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Turkey's top election body ordered a re-run of Istanbul's mayoral election on Monday after the party of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained about its shock defeat in the vote, the state news agency reported. The ruling Justice and Development Party nar…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A representative for Turkey’s ruling AK Party (AKP) said on Monday the country’s High Election Board has set June 23 for a re-run of local elections in Istanbul. Earlier, the AKP representative on the election board (YSK), Recep Ozel, s…

Ankara expects NATO to support its rights in the eastern Mediterranean, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. The United States and European Union earlier voiced concerns over Turkey’s plans for offshore drilling in an area claimed by Cyprus as its e…

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to ramp up tariffs on Chinese goods is either classic brinkmanship or an indication that hostilities are set to resume.Either way, the stakes for a trade deal are high. Global markets have been roiled by Tru…

Turkey will never bow to US sanctions over its agreement to purchase Russian S-400 defence systems, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Sunday in reference to a deal that has strained ties between the NATO allies. Washington has said the S-400s could c…

Istanbul (AFP) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday fiercely denounced Israel for the bombing of a building housing Turkey's state news agency Anadolu in Gaza. "We strongly condemn Israel's attack against Anadolu Agencys office in Gaza," Erdogan said…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday (May 3) condemned deadly attacks in places of worship as he inaugurated the country's largest mosque, Camlica in Istanbul. Erdogan said people behind bombings that targeted mosques and churches were the "common enem…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan signaled on Saturday he favors a re-run of a mayoral election in Istanbul which resulted in victory for the candidate of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). Erdogan’s ruling AK Party, whic…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated Turkeys largest and newest mosque on Friday. Construction on the Camlica Mosque Complex began in 2013 and has a capacity of 63,000 worshippers. The previous Turkish record holder in capacity was a mosque in the sout…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, a move that would bring sanctions against one of the Arab world’s oldest and most influential Islamist movements. The Brothe…