Turkey

Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.

More than 550,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned to areas cleared of terrorism, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara is preparing a plan to make Syrian refugees return home. Around 3.5 million refugees from the Middle Eastern country reportedly live in Turkey.

Sinan Ogan, who came third in the Turkish presidential election, has thrown his support behind incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May 28 second round of voting.

Syria’s foreign minister says President Bashar al-Assad of Syria would only meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when Ankara was ready to completely withdraw its military forces from the northern part of the war-ravaged country.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has criticized opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu for accusing Moscow of meddling in the presidential race, which will be decided in next Sunday's runoff.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dodged giving a direct response when pressed by CNN on whether he genuinely believed Washington was trying to unseat him. Instead, he criticized US President Joe Biden for viewing him as a “dictator".

Turkey slammed the US for sending a warship to the divided island of Cyprus, accusing Washington of disrupting the balance of power in Eastern Mediterranean.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's challenger in Turkey's presidential race has sharpened his tone on migrants, vowing to send all asylum seekers back to their countries once elected in a May 28 runoff vote.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival in Turkey's presidential race has accused the government of allowing 10 million "irregular" migrants to enter the country, marking a nationalist turn in his rhetoric ahead of a May 28 runoff vote.

Ankara will soon create a committee and start developing a roadmap for the normalization of ties with Damascus, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday.

Turkey's main opposition party announced on Wednesday it had filed complaints over suspected irregularities at thousands of ballot boxes in Sunday's landmark elections, in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan performed better than expected.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has called on Turkish voters to support him in a May 28 election runoff “to maintain stability and security” in the country. Erdogan stood ahead of his main rival in Sunday election, but could not win 50 percent of the votes to secure a third term in office.

Turkey’s presidential election is headed for a runoff vote, the country's electoral chief Ahmet Yener has said citing official results from the country’s Supreme Election Council. The results for both frontrunners remained just below the threshold of 50% mark after 100% of ballot boxes were opened.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu appear to be headed to a runoff as preliminary results show neither candidate winning a majority of the votes in Sunday's election.

Polls opened on Sunday in Turkey’s fiercely fought presidential and parliamentary elections that could bring an end to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year rule.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held his last election rallies in Istanbul on Saturday. He has accused the opposition of working with US President Joe Biden to topple him while making a final appeal ahead of the biggest challenge to his 20-year rule.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he is ready to vacate his office if he loses presidential polls on May 14.

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has once again accused the US government of attempting to interfere in his country’s upcoming presidential election.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the main election rival of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, issued a warning to Russia, accusing Moscow of responsibility for the release of fake material on social media ahead of Sunday's ballot.

Turkish presidential election candidate Muharrem Ince, one of the four contesting Sunday’s vote, says he is withdrawing from the race, in a potential boost to the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held his campaign’s largest rally so far in Istanbul on Sunday with a historic crowd of 1.7 million people ahead of the May 14 polls. He pledged to further enhance the country's defence industry if he wins the presidential election.

The Republican People's Party (CHP) held an election rally in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Saturday. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the CHP and the main opposition candidate, is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s closest rival.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused his political rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, of being “LGBT”, ahead of next week’s elections. The government in Ankara views LGBT ideology as an American and European “religion”, alien to Turkish morals.

Turkish Minister of the Interior Suleyman Soylu has accused Washington of planning to oust current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the May 14 presidential elections as a revenge for the failed coup attempts in the country.