Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

In the face of a crackdown, the Istanbul biennial returns with fewer homegrown artists and political content neutered

In a draining digital age of new problems and new tech, the planet’s most powerful leaders are all in their 70s – and increasingly at war with reality

The opposition in Turkey has been reluctant to use protests as a tool against Erdoğan. But the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul, has changed everything

Thousands of Syrians living in exile celebrated, including in neighbouring Turkey, which hosts more than 3.5 million refugees

Despite the president’s propaganda machine, Turkish people appear confident that their democracy is strong enough to vote him out of office

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Turkey has been attempting a balancing act between the two warring nations

After his humiliating local election defeat, Erdoğan wants to silence his ideological opponents

For years, president Erdoğan won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook

Turkey’s recent local elections shattered the president’s illusion of invincibility

Erdoğan is risking alienating Israel, a crucial trade partner, to please his voter base

Turkey’s women’s volleyball team is not just a group of athletes – they embody so much more

The museum that masks Erdoğan’s contempt for Turkey’s artists

Erdoğan’s victory will only hurt his supporters – and the rest of Turkey

If the Turkish president scrapes victory in Sunday’s run-off, there are still lessons to be learned about how to fight populist authoritarianism

Despite a flailing economy and soaring unemployment, president Erdoğan may retain his grip on the country's reins

Expat Turks have had the chance to remove Erdoğan and restore democracy in the process. Will they have seized this chance?