Recep Tayyip Erdogan

President Erdoğan has pledged to build half a million homes within a year, but experts and the opposition say this promise is due to upcoming elections in May

Both Sweden and neighboring Finland applied to join the Western military alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The United Nations and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension, but neither confirmed how long it would last

Putin visited an art school and a children’s center that are part of a project to develop a historical park on the site of an ancient Greek colony

Both Finland and Swden applied to become NATO members 10 months ago in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, abandoning decades of nonalignment

An investigation should be opened into why it took a week to open border crossings for aid to flow, the commission said

The elections will determine whether the country will take a more democratic path or continue on the increasingly authoritarian course set by the strongman politician

The total dead in Syria was 3,553, while in Turkey, officials counted 21,043 through Saturday

Some survivors are being housed in temporary shelters but wondering what comes next after their houses were either destroyed or badly damaged. Rescue efforts continue despite freezing weather and constant aftershocks

Experts said it is too soon to abandon hope for more rescues after a magnitude 7.8 quake rocked the two countries on Monday as the death toll from the disaster passed 11,000

Demagogues – taking advantage of social unrest and polarization – are corroding the strength of democracies. Notwithstanding, institutions continue to show resilience in the face of authoritarianism