Posts Tagged: Tayyip Erdogan
Death Toll in Turkey, Syria Quake Tops 33,000 as Turkey Starts Legal Action
Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities...
Rescuers Toil on in Rubble of Turkey and Syria; Survivors Ever Harder to Find
Rescuers in Turkey pulled more people from the rubble early on Saturday, five days after the country's most devastating earthquake since 1939, but hopes were...
Protests in Stockholm, including Koran-Burning, Draw Strong Condemnation from Turkey
Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden's bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply heightened tensions...
Erdogan Says Courts Will Fix Any Mistakes After Istanbul Mayor’s Sentencing
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the courts would correct any mistakes in an appeal process after the jailing of Istanbul's opposition mayor,...
Erdogan, Putin Discuss Grain Corridor, Gas Hub in Phone Call
Presidents Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Vladimir Putin of Russia discussed grain supplies and a potential regional gas hub in Turkey on Sunday, both countries...
Six Dead in Istanbul Blast, Erdogan Says it ‘Smells like Terrorism’
Six people were killed and 81 others wounded on Sunday when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul in what Turkish President...
Erdogan And Putin Discuss Improving Ties, Ending Ukraine War -Turkish Readout
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about improving bilateral ties and he repeated Ankara's willingness to do its part...
Turkey Re-Evaluating Death Penalty After Erdogan’s Wildfires Comment – Minister
Turkey will reconsider a 2004 decision to abolish capital punishment, the justice minister said on Saturday, after President Tayyip Erdogan raised the death penalty in...
Turkey, Saudi to Revive Great Economic Potential, Erdogan Says
Turkey and Saudi Arabia have a common will to "reactivate a great economic potential" between the two countries, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday,...
Turkish Philanthropist Kavala Gives Final Defense in Protest Trial
Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala and seven other accused delivered their final defense statements on Friday in a long-running case over nationwide protests held in 2013...
Turkey’s Erdogan Condemns Israeli ‘Intervention’ at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he had told his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas that he condemned Israeli "intervention on worshippers" at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa...
Erdogan Tells Israel’s Herzog Synergy in Energy Mutually Beneficial
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog that synergy in the field of energy was mutually beneficial for their countries and that he...
Erdogan Will Tell Putin to Stop Ukraine War During Call on Sunday
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will tell his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday to stop Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an Erdogan spokesman said, while adding...
Erdogan Says he Hopes Volatile Turkish Lira Will Steady Soon
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he hoped that volatile foreign-exchange and inflation rates would stabilize shortly and he again promised low interest rates,...
