Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of a sprawling investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days.

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu during a pre-dawn raid marks a new low in Turkey’s ongoing departure from democratic principles, the MENA Research Center announced just days after the mayor’s arrest.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan spent years pushing a grand vision. A neo-Ottoman revival. A stronger Turkey, which is independent of the West. But in the halls of BRICS diplomacy, that vision fell apart.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointed on Thursday a new communications director, Burhanettin Duran, a deputy foreign minister who will take up a role aimed at keeping a tight leash on the mostly pro-government media.

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and purge of the opposition marks a dangerous shift in Turkey’s democracy, threatening political pluralism, press freedom, and economic stability as Erdogan consolidates power through repression.

The Turkish lira was in free fall, inflation was soaring, and economists were warning of a full-scale financial crisis. But instead of raising interest rates like most countries do to fight inflation,

A Turkish court on Wednesday blocked access to some content from Grok, developed by Elon Musk-founded company xAI, after authorities said the chatbot generated responses insulting President Tayyip Erdogan,

The top editor of Turkey’s satirical magazine LeMan has been arrested, media and lawyers said yesterday, the latest detention over accusations that