For Erdogan, arrest of Israeli soccer player makes good politics before local elections Erdogan’s entire, long reign in power has been an effort to come across as the defender and protector of ...

Turkish prosecutors charged Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Friday with falsifying his university diploma, a new case ...

Soccer is not an unfamiliar tool for Erdogan, who has linked the sport to politics since his own days as a soccer player in the 1970s and ‘80s, when he was active in youth politics while playing ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named the two-match ban for national team player Merih Demiral political and a punishment for the whole country, adding it casts a shadow over the Euro ...

President Tayyip Erdogan said he decided to attend Turkey's Euro 2024 quarter-final in Berlin after a row over a Turkish football player's "wolf salute" goal celebration earlier this week, CNNTurk ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition parties for “exploiting” a dispute between two Turkish football clubs and Saudi officials.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has praised the national team as "our champions" after a narrow 2-1 defeat against the Netherlands in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals. Erdogan visited the team ...

Soccer-Erdogan Says Wolf Gesture Row Prompted Him to Attend Turkey Quarter-final, Media Report July 05th, 14PM July 05th, 14PM ANKARA, July 5 (Reuters) - President ...