Ozgur Ozel, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), gives a speech during an extraordinary congress of the party in Ankara on April 6, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses a speech during the Justice and Development Party (AKP), as part of the 8th Ordinary Grand Congress at the Ankara Arena in Ankara, on Feb. 23, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Police officers stand in a street around the provincial police headquarters where Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is being held after his arrest, in Istanbul on March 19, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Turkish riot police officers use pepper spray to disperse protesters gathering during a rally in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor in Istanbul, on March 24, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
