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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
Joe Biden, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen are shown walking side-by-side on a red carpet with several national flags in the background.
Top of The World
US-EU reach deal on trade dispute ahead of Biden’s meeting with Putin
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden are shown both wearing suits and sitting in white armchairs.
Biden administration
Biden at NATO: Ready to talk China, Russia and soothe allies
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’
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
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
The large dome of the UNESCO World Heritage site Hagia Sophia is shown from above at a distance.
Religion
Turkey’s president formally makes Haghia Sophia a mosque
US Attorney for the Southern District Geoffrey Berman is shown wearing a dark suit and purple tie with a US flag behind him.
Top of The World
The global implications of Geoffrey Berman firing; US and Russia start nuclear weapons talks; US targets Assad govt and backers with sanctions
Kim Yo-jong is shown looking over her left shoulder
Top of The World
North Korea stops answering daily calls with South; Past epidemics underscore importance of mental health
A man wearing a face mask is seen under a bridge of Yangtze river
Top of The World
China raises coronavirus death toll; political shakeups in Brazil; restoring Notre Dame’s soundscape
Asylum-seekers' clothes hang to dry near a makeshift camp for refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Refugees
This Syrian is stuck at a makeshift border camp in Greece
A woman wearing a mask passes is shown in soft focus with a arrivals and departures flight information board behind her.
Top of The World
Scientists develop antibody test to track disease spread; Putin, Erdoğan reach ceasefire agreement; ‘Urgent’ response needed to protect women against violence globally
A large helicopter is shown in the distance making its landing approach with the shadow of soldiers in the nearground.
Top of The World
ICC says US can be investigated for war crimes; Putin and Erdoğan hold talks over Syria; Governments, businesses take measures to halt spread of COVID-19
A group of people behind a metal barrier
Refugees
EU will not give in to Erdoğan’s ‘blackmail,’ says Greek MEP
An image of the face of Michael Bloomberg is shown on a large video monitor in an auditorium with empty seats.
Top of The World
Bloomberg to debate, Erdoğan threatens Idlib operation and what’s up with Trump and the DOJ
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and Emine Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 13, 2019.
Global Politics
How Turkey’s Erdoğan went from populist hero to strongman
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, during their joint news conference following Russian-Turkish talks in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on October 22, 2019.
Conflict & Justice
Turkish diplomat: Syria deal ‘huge step’ for Turkish national security
A man behind a desk with the American flag on it
Foreign policy
Trump’s ad hoc diplomacy makes him look ‘extremely weak,’ says Amb McFaul
Syria
Can Turkey resettle 1 million Syrians in an 18-mile wide ‘safe zone’?
Older women hold a cartoon graphic depicting Donald Trump and a Turkish tank.
Does US withdrawal leave Syria open to Russia?
two men kick a protester on the ground
Kurdish protesters attacked by Erdoğan’s bodyguards at DC demonstration sue Turkish government
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’
People walk past an election poster for Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey, June 14, 2018.
Global Politics
These Turks would rather leave their country than continue living under Erdoğan
Muhammed Erdogan, the first Syrian turned Turkish citizen to run for parliament in Turkey, in front of his campaign truck.
Global Politics
The ‘Syrian Erdogan’ running in Turkey’s parliamentary elections
Koray Caliskan seated.
Conflict
Turkish authorities have detained 42 university staff
Members of the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) shout slogans during a demonstration to mark World Press Freedom Day in central Istanbul, Turkey, May 3, 2017. The placard reads: "Enough!"
Justice
Turkey jails more journalists than any other nation. Those in detention are all terrorists, Erdogan says.
Opponents and supporters of the Turkish government beat each other up outside the residence of the Turkish ambassador to Washington, DC.
Global Politics
VIDEO: Street brawl breaks out in DC outside Turkey ambassador’s residence
President Donald Trump watches as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan departs at the entrance to the West Wing of the White House in Washington on May 16.
Global Politics
Trump meets Turkey’s Erdogan as the US vows to arm his enemies
Riot police secure the entrance of the High Electoral Board in Ankara, Turkey
Conflict
Turkey fires over 9,000 police suspected of ties to a US-based cleric
Youth in Istanbul, Turkey protest the results of a referendum on their president's powers.
Global Politics
Turks vote by a slim margin to expand their president’s powers, and dissent erupts on social media
Turkish president
Conflict
Turkey votes ‘yes,’ narrowly, on historic referendum expanding the president’s powers
Pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and "Hayir" ("No") supporters attend a campaign for the upcoming referendum in Istanbul, Turkey, April 13, 2017.
Arts
Young Turkish activists prove it will be hard for Erdogan to shut down free expression
A US Air Force F15-E fighter jet takes off from Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, Dec. 10, 2015.
Conflict
President Trump, will you remove US nuclear weapons from Turkey?
Elif Koc, 18, shapes a customer's eyebrows at the Twins salon in Istanbul. Kroc is voting yes on Sunday's referendum. But she says the issue is dividing her family.
Global Politics
Is Turkey’s referendum a vote for more efficient government, or a power grab?
Women wave "Yes" flags at a campaign office of the ruling AK Party
Conflict
Turkish women’s rights are at stake in Sunday’s elections
Flowers are placed next to Turkish police officers as they stand guard near the Reina nightclub, which was attacked by a gunman, in Istanbul, January 1.
Conflict
A manhunt is underway in Istanbul after an attack at a nightclub kills dozens
Two women discuss Turkish politics during a joint rally in Istanbul between the Islamist and secularist parties shortly after the attempted coup in late July.
Religion
Turkey’s fraught history with headscarves
A damaged window is pictured at the police headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Conflict
The conspiracies and realities of the failed Turkish coup
Barber Yasar Ayhan has been cutting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hair for years.
Global Politics
Whispers of a US conspiracy swirl in the Turkish president’s home neighborhood
A man waves a Turkish flag at Taksim Square in Istanbul on July 16 after a coup attempt.
Global Politics
My local grocer knew the Turkish coup would fail. He’s seen successful coups before.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan helps to carry a coffin with a victim of a thwarted coup following a funeral service in Istanbul, Turkey, July 17, 2016.
Conflict
Turkey’s crackdown: How far will it go?
Women wave flags outside the AKP headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu described the outcome of a general election which swept his AKP back to a parliamentary majority on Sunday as a victory for democracy.
Global Politics
Update: Ruling AKP regains majority in Turkey. Here’s what that means.
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Justice
‘You set our hearts ablaze:’ Horrific murder draws men in miniskirts onto streets of Turkey
A woman shouts slogans during a demostration in Istanbul against the murder of a young woman named Özgecan Aslan.
Justice
In Turkey, sometimes it takes a hashtag to be heard
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks during a news conference in Riga, Latvia, on October 23, 2014.
Culture
Turks can’t read much of their own history, but the drive to change that isn’t popular with everyone
Journalists of Turkey's Zaman daily newspaper in Istanbul protest a police raid of the media outlet. 24 people including top executives and ex-police officers were round up in what Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan calls a terrorist network conspiring to t
Media
Turkey rounds up journalists but insists it’s not cracking down on press freedom
Fatma braids her hair before heading off on the two-hour ride to school. Her father's angry that school is 20 miles away and that Fatma must ride the public bus.
Belief
Turkey’s president wants his country to ‘raise a more pious youth’
Black Pete at a Dutch Christmas celebration
Global Scan
Protesters attack a Dutch Santa Claus tradition as blatantly racist
Bryan Adams' portrait of Joe Townsend
Global Scan
A Canadian rock star uses his photos to show the legacy of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
Doctor Samet Menguc, Secretary General of the Istanbul Chamber of Medicine, reads a press statement decrying the Turkish government's inaction over the plight of Kobane. About two thousand people marched in Istanbul - one of several rallies across the cou
Conflict
Iraqi peshmerga finally enter Kobane, but Turkey’s Kurds still hold their government accountable
Crash test dummy family
Global Scan
This crash test dummy family is getting an overweight uncle — to reflect America’s expanding waistlines
Exterior view of the "White Palace" in Ankara, Turkey.
Global Politics
Ankara’s huge new palace is fit for a sultan
Kurdish protesters set fire to a barricade blocking the street as they clash with riot police in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on October 7, 2014.
Conflict
‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains’
Kobane sits right on the border with Turkey
Conflict
US airstrikes are ‘not enough’ to save a besieged Syrian city from ISIS
Turkish tanks taking up position on the Turkish-Syrian border on September 29, 2014, after stray fire landed on Turkish territory. Turkey is concentrating forces along the border ahead of a parliamentary debate on authorizing military intervention in Syri
Conflict
Turkey prepares to make a military move into Syria, but NATO needs convincing
Turkish musician Mehmet Ali Sanlikol visits the Nan and Bill Harris Studios at WGBH in Boston, home to The World.
Music
This musical style was once a dividing line in Turkish culture
Scores of Syrian refugees from Kobane - under threat of capture by Islamic State - sit in the sun waiting to be allowed to cross into Turkey. Sept. 26, 2014. The outskirts of the village are visible in the background.
Conflict
Turkey’s Kurds are outraged that they’re being prevented from fighting ISIS in Syria
Turkish soldiers stand at a position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc on September 24, 2014.
Conflict
Turkey prepares to shift course and take military action against ISIS
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's Prime Minister, and his wife, Ermine, wave hands to supporters as they celebrate his election victory in front of the Justice and Development party headquarters in Ankara on August 10, 2014.
Global Politics
Turkey meets the new boss, same as the old boss
Ambulances arrive following an explosion in Istanbul.
Health & Medicine
Turkey’s doctors fear for their lives … on the job