German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday criticized plans to re-run Istanbul’s mayoral election as “not transparent and incomprehensible to us”. “Who holds the office of Istanbul’s mayor can only be decided by the will of the Turkish voters,” Maas said in a statement. Turkey’s top election body on Monday ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday welcomed a controversial order to redo the recent Istanbul election after complaints of corruption as the “best step” for the country. “We see this decision as the best step that will strengthen our will to solve problems within the framework of democracy and ...