Turkey is expanding its political influence across the Western Balkans by investing in infrastructure and religious landmark buildings, with mosque construction serving as part of Ankara's geopolitical agenda to project soft power while furthering economic,...

The German government urged the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs, the country's main mosque association with around 1,000 mosques, to cut ties with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan due to his antisemitic and Islamist statements...