All Stories: President Tayyip Erdogan

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described in detail for the first time how the "political murder" of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi...

ANKARA: Turkey raised natural gas prices on Saturday by as much as 14 per cent, two sources said, while the energy regulator announced a...

ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed on Wednesday Western concern over Turkey’s deal to procure an S-400 air defense system from Russia and said the...

ANKARA: The Turkish parliament has backed a plan to strengthen the powers of the presidency, paving the way for a referendum on the issue...

ISTANBUL: The last time US Vice President Joe Biden flew to Turkey, in January, he had a stern message for President Tayyip Erdogan: his model of Islamic democracy was setting a bad example by intimidating media and threatening academics.

GAZIANTEP, TURKEY: A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said.

ANKARA/ISTANBUL, TURKEY: Turkey dismissed nearly 1,400 more members of its armed forces and stacked the top military council with government ministers on Sunday, moves designed by President Tayyip Erdogan to put him in full control of the military after a failed coup.

ANKARA, TURKEY: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Thursday to restructure the military and give it "fresh blood" as emergency rule took hold across the NATO member country after last week's attempted coup.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkey vowed to root out allies of the US-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police and judiciary on Tuesday to universities and schools, the intelligence agency and religious authorities.

ALEXANDROUPOLI, GREECE: A Turkish military helicopter landed in Greece Saturday carrying eight men seeking asylum after a coup bid, Greek police said.

MURSITPINAR: At least 19 people were reported killed in riots across Turkey, the deadliest street unrest in years, after the Kurdish minority rose up in fury at the government's refusal to protect a besieged Syrian town from Islamic State.