Topic: Binali Yildirim

The opposition candidate in the rerun of the mayoral race for Turkey's largest city claimed victory on Sunday, dealing a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised a decision Tuesday by election officials to rerun a mayoral race in Istanbul that saw the narrow defeat of a candidate from his party.

The Turkish Supreme Electoral Council authorized vote recounts in Istanbul after discrepancies and invalid ballots were discovered in several districts.

The power of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party is being questioned after election results in the nation's three largest cities -- two of which the party has lost after two decades of rule.

More than 2,200 terrorists have been "neutralized" in the Afrin region of Syria as part of Turkey's ongoing military operations there, officials said Thursday.

Turkish police released German journalist Deniz Yucel on Friday after a year in custody, a sign of a thaw in German-Turkish relations.

Turkey moved grounded units across the border into Syria Sunday to continue its offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish militia in the area.

Turkey's president visited Greece Thursday and urged a review of a border treaty -- in what became a tense exchange with Greek leader Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

Turkish prosecutors ordered the assets of Reza Zarrab to be seized as he testified in Manhattan on his role in a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Turkey and the United States began accepting each other's visa applications on Monday, a month after a diplomatic conflict suspended the practice.