Though Erdogan and his inner circle have rejected this term, the Turkish leader has frequently made references to the Turkish people as "descendants of the Ottomans" when rallying support for the AKP.

Mr. Erdogan has been elected president three times since 2014, after serving as prime minister since 2003; however, this is considered his second term under the new presidential system put in ...

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to eliminate the opposition and is emerging as the new dictator of the country. As per reports, at the behest of Erdogan, Turkish ...

Mr. Imamoglu’s arrest in March signaled something new: that in elections in Turkey, popular opposition politicians may simply not be allowed to run. Mr. Erdogan appeared to be borrowing from the ...

ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted a Swedish journalist of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Joakim Medin was given an 11-month suspended prison term, a media rights ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s opposition mayor — the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — took a new direction ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted a Swedish journalist of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Joakim Medin was given an 11-month suspended prison term, a media ...