Turkish authorities have detained a former mayor and over 100 officials in Izmir over allegations of corruption.

Demonstrations were held Tuesday in Istanbul after Turkish authorities detained a former mayor and dozens of municipal ...

Rescuers in Turkey have evacuated more than 50,000 people, mostly from the western province of Izmir, as firefighters battled ...

World & Nation. With an Erdogan win, Turkey would continue to play both sides of the U.S.-Russia divide. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has courted Russia, to U.S. chagrin, ...

Today’s Turkey, however, is starkly different from the secular, Westernized state envisioned by Ataturk 100 years ago. For Erdogan’s opponents , the centennial is a tribute to the enduring ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has been pressing for the internationally recognized name Turkey to be changed to "Türkiye" (tur-key-YAY), as it is spelled and pronounced in Turkish.

Turkey, a Nation Stuck in Politicized, Primordial Worldviews. Turkish politics is dominated by amorphous questions of identity, rather than tangible questions of public policy.

Guests talked about the nation of Turkey, as well as its people, geography, history, culture and politics. Among the topics addressed were the foundation of modern Turkey, the role of Islam in the ...

The celebrations were a recognition of the last 100 years as Erdogan ushered in another century forged more in his own image than that of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Today’s Turkey, however, is ...