ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered a bruising defeat on Sunday as the opposition candidate in Istanbul's controversial mayoral election re-run romped to victory. Ekrem Imamoglu had won the first mayoral vote in March by a slim margin of 13,000 votes over Erdogan's chosen ...

ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party formally requested on Tuesday an annulment and rerun of Istanbul’s municipal elections over what it said were irregularities, prompting the main opposition to accuse it of damaging democracy. Initial results from the March 31 ...

ANKARA - Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council rejected a demand from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party for a recount of all ballots cast in Istanbul in last week's election, the party's deputy chairman said on Tuesday. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) challenged the results ...

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party said Sunday it was demanding a recount of all ballots cast in Istanbul, the country’s economic capital, during last week’s mayoral election after an opposition candidate claimed a slender win. The vice-president of the ...

ISLAMABAD - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party suffered a major upset on Monday after local election results showed it lost the capital Ankara and Istanbul after a decade and half in power. Losing the country's two major cities would be a stunning defeat for Erdogan, a former ...

Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwalla held a meeting with the Speaker of Turkish Grand National Assembly (GNA) Binali Yildirim in Antalya, Turkey and discussed bilateral relations. The deputy chairman is leading a parliamentary delegation to represent Pakistan at the 3rd meeting of the Speakers ...

A Parliamentary delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Senate Saleem Mandviwalla has been arrived Turkey to attend the 3rd Meeting of the Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments in Antalya.  On the sidelines of the conference, the delegation held bilateral meetings with the Speaker ...

*ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday took on greater powers than any Turkish leader for decades as he was sworn in for a second presidential term, naming his son-in-law to the key post of finance minister in a revamped cabinet.* Erdogan, who has already transformed Turkey in 15 ...

Ankara: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to be sworn in for his second term as head of state on Monday, taking on greater powers than any Turkish leader for decades under a new system condemned by opponents as autocratic. Erdogan, who has transformed Turkey by allowing Islam to play a greater role ...

ANKARA - *Turkish lawmakers have taken oaths of office as Recep Tayyip Erdogan starts a new term as president with sweeping new powers granted in last year's narrowly-won referendum.* Members of the Turkish parliament began to take their oaths at the 600-seat legislature in Ankara on Saturday, ...