The arrests put Turkey on the path that Russia has traveled over the past two decades, in which a democratically elected ...

In a bold move against an official protest ban, Turkey's opposition rallies on National Sovereignty Day, as tensions rise ...

In capital Ankara, top officials paid tribute at Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern ...

That same day, his political party picked him ... aimed at blocking a challenge to Mr. Erdogan. Turkey is officially a democratic republic, but foreign officials, experts and many Turks say ...

On Oct. 29 Turkey will mark its 100th year as a republic, with an overtly Islamist leader in power for the past 20 years. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to unravel the legacy of the ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey on Thursday freed more than 120 people detained during last month’s mass anti-government protests. Courts in Istanbul released on bail 127 defendants, most of them ...

Turkey has often been seen as the beacon of secularism in the Islamic World and declared itself a secular Republic almost a century ago. If Turkey stops being officially 'secular' it could have ...