Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey put nearly 500 people on trial Tuesday on charges of leading last year’s failed coup, parading dozens of the men into a courthouse as protesters threw stones and shouted “Murderers!”

When Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım replaced Ahmet Davutoğlu in May 2016 as both the prime minister and the chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), one of his first messages was about a substantial recalibration of Turkey's foreign policy.  

Israel has acted with "common sense," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Aug. 1, following the decision to remove metal detectors placed at the entrances to the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after weeks of escalated tension between the Israeli government and Palestinians. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and political parties represented at parliament have applied to be intervening parties in the case on events at the Akıncı Air Base on the night of the July 2016 coup attempt.

The Pentagon on July 31 criticized Turkey's plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO technology.     

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in talks to get Russia to supply Ankara with its latest S-400 surface-to-air missile system.     

The Pentagon on Monday criticized Turkey’s plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO technology.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in talks to get Russia to supply Ankara with its latest S-400 surface-to-air missile system.

Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) head Mehmet Görmez retired from his post on July 31.

Hagia Sophia has been at the center of a campaign by Turkey's ruling party to communicate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's model of political Islam to the Turkish public over the past few years.

If you want to attract the attention of Western public opinion through media about Turkey, there are some key words one should use. 

If you use Kurds, Alevis, non-Muslim minorities, gender equality, extremists, radicals, salafists and are critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, you will certainly have an audience more willing to lend an ear to you.

Former President Abdullah Gül recently said that journalists who are being tried should not be imprisoned. He said this in response to a question about the case against daily Cumhuriyet journalists, which was seen last week and which has attracted international attention and condemnation.