Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks as he attends a press conference with Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto, palace in Bogor, West Java on Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
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)
Protesters hold signs and Turkish flags during a rally in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor in Istanbul Municipality, on March 23, 2025.(Photo: AFP)
Police officers use pepper spray during clashes with people as they protest against the arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 21, 2025. (Photo: AP)
Protesters clash with Turkish riot police using tear gas and water cannon during a demonstration following the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul in Ankara, March 22, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
