Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan threatens to open Turkey borders to migrants after EU vote

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to throw open Turkey's borders to… Read More

Fed up with EU, Erdogan says Turkey could join Shanghai bloc

ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Sunday as saying that Turkey did not… Read More

Turkey to scrap Prime Minister in new system: minister

ISTANBUL: Turkey is to scrap the office of the prime minister in a historic switch under… Read More

Pakistan to shut Gulen-linked schools ahead of Erdogan visit

ISLAMABAD: The government has on Tuesday decided to close a chain of private schools in… Read More

PTI stands by its decision to boycott Erdogan’s parliament address

ISLAMABAD: Despite a request by Turkish Ambassador Sadik Babur Girgin to reconsider its decision, Chairman… Read More

Erdogan hints at referendum on Turkey joining EU

ISTANBUL: Accusing Brussels of wanting Turkey to abandon its bid to join the EU, Turkish… Read More

Panamagate Case will be decided according to law, says Sadiq

ISLAMABAD: Speaker of National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that the Panamagate Case is… Read More

President Erdogan to visit Pakistan next week

ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive in Pakistan on a two-day state visit… Read More

Sadiq apprises Turkish leadership of human right violations in held-Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq met with Turkish Prime Minister Binali… Read More

Turkey will lift state of emergency when situation “normalises”

STRASBOURG: The state of emergency declared in Turkey after a July 15 coup attempt will be… Read More

18 killed in truck bomb attack on soldiers in southeast Turkey

ANKARA: Eighteen people were killed Sunday when a van packed with five tonnes of explosives blew… Read More

Turkey’s Erdogan takes spin in Bosphorus’s first road tunnel

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went for an inaugural spin on Saturday in Istanbul's latest… Read More

Erdogan slams US Congress over Saudi 9/11 law

ANKARA:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Saturday a US Congress vote to override Barack Obama's… Read More

Turkey pulls plug on radio, TV channels in post-coup emergency decree

ISTANBUL: Turkey has ordered the closure of 20 television and radio stations, including one that airs… Read More

Turkey suffers sharp visitor drop as coup hits tourism

ANKARA: The number of foreigners visiting Turkey plummeted nearly 38 percent in August, with tourism battered… Read More

Gulen says will return to Turkey if US backs extradition

BERLIN: US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen is ready to return to Turkey if Washington approves Ankara's… Read More

PM Nawaz, Erdogan meet in New York

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the… Read More

Turkey removes 8,000 security personnel in latest purge

ANKARA: Turkey removed nearly 8,000 security personnel from duty late Thursday, according to state media,… Read More

Erdogan to inaugurate Istanbul’s third Bosphorus bridge

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday inaugurates Istanbul's third bridge to span the… Read More

Turkey set to release 38,000 prisoners, makes space in jails after coup

ISTANBUL: Turkey will release 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday after the… Read More