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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman review a military honor guard during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey
Global Politics
MBS visits Ankara as Turkey attempts to repair relations with its regional rivals
Yassin, a farmer from al-Sebat village in Rural Hasakah, stands in the yard where he keeps his livestock while explaining the catastrophic effects of drought on his life.
Climate Change
Drought in Iraq and Syria could totally collapse food system for millions, aid groups warn
Protesters chant slogans against the government's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention
LGBTQ
Hundreds protest Turkey’s withdrawal from treaty to prevent violence against women
Supporters of the Turkey Youth Union chant slogans during a protest against US President Joe Biden's statement, outside the US consulate in Istanbul, April 26, 2021.
Human rights
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls Biden’s acknowledgment of the Armenian genocide ‘unfounded, unjust, unrealistic’
Merkel stands at a podium flanked by two German flags.
Top of The World
Merkel reverses plan for strict Easter lockdown in Germany
A group of Uyghur mothers are trying to get the Turkish government to help find their missing children in China. The women set out on foot from Istanbul to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, to demonstrate, and say they will continue to wait there until offic
Human rights
Uyghur mothers in Turkey walk for miles to ask politicians for help locating their children in China
A man in a suit stands at a podium near red and white Turkish flag.
Conflict
French teacher’s murder widens France-Turkey rift over secularism
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are shown both wearing dark blazers and bumping elbows.
Global Politics
Pompeo voices support for talks between Greece, Turkey
A Turkish ship with a flag sails in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Borders
Greece and Turkey sail toward a crisis of sea borders 
Three women wearing head scarves, long jackets and masks by a gray fountain
COVID-19
In Turkey, doctors fear coronavirus numbers are higher than the government admits 
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's supporters rally in Istanbul in 2016 following the failed coup.
Conflict & Justice
Expulsions, pushbacks and extraditions: Turkey’s war on dissent extends to Europe
Several people are shown in shadow with the sun setting behind them and walking in a dirt road.
Top of The World
What’s next for migrants and refugees on the EU border; COVID-19 and the cost of healthcare; Israeli elections show success for Netanyahu
A group of people are shown walking in a drit road and carrying their belonings.
Migration
Greek army, police on high alert along Turkey border after migrant clashes
A man at a podium with groups of seated people around him
Global Politics
Is Turkey seeking a neo-Ottoman Empire?
A Syrian refugee man works at a bakery in Gaziantep, Turkey, May 16, 2016.
Displacement
The world closed its doors to Syrian refugees. Now Turkey wants to send them back. 
smoke
For many US military vets, the offensive against the Kurds is personal
A man is shown walking in front of a metro stop in Istanbul at dusk with the long shadow of several other people on the wall.
Turkey denies deporting refugees to Syria. Activists say they’ve sent back thousands.
Hundres of people are shown with their hands in the air holding lighters and Turkey flags with a white sign in the middle with a portrait of Ekrem İmamoğlu on it.
Elections
Turkey’s opposition strikes blow to Erdoğan with Istanbul mayoral win
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Sports
NBA showdown starring a Turk won’t be on Turkish TV
Russian servicemen dressed in fatigues stand next to a large trucks with surface-to-air missile system on top.
US expects to resolve spat with Turkey over purchase of Russian air defenses
Three large 8-wheeled trucks carrying air defense systems are shown driving down a street.
Global Politics
Turkey and US head for showdown over missile contracts
US President Donald Trump is shown walking on a grassy lawn with a dark overcoat on.
Global Politics
Trump threatens Turkey with economic devastation if it attacks Syrian Kurd militia
CIA Director Gina Haspel stands behind President Donald Trump with the Agency and US flags behind her.
CIA chief heard recording of Khashoggi killing during Turkey visit
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan is shown speaking at a podium with Turkish flags behind him.
Defiant Erdoğan casts Turkey currency crisis in religious, patriotic terms
An older man looks to a red display board of a currency exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey, August 13, 2018.
Erdoğan says he expects attacks on Turkish economy to continue
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Sexuality
Trans women in Turkey celebrate Pride despite government opposition
A supporter of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party holds a portrait of their jailed former leader and presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş during a campaign event in Istanbul, Turkey, June 17, 2018.
Global Politics
Jailed Kurdish politician looks to upset Erdoğan’s designs for a ‘new Turkey’
World press photo winner crop
Culture
Here’s the image that was voted 2016’s best news photo
Flowers are placed near a portrait of murdered Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov
Conflict
Killing of Russia’s ambassador in Turkey may bring the two nations closer
President Erdogan has promised to root out support for this summer's attempted coup against his government
Justice
‘Cleansing’ the ‘virus’: How Turkey is purging suspected coup plotters
A woman places carnations at the scene of a suicide bombing at Istiklal Street, a major shopping and tourist district, in central Istanbul, Turkey.
Conflict
By the numbers: The terror attacks we paid attention to
American journalist James Foley arrives at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli after being released from capitivity by the Libyan government on May 18, 2011.
Conflict
America’s policy on hostages may have cost the life of James Foley
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan after a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara December 1, 2014.
Global Politics
Russia and Turkey’s leaders have similar styles, but an uneasy relationship
Exterior view of the "White Palace" in Ankara, Turkey.
Global Politics
Ankara’s huge new palace is fit for a sultan
Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, greets his supporters in Ankara after his AK party won a clear victory in municipal elections.
Global Politics
Turkey’s controversial leader sweeps the polls
Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, greets his supporters in Ankara after his AK party won a clear victory in municipal elections.
Global Politics
Turkey’s controversial leader sweeps the polls
Turkish tattoo artist Danny Garcia in his Istanbul tattoo parlor.
Arts, Culture & Media
A Turkish businessman honors Ataturk — by offering free tattoos of his signature
Aynaz wears a mask
Conflict & Justice
From Iran to Turkey to Canada, a transgender woman seeks refuge
Global Politics
Turkish government wants Syrian intervention, though most Turks oppose
Global Politics
Turkish Government Wants to Bomb Syria: Turks Opposed
Global Politics
Some still skeptical despite Turkish government’s steps to integrate Kurdish language
Conflict & Justice
Turkish Protests Receive Mixed Reception Among Moderates
Anti-government protesters march during a demonstration in Ankara, Turkey.
Conflict & Justice
As Protests Continue in Turkey, Many Turn to Social Media for News Coverage
Conflict & Justice
Protests in Turkey Turn Violent
Global Politics
Suicide Bomb Attack on US Embassy in Turkey
Conflict & Justice
Why Arab Tourists are Heading to Turkey
Arts, Culture & Media
How a heat wave helped make a president
Global Politics
Last stop Ankara: President Obama ends his European tour in Turkey
Global Politics
Presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan meet on common ground