He beat candidates from Erdogan's party in three previous local elections to hold the mayor's office. Erdogan started his political career as a mayor of Istanbul, a city of 16 million people that ...

The opposition has called for a boycott of companies that it says support Erdogan’s government. The Turkish president accused the opposition of being “so desperate that they would throw the ...

Hundreds of people protested outside an Istanbul courthouse Saturday, calling for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign, as Turkey entered its fourth day of civil unrest. Violent clashes ...

Turkish Court Orders Erdogan Rival Jailed Pending Trial on Corruption Charges as Protests Grow ISTANBUL (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters gathered outside Istanbul city hall ...

When Turkey jailed Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest rival at the weekend, thousands of protesters took to the streets. Notably less vocal were the country’s Western allies. The Turkish president ...

Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to slide toward Russian-style authoritarian rule, and the latest evidence is the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu and more than 100 ...

Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is trying to prevent a top contender from running for president. By Ben ...

Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested the detention of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest political rival for a third straight evening, extending a standoff that’s rattling investors.