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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the favorite to win Turkey’s hotly contested runoff election that will have implications for its relationship with Washington. 

An earthquake in Turkey in 1999 helped ease tensions with Greece. While some are optimistic this may happen again, others have their doubts.

Base, actually. thank you for explaining that for _ base, actually. thank you for explaining that for us, - base, actually. thank you for explaining that for us, from | explaining that for us, from the bbc turkish service. well, iam joined now in the studio by soner cagaptay, the director of the turkish research program at the washington institute and the author of "a sultan in autumn: erdogan faces turkeys uncontainable forces". and james fjeffrey, former ambassador to iraq and turkey, and spec...

ANKARA: After neither side passed the threshold required for an outright win in Sunday’s elections, Turkiye’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will face his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a second runoff vote on May 28. So the longest two weeks in Turkish political history has just begun. Receiving about 26.7 million votes, Erdogan obtained about 49.4 percent of the

On March 31, the Turks went to the ballot box to elect mayors for their cities. Ostensibly the election results marked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğans 15thconsecutive election victory since his (Islamist) Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to

Turkey is counting the votes from Sunday’s election to see if President Erdogan will extend his two-decade hold on power. The election’s unified opposition represents the greatest political challenge yet to Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian rule. Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, joins John Yang to discuss.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing a united opposition in Sunday's election that threatens his grip on power. But how did Erdogan manage to stay untouched for so long?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing a united opposition in Sunday's election that threatens his grip on power. But how did Erdogan manage to stay untouched for so long?

Turkey has toned down its criticism of China over the persecution of Uyghur Muslims, and though trade ties remain relatively strong, Sino-Turkish relations are not especially warm.