People gesture and chant slogans as they protest to defy a ban and march on the way to Taksim Square during the May Day rally, in Istanbul, on May 1, 2017. (Photo: AFP)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint statement with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo: AP)
Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party protest after its candidate in Sunday's municipal elections in the city of Van was ruled ineligible. (Photo: AFP)
Two women sit near a campaign banner of Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Recep Tayyip in Istanbul, Turkey, March 11, 2024. (Photo: AP)
People walk under campaign banners of candidates for Istanbul of AKP, Murat Kurum, center, and Istanbul Mayor and CHP, Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul, March 29, 2024. (Photo: AP/Francisco Seco)
