Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Raids in northern Iraq follow explosion at government building in Ankara

Former US president’s personal power-grab plan, assisted by a pliable judiciary, involves an all-out assault on the separation of powers

Wagner mercenaries are no longer participating in ‘any significant capacity’ in Ukraine fighting, says Pentagon

Backing Sweden’s Nato bid is part of Ankara’s effort to ease tensions and unblock trade

Draft statement says Kyiv’s ‘future’ lies in military alliance but issue has exposed divisions among members

State-backed private military force has played a significant role in Middle Eastern internal conflicts – particularly in Syria

How familiar the Berlusconi model – embodying all the qualities of an Italian opera – now seems

Greek Letter: Elections may reflect political realities, but they ignore hidden agendas and submerged hopes

Erdogan’s playbook is Trump’s playbook. The age of the strongman is not over yet

President stoked ethnic Turkish nationalism during campaign, and many are worried he may reconcile with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad

Veteran leader faces economic reckoning after defeating rivals in Sunday’s presidential election

Incumbent candidate secured 52.1% of vote, with gap of 2 million votes between president and rival

Incumbent appears to have momentum in presidential race

Mainlanders and Turkish Cypriots overwhelmed by economic distress imported from Turkey

Veteran incumbent is clear favourite over opposition challenger in second round on May 28th

Turkey’s president in strong position despite being forced into an election run-off

Opposition promising to restore democracy and halt authoritarian slide under Recep Tayyip Erdogan

More than 64 million people, including 3.4 million overseas voters, eligible to vote in elections

Polls give main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu a slight lead

High stakes as charismatic strongman faces first credible challenge in recent memory

Runaway inflation has helped push voters towards the opposition in Mersin and elsewhere as poll approaches

Turkey’s president announces ‘neutralisation’ of Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi in Syria

In Little Aleppo in Ankara, poverty, police harassment and other intimidations are now routine for the Syrians Turkey is increasingly determined to send home

Turkey’s longest-serving leader cut short a live TV interview saying he had an upset stomach

Patrick Smyth: EU capitals will be watching the Turkish elections in May, the toughest the autocratic ruler has yet faced

Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power by leveraging anger about the 1999 earthquake - but the president risks losing this year’s election because of inadequate preparations, and reactions to, the latest disaster

Former strongholds looking for alternatives to Erdogan not necessarily translating into support for opposition

Although Sweden is more or less surrounded by Nato members, the risk of a military attack from Russia – even though it is preoccupied in Ukraine – cannot be ruled out entirely

Decision not to run a candidate boosts prospects of opposition ahead of May poll

Move paves way for military alliance to expand its direct border with Russia

Combined death toll across country and neighbouring Syria passes 54,000, millions left homeless

More than a million buildings may have to be restored in what could be the country’s biggest reconstruction effort in 100 years

Two women and three children rescued as combined death toll in two countries climbs to more than 41,000

More than 33,000 people killed as chances of finding more survivors growing more remote

Situation in northwest Syria, ravaged by more than decade of civil war, increasingly desperate, says UN

Erdogan could use state of emergency to strengthen grip of his unpopular regime, while Russia will work with Assad to prolong the suffering of Syria’s victims

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad makes first visit to the quake-ravaged region

Hopes of finding survivors fade amid freezing temperatures more than three days since the quake hit

President visits devastated region after criticism of initial government reaction to natural disaster

President Erdogan visits region of southern Turkey devastated by this week’s earthquake