Turkish elections could shift president's role
Click photo to enlarge Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan wave to supporters after a rally in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Some 53 million Turks go the...
View ArticleTurkey's Pro-Kurdish Candidate Eyes Historic Threshold
Dorian Jones ISTANBUL — Thousands turned out at a Sunday rally in Istanbul to hear Selahattin Demirtas, leader of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party (HDP), campaign for president. Addressing the...
View ArticleErdogan urges voters to 'explode ballot boxes' in Turkish polls
Ankara (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on voters to "explode the ballot boxes" with a mass show of support for his bid to become Turkey's new president in weekend...
View ArticleDark Horse Turkish Presidential Candidate Bridges Secular-Religious Divide
Dorian Jones ISTANBUL — Ekmeleddin Mehmet Ihsanoglu is not a natural politician, but rather an academic and diplomat who has headed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for the past nine years. The...
View ArticleTurkey's Erdogan Wins First Direct Presidential Election
3:02 PM ET i i Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan waves to the crowd in Istanbul on Sunday. He said the Turkish people had "shown their will" in electing him president. Osman Orsal/Reuters/Landov...
View ArticleTurkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan switches roles
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was no ordinary prime minister and he will certainly not be an ordinary president when he takes on the role on Thursday. Since the 1950s, the Turkish president has been mainly...
View ArticleReport: Turkey's PM Erdogan wins presidential vote
ISTANBUL (AP) — An unofficial vote count showed Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the country's first ever direct presidential election in the first round Sunday, ensuring he will remain...
View Articlein search of 'Real Islam'
In order to gain popularity among Turkey’s Kurdish conservative Muslims, HDP is promoting a “Pro-Kurdish democratic Islam” rather than secularism. Alevi protestor at compulsory religious classes with...
View ArticlePM Erdogan wins Turkey's presidential election
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the country's first direct presidential election in the first round Sunday, an unofficial vote count showed, ensuring he remains...
View ArticleTurkey PM Erdogan wins presidential election
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the country’s first direct presidential election in the first round Sunday, an unofficial vote count showed, ensuring he remains at the...
View ArticleTurkey to pick prime minister at end of August
The Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP)—Turkey’s governing party said Monday it will select a new prime minister at the end of August to replace Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won the country’s first direct...
View ArticleTurkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan takes early lead in presidential race
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine acknowledge the crowd as they go to vote for the Turkish presidential election. ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan took an...
View ArticleTurkish elections: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan set to become the...
In the heart of an opposition stronghold, campaigners for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's presidential bid are undeterred by scandal upon scandal. They are convinced their man will sweep to...
View ArticleTurkish elections: Recep Tayyip Erdogan set to become the country's first...
In the heart of an opposition stronghold, campaigners for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's presidential bid are undeterred by scandal upon scandal. They are convinced their man will sweep to...
View ArticleRecep Tayyip Erdogan set to become the country's first elected president
In the heart of an opposition stronghold, campaigners for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's presidential bid are undeterred by scandal upon scandal. They are convinced their man will sweep to...
View ArticleErdogan to announce vision for 'new Turkey'
Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Friday to announce his vision for a "new Turkey" heading to 2023, at a rally in Istanbul as he prepares to stand in August...
View ArticleRecep Tayyip Erdogan the favourite to win Turkey's first presidential election
Turks will on Sunday cast their ballots in the country's first direct presidential elections, and few doubt that the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will easily beat his main rival....
View ArticleLaughing in public and devoutness in Turkey
Less than two weeks before the Turkish presidential election on August 10, the attempt of one of Erdogan's closest confidantes to strengthen Islamic values in Turkish society has caused an uproar...
View ArticleDW's Dorian Jones in Istanbul on the vote
Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed supporters from his Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Ankara on Sunday night after winning the country's first direct presidential election in the first...
View ArticleTurkey polarised ahead of presidential polls
Turks are deeply divided over Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's presidential candidacy ahead of the key election on August 10. Erdogan is looking to extend his more than 10 years in power in...
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