In this month’s Turkish parliamentary elections, the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) won almost 50 percent of the popular vote, up from 46.5 in the previous elections. The success was ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey – The AKP party should be at the peak of its powers. It has muted political opponents, strengthened its grip on parliament, and created a super presidency for its leader, Recep Tayyip ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polling station officials count ballot papers after the end of the local elections in Turkey. Bilal Seckin/SOPA Images via ZUMA ...

All the critics are wrong. Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development party, Turkey has never been better. In fact, it continues to improve! The economy is thriving, and is ...

Social democrats prevailed in local elections in Istanbul, and as Erdoğan himself says, “Whoever wins Istanbul wins Turkey.” A crowd in Istanbul celebrates the election victory of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ...

A near-decade of rule by Turkey’s governing AKP has reshaped the state and consolidated the party’s clear political hegemony. But this very success exposes serious remaining problems in Turkish ...

Imagine a country in which the ruling party—having won three consecutive national elections over the past decade-plus—wins its fourth in a row, beating the second-place party by over fifteen ...

AKP’s new election song puts spotlight on Palestine The AKP, incorporating the slogan of the Palestinian struggle, 'from the river to the sea,' in its local election song, had previously acknowledged ...

Hakan Han Ozcan, AKP’s Ankara chairman, told reporters they were also filing an appeal in 25 districts of the capital. Anadolu state news agency said results showed CHP opposition candidate Mansur ...