Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Political and financial turmoil set to dominate Turkey, risking economic stabilization plans
Protesters clash with Turkish anti riot police as they use tear gas and water cannons during a demonstration following the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, in Ankara on March 21, 2025. Adem Altan | Afp | Getty Images More than 1,100 people have been arrested in Turkey’s nationwide protests since demonstrations began on March 19, Turkish […]
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Turkish court jails Istanbul mayor Imamoglu pending trial
University student wave Turkish national flags as they gather in protest in Besiktas district in Istanbul on March 20, 2025 following Istanbul metropolitan Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s detention over a corruption probe. Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty Images A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial on graft charges, state media […]
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Political free fall: Turkey faces protests, investor flight after opposition leader’s arrest
Turkish MPs, mayors, party members, members of different political parties, representatives of non-governmental organizations and citizens protest against the detention warrant of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Beylikduzu Mayor Murat Calik and Sisli Mayor Resul Emrah Sahan, at the CHP Headquarters in Ankara, Turkey on March 19, 2025. Evrim Aydin | Anadolu | […]
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Turkish lira, stock market drop after Istanbul mayor and Erdogan rival arrested
Istanbul Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu speaks at the 19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day celebrations held at the Maltepe Event Area on May 19, 2023 on Istanbul, Turkey. Hakan Akgun | Getty Images The Turkish lira fell to a record low against the dollar and the country’s benchmark stock index dropped by […]
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Turkey detains Erdogan’s main rival in what opposition calls ‘coup’
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Feb. 27, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Serdar Ozsoy | Getty Images News | Getty Images Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party called “a coup against our next president”. The move […]
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Russia pushes ‘new world order’ agenda as it hosts beefed-up BRICS summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, Russia October 18, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Via Reuters Russia is rolling out the red carpet to its geopolitical allies as it hosts the latest BRICS summit on Tuesday, pushing its agenda to create a “new world order” that challenges the West. The group […]
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Fethullah Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies
An undated capture taken from a video shows Fetullah Gulen, leader of a group that the Turkish government alleges was behind the defeated 2016 coup in Turkiye and has designated the Fetullah Terrorist Organization’s (FETO),. Social media accounts associated with the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) have claimed that the organization’s ringleader, Fethullah Gulen, has died. […]
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‘Spook the West’: Turkey’s bid for BRICS both a strategic and symbolic step, analysts say
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends the BRICS+ session on a two-day BRICS foreign ministers summit held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on June 11, 2024. Sefa Karacan | Anadolu | Getty Images Turkey’s request to join the BRICS alliance is a move seen as both strategic and symbolic as the Eurasian country of 85 million […]
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Turkish markets are ‘on the verge of a renaissance instant,’ Citi states
Golden Horn and Bosphorus at sunset, Istanbul, Turkey Matteo Colombo | Digitalvision | Getty Photographs Buyers who ran from Turkey in droves above the previous quite a few years may well want to begin heading back, the hottest report from Citi on the country’s nascent signals. After a lot more than fifty percent a ten […]
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Turkey's opposition stuns in sweeping local elections victory above Erdogan's bash
Opposition Republican People’s Celebration (CHP) supporters rejoice outside the house the key municipality developing next municipal elections throughout Turkey, in Istanbul on March 31, 2024. Yasin Akgul | Afp | Getty Images Turkey’s opposition received a spectacular victory throughout various major metropolitan areas in the country’s regional elections Sunday, dealing a critical blow to President […]
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