(Valery Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad, Iraq, April 22, 2024. (Ahmad ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government have been gradually dialing down tensions with the US and Europe in some areas, even as they raise them in others, for about two years now.

Marc Champion is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Europe, Russia and the Middle East. He was previously Istanbul bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. For the still mostly liberal West ...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing to host Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi next week to strengthen ties after years of rancor and to discuss the war in Gaza ...

Following Hezbollah's massive attack on Israel, tensions escalate as Israel alleges a new strike attempt from Syria. This comes days after Turkey and Russia resumed joint patrols in Syria.

The two countries elevated their ties to a “strategic cooperation” level during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Egypt in February, the first of its kind since 2012. The visit was ...

The accusations come as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to play a leading role in opposing Israel's war on Hamas. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

This victory, however, led to a legal standoff between Erdogan’s supporters and opposition leaders, as the government sought to strip Atalay of his parliamentary immunity and prevent him from taking ...

He had been sentenced the previous year to 18 years’ imprisonment for his role in anti-government protests in 2013, which challenged the rule of Erdogan, then Turkey’s prime minister. Since being ...

Punches erupted in the Turkish Parliament as lawmakers debated the status of jailed opposition leader Can Atalay. Despite his parliamentary seat being revoked earlier, Turkey's constitutional ...