This is the thirteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

A nationalist backlash against the government’s policies that allow millions of Syrian refugees to live in Turkey is growing.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is getting rid of his main rival in the 2028 presidential election. Authoritarianism, ...

A high-profile political arrest in Istanbul threatens to divide a country that has divergent opinions about the president who ...

Turkish authorities have arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a leading opposition figure and a key rival of President ...

He was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reported, a day after a ...

Protests have erupted in Turkey after authorities detained the mayor of Istanbul, just days before he was due to be selected ...

Critics say the arrest of Istanbul's mayor is part of a mounting crackdown by Turkey's president to silence all dissent.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested at his home on corruption and terrorism charges. He was growing in popularity and ...

Long-serving, autocratic-leaning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to extend his tenure beyond ...

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu had emerged as Turkey’s strongest political challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But that threat may have dissipated after Imamoglu was detained by Turkish ...