The Latest Breaking News from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President Erdogan makes announcement as he seeks re-election and economic turmoil hurts his chances.

In resort town of Antalya, candidate Uğur Poyraz says aim is to change the system rather than fight one individual

Syrians fleeing their country's civil war were once welcomed in Turkey out of compassion, making the country home to the world’s largest refugee community

President Tayyip Erdogan will put his two-decade rule on the line on May 14 when he faces opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Turkey's landmark elections.

In the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, a stronghold of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), some voters are ardent supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Others, however, can be just as ferocious in their opposition. With the May 14 first round of the presidential election fast approaching, politics…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition on Monday of provoking disorder and siding with terrorists, without providing evidence, in a fiery speech days before close and increasingly fractious elections.

Sunday’s presidential vote is currently neck-and-neck

Ex-accountant, 74, is Erdoğan’s key rival in 14 May election and tells the Guardian: ‘Despite it all, we will win’

Turkey's Justice Minister says 13 people have been detained over violence which broke out at an opposition rally over the weekend

‘We will bury those pro-LGBT in the ballot box’

Turkish university student Yunus Efe has known only one leader of his country - Tayyip Erdogan. As he prepares to vote for the first time in elections this month, the 22-year-old says it is time for change.