Bomb defused under Turkish officer’s car ahead of Erdogan event -media

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police found a bomb under the car of a riot police officer assigned to work at an event attended by President Tayyip Erdogan in eastern Turkey,…

Erdogan faces uphill bid to woo Turkey’s large Alevi minority

By Daren Butler and Birsen Altayli ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ali Erdem leads his Alevi community each week in a ceremony filled with symbolic ritual, music and dance, performing in a…