Supporters of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) celebrate in front of the municipality’s main building in Istanbul on March 31, 2024, following local elections across Turkey. Yasin Akgul | Afp | Getty Images Turkey’s opposition won an overwhelming victory in several major cities in the country’s local elections on Sunday, dealing a major blow…
A ferry glides across the Golden Horn at sunset with the Suleymaniye Mosque and the city of Istanbul, Turkey in the background. VW pictures | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once said: Whoever wins Istanbul, Turkey wins. If that’s the case, the stakes are high for Sunday’s election as…
Iranian women cast their votes at a polling station during elections to select members of parliament and a key clerical body in Tehran on March 1, 2024. ATTA KENARE | AFP Iran holds its parliamentary elections on Friday, the first vote for Iranians since a nationwide women’s rights protest movement rocked the country in 2022….
Turkish President Recep Erdogan speaks to journalists during the final national press conference during the NATO high-level summit at the Litexpo conference center in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 12, 2023. Dominika Zarzycka | Photo only | Getty Images Turkey, along with Hungary, spent almost two years delaying Sweden’s entry into NATO. It has purchased powerful Russian…
