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A woman walks past a picture of Turkish opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader and presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Diyarbakir, Turkey, 20 March 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

"We will not nominate a candidate in the presidential elections," the Labour and Freedom Alliance said.

Turkey's President Erdogan signed off on Finland's NATO membership on Friday — removing the biggest obstacle to the Nordic country joining the alliance. With a difficult election coming in May, however, Turkey's president keeps insisting that Sweden is harboring alleged Kurdish terrorists and other dissidents.

Ankara and Cairo will raise diplomatic relations to the highest level "as soon as possible," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 18, noting that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, could meet after the elections in Türkiye as part of efforts to end of a decade of estrangement between the two countries.

The draft election manifesto of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party marks a return to more orthodox, free market economic policies, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Turkey is due to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 and opinion polls show that Erdogan will face his biggest electoral challenge yet in his two decades in power.

Turkey's President Erdogan has finally made it official, setting May 14 as the date for elections. After twenty years of dominating Turkish politics, and given the stakes for Erdogan, there are questions as to how far he will be willing to go on May 14th to ensure the results are in his favor.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has officially set the date for Türkiye's parliamentary and presidential elections as May 14, a month ahead of the previously scheduled date, seeking to extend his two decades in power.

Expert Alan Makovsky joins me to break down whether Kemal Kilicdaroglu - who emerged as the opposition's main candidate on Monday after a weekend of political drama - is the man to take on Turkey's President Erdogan in the upcoming elections.

Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu (2-L) greets his supporters with his wife Selvi (R), Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (2-R) and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas (L) after the six opposition parties alliance chose and announced him as presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, in Ankara, Turkey 06 March 2023.

27 years ago the Imia crisis brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war. Almost three decades later, a lot has changed in terms of Greece's defense doctrine. Today, as Turkey's President Erdogan brings tensions in the Aegean to a boiling point, the lessons from this crisis are more important than ever.

Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen slammed Turkey as an "unfaithful ally," while calling for fresh sanctions on Ankara as it continues to block NATO membership for Finland and Sweden.