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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Erdoğan slams US over ‘equipping Greek islands with weapons,’ denying Turkey F-16s
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday criticized the United States for "equipping Greek islands with weapons and aircraft" and not green-lighting the sale...
Turkish FM welcomes reported removal of conditions on sale of F-16s to Turkey from final NDAA draft
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Wednesday the reported removal of curbs on the sale of US F-16 fighter jets from the final...
Syria opposes Russia’s efforts to broker Turkey summit: report
Syria is resisting Russian efforts to broker a summit with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after more than a decade of bitter hostility since...
Erdoğan congratulates Netanyahu on Israel election win
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has written to Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on his election victory, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the Israeli leader's...
Turkey will continue to inform Nigerian authorities about Gülenist activities, Erdoğan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday highlighted the importance of the common fight against terrorism during a press conference in Nigeria, stating that...
Erdoğan: We have settled the Kurdish issue in all its aspects
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has argued that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has settled all aspects of the long-standing Kurdish issue,...
Erdoğan stunned by Trump’s question on ‘Midnight Express,’ book reveals
A new book by a former White House press secretary has revealed that the Turkish president and his delegation were perplexed by a question...
Erdoğan presidency spent $890,000 a day in 2020: report
A report by Turkey’s top public financial auditor has found that the Turkish presidency spent TL 7.9 million ($890,000) a day and TL 2,896,174,350...
Sofagate: EU leaders get a taste of their own medicine
Ali Dinçer*Last week EU Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen embarked on what they hoped would be an...
Packed AKP meeting draws ire as Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases exceed 26K
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has sparked anger from people on social media for holding its 7th Ordinary Grand Congress in a...
From the coup to the Caucasus: the UK’s curious love affair with Turkey’s Erdoğan
Ali DinçerBefore taking up residence at 10 Downing Street, Boris Johnson once famously won £1,000 prize for a poem he wrote about Recep Tayyip...
Turkey should end investigation of women over shouted slogans, HRW says
Turkish authorities should immediately stop the criminal investigation launched into women’s rights activists for shouting slogans at a March 8, 2021 International Women’s Day...