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Turkey's main opposition leader Ozel announces intentions to resign, form new party

The Republican People's Party, known by its Turkish-language acronym CHP, was founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and is the main opposition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel, with a poster of modern Turkey's founder Ataturk in the background, speaks during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, May 18, 2024.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to revive the Ottoman Empire and his fundamental views are largely overlooked in the West. Here seen at a ceremony welcoming Pope Leo XIV to Ankara on November 27, 2025.

Turkey’s new role: How Erdogan is supporting Hamas, challenging Israel - opinion

The Turkey that once welcomed Israeli tourists with warmth has been fundamentally transformed. Under Erdogan, successive governments have strengthened the country’s Sunni Islamic identity...

|ByYARON BUSKILA
Turkish President and Leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to the party members during the AK Party Group Meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye in Ankara, Turkiye on February 25, 2026.

Beyond the battlefield: Securing strategic victory through regional integration - opinion

Iran long recognized the danger of normalization. When the UAE and Bahrain joined the Abraham Accords in 2020, Tehran condemned the deals as betrayal and warned normalizing states.

|ByJONATHAN HESSEN
Newly acquired Polish F-35 Lightning II stealth strike fighters, named 'Husarz' in reference to the Polish "winged hussar" cavalry units, fly in formation accompanied by F-16 jets during a flypast over Westerplatte, as part of the celebratory event dubbed "Welcome to Poland", in Gdansk, Poland, June

Greece says US selling F-35s to Erdogan is concerning, demands security guarantees from Ankara

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Greece "would not welcome" Turkey receiving either F-35 fighter jets or engines for its next-generation Turkish "Kaan" combat aircraft.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN

Jailed Kurdish leader says Erdogan seeking pre-election 'chaos' but will fail

Though Tayyip Erdogan has tried to sway voters, Selahattin Demirtas spoke out from Edirne jail in northwest Turkey to convince voters to think differently.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByREUTERS
TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to journalists at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, earlier this month.

Turkey convicts doctor of terrorism propaganda, releases her from jail

Though recently sentenced, court officials chose to release a Turkish doctor from holding after being held in custody for months.

JANUARY 11, 2023ByREUTERS
Supporters of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) head Sebnem Korur Fincanc demonstrate in front of the Justice Palace, the Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey January 11, 2023

Erdogan has set his sights on Greece as his new target - opinion

Turkey regards Greece as a peninsular state and points out that some of these islands are on the Turkish mainland’s continental shelf.

DECEMBER 25, 2022ByROBERT ELLIS
TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to journalists at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, earlier this month.

Thousands protest against conviction of Istanbul mayor

A court convicted the mayor to two years and seven months in prison and a political ban for calling public officials "fools" in 2019.

DECEMBER 15, 2022ByREUTERS
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu greets his supporters as they gather in front of his office as a Turkish court sentenced Imamoglu to more than two years in prison and imposed a political ban for insulting public officials, in Istanbul, Turkey December 14, 2022.

Turkish court orders jail, political ban for Erdogan rival

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was tried over a speech after the 2019 local elections in Istanbul in which he called public officials "fools."

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByREUTERS
Supporters of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu demonstrate as a Turkish court reaches a verdict in the trial of Imamoglu, who is accused of insulting state officials with comments he made at the time of elections in 2019, in Istanbul, Turkey, November 11, 2022.

Turkey’s state banks withdraw from Russian payment system

US warned Turkey about possibility of sanctions over business ties to Russia

OCTOBER 1, 2022ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets people during the opening ceremony of Eurasia Tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey, December 20, 2016.

Saudi Arabia and Turkey help mediate Ukraine-Russia prisoner release

More than 200 prisoners of war were released after their capture by Russian armed forces required additional mediators to step in.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) smile after a swap in Chernihiv region

Which rabbi did Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet in Central Park? - WATCH

President of Turkey took a stroll on Sunday in New York City which he is visiting for the United Nations General Assembly.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets people during the opening ceremony of Eurasia Tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey, December 20, 2016.

Herzog to address World Economic Forum in Davos tomorrow

In the past, the hour-long debate in Switzerland led to heated relations between Israel and Turkey.

MAY 24, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara, Turkey March 9, 2022.

Israel will defeat this wave of terrorism, President Herzog tells the ‘Post’

Palestinians "cannot hold the stick from both of its ends and expect that Israel will take risks for there to be a diplomatic process," said President Herzog

MAY 2, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ, GREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog.