Secular candidate hopes to push Erdogan into Turkish presidential runoff - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

May 7, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gestures at his ruling AK Party's Istanbul congress, Turkey May 6, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - RC1E3428B110 — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures at the congress of his ruling Justice and Department Party, Istanbul, May 6, 2018. — REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Battle for Kurdish vote turns violent, leaves four dead in Turkey's Suruc

Ayla Jean Yackley

Ayla Jean Yackley

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu attends a news conference in Ankara, Turkey June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1879C94940

Turkish opposition's unity crumbles as electoral slogans fade

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Muharrem Ince, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), addresses his supporters during an election rally in Istanbul, Turkey June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - RC1C225D63F0

Turkish opposition fails miserably in critical election test

Sibel Hurtas

Zubeyir Aydar, president of the People's Congress of Kurdistan, addresses Kurdish protesters during a demonstration against alleged attacks perpetrated by the Turkish army against Kurds, in Brussels on August 8, 2015. Ankara has launched a two-pronged "anti-terror" offensive against jihadists in Syria and PKK militants based in northern Iraq after a series of attacks on Turkish soil, including a suicide bombing blamed on IS that killed 32 pro-Kurdish activists in the town of Suruc. The PKK, which accuses th

Campaigns woo Kurdish voters as Turkish election nears

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture