In this month’s Turkish parliamentary elections, the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) won almost 50 percent of the popular vote, up from 46.5 in the previous elections. The success was ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey – The AKP party should be at the peak of its powers. It has muted political opponents, strengthened its grip on parliament, and created a super presidency for its leader, Recep Tayyip ...

Police detained 49 people today, including former mayor Şeref Albayrak, during a corruption operation targeting the Halfeti ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polling station officials count ballot papers after the end of the local elections in Turkey. Bilal Seckin/SOPA Images via ZUMA ...

All the critics are wrong. Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development party, Turkey has never been better. In fact, it continues to improve! The economy is thriving, and is ...

A near-decade of rule by Turkey’s governing AKP has reshaped the state and consolidated the party’s clear political hegemony. But this very success exposes serious remaining problems in Turkish ...

Social democrats prevailed in local elections in Istanbul, and as Erdoğan himself says, “Whoever wins Istanbul wins Turkey.” A crowd in Istanbul celebrates the election victory of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ...

After four elections in 20 months, Turkey’s seemingly interminable campaign season has finally ended, with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) claiming a surprise victory and regaining ...

The post-2013 phase of the AKP's rule hosted increasing hostility towards rights-based socio-political opposition. This stage can be defined by the pervasion of anti-feminist discourse into the sphere ...

Things are getting very hot this summer in Turkey—and it's not just the weather. A long-simmering constitutional crisis is boiling over, and the country is experiencing one of its most turbulent ...