors have been detained. Ozlem Cercioglu, ...

"This week, by holding talks with Putin and Trump, we will strive to see if we can bring these leaders together in Istanbul," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.

The June 23 result is remarkably similar to Erdogan’s own unexpected victory as a little-known candidate in the Istanbul mayoral election of 1994, which set him and his followers on the path to ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stretched his rule into a third decade after Sunday’s presidential election victory. His achievement, however, fell short of the city of Istanbul – a ...

Mr Erdogan’s projects are not wholly to blame; indeed some, such as the new AKM, are to be welcomed. But what Istanbul needs, more than shopping malls or mega mosques, is some room to breathe.

The opposition's mayoral win in Istanbul, Turkey, was a rebuke for President Erdogan—and a sign that many are fed up, Ian Bremmer writes.