Emine Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has met with Moroccan King Mohammed VI, who has been in Turkey for over a week, for a friendly meeting at an Istanbul palace.

Accompanied by their families, the two leaders held an unofficial meeting in Yıldız Palace in Istanbul on Dec. 27.

The country is marking the 91st anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey on Oct. 29 with celebrations at the newly built "Ak Saray," rather than the traditional Çankaya Palace.

The change in the venue this year is upon President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s preference to host the reception at the newly built presidential premises.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stepped down as Turkey’s prime minister and was installed as the country's 12th president on Aug. 28, after a parliamentary ceremony boycotted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). 

Outgoing President Abdullah Gül said a warm farewell to the Çankaya Mansion in the takeover ceremony.

“The first time I met her; she had no idea about the issue of my expertise. I gave her a briefing. When we met six months after, I found a woman who had done her homework, asking me all the right questions.”

Turkey’s President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made it clear that he will not step back from playing the lead on the country’s political stage when he takes office at the presidential palace on Aug. 28.

 Turkey has also caught up with the global trend of the “ice bucket challenge,” with politicians and business supremos joining the fun with the aim of raising awareness of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

While Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will succeed President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Turkey’s new prime minister after nearly 12 years in charge, his wife, Sare Davutoğlu, will take over from the very influential Emine Erdoğan.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s wife Emine Erdoğan has visited several victims’ families of the Soma mine accident almost a month after the worst mining disaster the country has ever had.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed that the movement of the U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen is “preparing a film” depicting him and his family, suggesting the possible leak of further videos ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in August.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed that the movement of the U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen is “preparing a film” depicting him and his family, suggesting the possible leak of further videos ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in August.