Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed the disarmament of militant Kurdish separatists as the end of a “painful chapter” in Turkey’s history.

Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of a sprawling investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days.

The Turkish lira was in free fall, inflation was soaring, and economists were warning of a full-scale financial crisis. But instead of raising interest rates like most countries do to fight inflation,

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and purge of the opposition marks a dangerous shift in Turkey’s democracy, threatening political pluralism, press freedom, and economic stability as Erdogan consolidates power through repression.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointed on Thursday a new communications director, Burhanettin Duran, a deputy foreign minister who will take up a role aimed at keeping a tight leash on the mostly pro-government media.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan spent years pushing a grand vision. A neo-Ottoman revival. A stronger Turkey, which is independent of the West. But in the halls of BRICS diplomacy, that vision fell apart.