The Latest Breaking News from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Officials say the individuals were identified through phone records and allege that FETÖ continues to pose a major threat to the state.

Prosecutors in Turkey say they have issued arrest warrants for 63 active-duty military personnel over links to a group accused of attempting a coup in 2016

India launches sweeping unofficial boycott of Turkish goods, services and academic institutions after Recep Tayyip Erdogan voices support for rival Pakistan

The Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, has announced the end to its more than forty-year fight against Turkey, a conflict that claimed more than 40,000 lives. But the declaration, called historic by Turkish officials, is being met by public skepticism with questions remaining over disarmament and its calls for democratic…

Turkish authorities issued arrest warrants for 22 people, targeting Istanbul's Metropolitan Municipality over alleged corruption. Mayor İmamoğlu denies wrongdoing.

President Donald Trump announced while in Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025, that the United States would lift sanctions on Syria. The turnaround was a huge victory for the government of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa as he attempts to consolidate power nearly six months on from his movement’s stunning toppling…

Acclaimed film director Fatih Akin said he fears ending up behind bars if he returns to Turkey, with his manager there in jail accused of attempting to overthrow the government.

Since the outbreak of the war, Turkiye has weighed its support for Ukraine against maintaining its ties to Russia.

Last week, as hundreds of drones from Pakistan infiltrated India’s Western front, residents in border towns watched in fear, red lights flashing across the night skies with an eerie whirring sound.

These are the key events on day 1,177 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv will be in Istanbul Friday for what could be their first direct meeting on the conflict in Ukraine since 2022, but the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves little hope for progress in ending the war.