Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presidential campaign

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced the new ministers of his cabinet as Turkey officially switched to an executive presidency.

No Kurdish citizen is marginalized in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told crowds in the eastern province of Van during a campaign rally on June 19.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rejected a challenge made by main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce for a live debate on television.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has blasted Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential nominee of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), saying his nomination should be "corrected."

Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of making "secret deals with Israel," once again challenging him to debate on TV.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 9 criticized Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz for his government's decision to shut down seven mosques and expel 40 imams, warning of a "crusader-crescent war."    

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce vowed late June 8 to retire from politics if President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins the June 24 election. “But I have one condition: Erdoğan would face me on a TV debate before the elections,” İnce added. Here is the story of the landmark rally in photos…

Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has criticized the megaprojects pushed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying their public-private financing model is indebting Turkey.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused foreign powers of trying to "weaken" the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), after the Turkish government criticized Germany for allowing opposition rallies and a French magazine for portraying Erdoğan as a "dictator."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has voiced support for the multilateral nuclear deal with Iran, despite the U.S. decision to withdraw from it.