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# Turkey


## Turkey


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4edfd7940fef239b/6a14296e978b1d32c33729c3/turkey-politics.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 25, 2026  
## [What to Know About Türkiye’s Deepening Democratic Crisis](https://time.com/article/2026/05/25/turkiye-democracy-crisis-chp-erdogan-explainers/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![stray dogs Turkey](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd091adc4cd1218c/698a5967096a94288e6b0c85/stray-dogs-turkey.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 30, 2024  
## [Turkey Passes 'Massacre Law' on Stray Dogs](https://time.com/7005319/turkey-stray-dogs-massacre-law/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Anna Gordon
* ![A man rides a motorcycle near a burning Turkish truck during protests against Turkey in al-Bab, Syria.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0f84bd82ac064f6f/698a586447ca3817f73bdb47/turkey-syria-unrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 3, 2024  
## [What to Know About Syrian-Turkey Unrest](https://time.com/6994932/anti-syrian-unrest-turkey/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Armani Syed
* ![Sagiv Jehezkel pointing to “100 days” scrawled on his wrist](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2e28d19a12afe05/698a43de011682b271983cb2/Sagiv-Jehezkel.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 15, 2024  
## [Israeli Soccer Player Sparks Controversy in Turkey for Hostage Message](https://time.com/6555453/sagiv-jehezkel-antalyaspor-turkey-soccer-israel-hamas/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Koh Ewe
* ![LITHUANIA-NATO-DEFENCE-DIPLOMACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26a9114d43682274/698a3e8edb29876c872692a3/GettyImages-1523097289.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 11, 2023  
## [NATO Summit: What's at Stake for Biden](https://time.com/6293704/nato-summit-biden-sweden-erdogan-ukraine/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Brian Bennett  
* ![Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18454a062f514af6/698a3d6ab3fce33ca60ca82f/gwttt.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 28, 2023  
## [What Erdoğan’s Victory Means for Turkey—and the World](https://time.com/6282763/erdogan-turkey-election-victory/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yasmeen Serhan
* ![Turkey Election](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60835dc456b633b6/698a3d69cabb1d2075e51726/Turkey.jpeg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 28, 2023  
## [Turkey's Erdoğan Wins Reelection. Here's What to Know](https://time.com/6282778/erdogan-wins-turkey-election/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![Turkey Looks Ahead To First Presidential Runoff](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b73a06095f3bf12/698a3d62b3fce361290ca818/Erdogan-Election-Turkish-Runoff.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 26, 2023  
## [We Can't Allow Turkey's Elections to Smooth Over Erdoğan’s Wrongdoings](https://time.com/6282974/turkey-elections-erdogan-wrongdoings-column/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Enes Kanter Freedom
* ![Supporters of Turkish President and People’s Alliance’s presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan dance as they give handouts to commuters in Istanbul](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt523368c1ed812f41/698a3d4ce6e84a06062b026b/turkey-election-runoff-erdogan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 26, 2023  
## [What to Expect From Turkey’s Runoff Election](https://time.com/6281927/turkey-election-runoff-nevsin-mengu-interview/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yasmeen Serhan
* ![TOPSHOT-TURKEY-POLITICS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa9aec15df83061e/698a3ce1457a529db4d67999/GettyImages-1254994671.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 15, 2023  
## [Turkey's Future Remains on a Knife Edge](https://time.com/6279856/turkey-election-results-runoff-erdogan/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Yasmeen Serhan  
* ![Daily Life During Elections Period In Turkey](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1234590dbbcaf196/698a3cdb096a9416fe6adc05/GettyImages-1488930538.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2023  
## [Erdogan Is Facing His Biggest Test—Even If He Loses Turkey's Election](https://time.com/6279427/erdogan-turkeys-election/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![Supporters wave flags and chant slogans while waiting for the arrival of CHP Party presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu during a campaign rally on May 6 in Istanbul.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0fce51fede0aba3/698a3cd7db298795ed268fae/turkey-elections-walkup-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 11, 2023  
## [What to Know About Turkey's Crucial Election](https://time.com/6279098/turkey-election-2023/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Astha Rajvanshi
* ![Women at a feminist night march hold posters reading, “Are you God? We’re rebelling against unrestrained men and masculinity,” and, “On them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve,” Quran verse 2:277](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde5f60c3ca7d818a/698a3cd5457a520563d6797f/turkey-muslim-feminists-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 11, 2023  
## [Muslim Feminists Turn Against Erdoğan](https://time.com/6279055/turkey-erdogan-muslim-women-election/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Fariba Nawa
* ![The Presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance and the leader of the Republican People's Party \(CHP\) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu looks on as he visits the earthquake-hit Adıyaman on April 21, the first day of Ramadan Feast. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28e467a54e1e7150/698a3c4716d884d13cc3bc3a/Kemal-Kilicdaroglu-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 27, 2023  
## [Exclusive: The Man Who Could Beat Erdoğan](https://time.com/6274645/exclusive-kemal-kilicdaroglu-turkey-election/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Alec Luhn
* ![Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb818a95ea1f761b7/698a3b84e6e84aa6312aff34/Erdogan-2023-Presidential-Elections.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 30, 2023  
## [Erdogan's Political Reign Has Never Been on Shakier Footing](https://time.com/6266962/erdogan-kilicdaroglu-turkey-presidential-election/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ian Bremmer

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