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)
Fidan Ataselim, general secretary of We Will Stop Femicides Platform or WWSF, walks on the street following an interview with the Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Photo: AP)
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)