Turkey’s president is democratically-elected, but has been stripping power from politicians, media, judiciary, and the army. Friday’s coup will give him the pretext for a further clampdown, writes Howard Eissenstat

Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced his resignation, paving the way for the country’s president to pursue a tighter grip on power.

To address today’s challenges, Europe and Turkey must build a partnership based on their common interests, particularly security, writes Ana Palacio

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hailed a big victory for his ruling party in parliamentary elections and demanded the world respect the result.

Kurdish opponents of president blame him for fatal attack on rally

Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu has rejected accusations that Turkey previously tacitly supported Islamic State (IS) militants operating from Syria and unwittingly opened the door to a suicide bombing that killed at least 32 people.

Turkey’s ruling Islamic-rooted party is facing turbulence as it is likely to need a coalition partner to form the next government after suffering surprisingly strong losses in a national vote. Other parties vowed to resist any such pact.

Turkey’s ruling party has been left with few options for a new government after it was stripped of its parliamentary majority and opposition parties ruled out joining it in a coalition pact.

In a stunning rebuke of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions to expand his powers, Turkish voters have stripped his party of its simple majority in parliament, preliminary election results show.

President Tayyip Erdogan sought a crushing victory for his vision of a “new Turkey” at elections yesterday that would furnish him with sweeping executive powers opponents say could undermine democracy.

THIS WEEK’S Remembrance Day acknowledged the fallen of the First World War nearly a century ago but you only have to turn on the news to find out that war is still going on.

Turkey warned it may bring in the army to help quell nationwide anti-government protests after a weekend of heavy clashes between riot police and demonstrators sent tensions soaring.

Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to halt plans to redevelop an Istanbul park at the centre of two weeks of mass anti-government unrest, in a move protesters welcomed as “positive”.

Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas last night, as prime minister Tayyip Erdogan accused anti-government protesters of walking “arm-in-arm with terrorism”, remarks that could further inflame public anger after some of the most violent riots in decades.

TURKEY’S ruling Islamist-rooted party clinched a record landslide in yesterday’s parliamentary polls, but appeared short of the two-thirds majority it needs to rewrite the constitution, unofficial results showed.

SEVEN suspects were remanded in custody yesterday over an alleged coup plot against Turkey’s Islamist-rooted government in 2003, as part of a probe that has fanned tensions in the polarised country.

Leaders of Cyprus’ rival communities will hold reunification talks today, seen as the best chance in years of ending the island’s division.

Two retired generals were jailed in connection with an alleged plot to topple Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government, the highest-ranking ex-soldiers detained as part of the probe.

TURKEY’S top court has annulled a law allowing women to wear Islamic headscarves in universities on grounds it violates secularism, in a huge blow for the prime minister and his Islamist-rooted party.

Turkey’s top court decided yesterday to put the Islamist-rooted ruling party on trial for alleged anti-secular activity, in a case that could threaten national stability and Ankara’s bid to join the European Union.

Turkish authorities today announced the final results of the country’s general elections, confirming the ruling party’s victory.

TURKEY cleared another hurdle in its application for EU membership in Brussels yesterday after giving undertakings to introduce a bill containing new laws criminalising people trafficking, genocide, virginity tests and honour killings.

TURKEY’S bid to join the EU was in crisis last night as the European Commission warned that proposed penal reforms must be adopted by the government.

THE Turkish parliament yesterday voted to open the country’s air space to US warplanes, giving concrete backing to the US-led war against Iraq, just hours after an opening blitz on its south-eastern neighbour.

TURKEY’S ruling party leader Tayyip Erdogan was last night poised to take the reins as prime minister in a move Washington hopes will clear the way for deploying US troops in Turkey for a possible attack on Iraq.

KUWAIT said yesterday it would accept US troops who had been intended to be deployed in Turkey after the Turkish parliament refused to allow them into the country, the Kuwaiti defense minister said.

TURKEY yesterday rushed to repair ties with Washington after parliament blocked any US attack on Iraq through Turkish territory, and warned Baghdad not to delay co-operation with the United Nations.

TURKEY dealt a blow to US preparations for war against Iraq yesterday, delaying further, until the weekend, a key parliamentary vote on deployment of thousands of US troops there.

TURKEY yesterday said it was preparing to open ports and airbases to 62,000 US troops for a possible invasion of Iraq once it concludes a deal with Washington on financial support and military co-operation.

NATO member Turkey voted yesterday in parliamentary polls that could change the political landscape of a country mired in economic crisis and facing the threat of war in neighbouring Iraq.