Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Amid tension, Trump and Turkey’s Erdogan agree to strengthen ties

ANKARA: U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Saturday and agreed to… Read More

Turkey’s Erdogan compares coup defeat to medieval battle

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday compared the defeat of last year’s attempted… Read More

Erdogan conveys Turkey’s unease over US support for Kurdish militants

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis that… Read More

Remove Jerusalem metal detectors, Erdogan tells Israel

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin to… Read More

Erdogan slams ‘inhumane’ isolation of Qatar

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed the economic and political isolation of… Read More

Shocking footage: Erdogan bodyguards beat up protesters in Washington

WASHINGTON: A disturbing footage has emerged showing violent clashes between people protesting against Turkish President Recep… Read More

Here’s what will change under Turkey’s new Constitution

ISTANBUL: Turkey on Sunday narrowly voted in a historic referendum to approve a new constitution… Read More

Turkey to build museum to remember failed coup

ISTANBUL:The Turkish culture ministry has readied designs for a major new museum outside Ankara to… Read More

Germany investigates 20 for alleged spying for Turkey

BERLIN: Germany is investigating 20 people for allegedly spying on followers of an exiled preacher… Read More

Erdogan blames ‘murderer Assad’ for suspected Syria chemical attack

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday blamed the Syrian government for a suspected… Read More

German official accuses Turkey of ‘intolerable’ spying

BERLIN: A German state minister on Tuesday accused Turkey of "unacceptable" spying on alleged followers… Read More

Erdogan warns Dutch of new retaliation, makes Srebrenica jibe

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned that the Netherlands would face more… Read More

PM urges unity among parties for Pakistan’s progress

ANKARA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that all political parties should cooperate for the… Read More

PM in Ankara to hold wide-ranging talks with Turkish leadership

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim will co-chair the 5th… Read More

Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, thanks Turkey for UK mosque

ANKARA: British musician Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, met Turkey's leader and thanked the… Read More

Syrian girl blogger, 7, meets Erdogan at Ankara palace

ANKARA: Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed, whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of the bombing of… Read More

Erdogan opens first road tunnel under Istanbul’s Bosphorus

ISTANBUL:President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday opened the first ever road tunnel underneath the Bosphorus… Read More

Erdogan says discussed Syria with Putin, Obama

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that he discussed the situation in Syria's Aleppo… Read More

Foreign chefs on Turkish TV are spies, claims Erdogan’s adviser

ISTANBUL: You could call it stirring up tensions. A prominent adviser to President Recep Tayyip… Read More

Erdogan wants trade with Russia, China in local currencies

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country was moving towards allowing trade with… Read More