Turkey

Tánaiste says each of the 32 deceased ‘leaves an extraordinary legacy of kindness, compassion and humanity’

Delivery of humanitarian to estimated 2.7m people is interrupted due to disagreement

Backing Sweden’s Nato bid is part of Ankara’s effort to ease tensions and unblock trade

Island became symbol of defiance on war’s first day after Ukrainian guards refused to surrender to Russians

Irish Dental Association representative says he knows ‘a lot of very good Turkish dentists’ but they’re not part of ‘the commercial enterprises that are touting for patients in Ireland and preying on the fact that these patients are vulnerable’

Body of man who died while undergoing dental procedure in Turkey on May 28th has been repatriated

Ben Judah uses human stories to explore the idea of a coherent European identity

Drinks giant used 17.5bn litres of water across its group operations last year

Greek Letter: Elections may reflect political realities, but they ignore hidden agendas and submerged hopes

Erdogan’s playbook is Trump’s playbook. The age of the strongman is not over yet

Baricade planned for border-crossing points where access is easy in move driven by ‘changing security environment’

President stoked ethnic Turkish nationalism during campaign, and many are worried he may reconcile with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad

Veteran leader faces economic reckoning after defeating rivals in Sunday’s presidential election

Incumbent candidate secured 52.1% of vote, with gap of 2 million votes between president and rival

The two candidates are aiming to attract some 8 million voters who did not go to the polls in the first round

Incumbent appears to have momentum in presidential race

Russia, climate change, long-term growth and domestic immigration have been Sweden’s preoccupations during its term

Mainlanders and Turkish Cypriots overwhelmed by economic distress imported from Turkey

Odds are with the incumbent for presidential run-off in two weeks’ time

Veteran incumbent is clear favourite over opposition challenger in second round on May 28th

Turkey’s president in strong position despite being forced into an election run-off

Poll seen as referendum on Turkey’s future a century since foundation of the secular republic

Opposition promising to restore democracy and halt authoritarian slide under Recep Tayyip Erdogan

More than 64 million people, including 3.4 million overseas voters, eligible to vote in elections

Polls give main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu a slight lead

High stakes as charismatic strongman faces first credible challenge in recent memory

Runaway inflation has helped push voters towards the opposition in Mersin and elsewhere as poll approaches

Greece Letter: The Venn diagram of the country’s identity complicates political desires to westernise

Turkey’s president announces ‘neutralisation’ of Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi in Syria

In Little Aleppo in Ankara, poverty, police harassment and other intimidations are now routine for the Syrians Turkey is increasingly determined to send home

Turkey’s longest-serving leader cut short a live TV interview saying he had an upset stomach

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu leading Republican People’s Party in bid to oust authoritarian president and restore secular impetus

Patrick Smyth: EU capitals will be watching the Turkish elections in May, the toughest the autocratic ruler has yet faced

Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power by leveraging anger about the 1999 earthquake - but the president risks losing this year’s election because of inadequate preparations, and reactions to, the latest disaster

Former strongholds looking for alternatives to Erdogan not necessarily translating into support for opposition

“This will allow us to conduct military and humanitarian operations in every corner of the world,” says president Tayyip Erdogan

Although Sweden is more or less surrounded by Nato members, the risk of a military attack from Russia – even though it is preoccupied in Ukraine – cannot be ruled out entirely

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov urges flexibility

A delicious Turkish recipe from the Cork-based chef

Decision not to run a candidate boosts prospects of opposition ahead of May poll