Erdoğan

Turkish politics is struggling harder and harder to go beyond the title of "Absurdistan." Sadly, not even the sky is the limit. 
 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that an airstrike on Turkish soldiers near al-Bab in Syria was not carried out by Russian aircraft, Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş said on Nov. 28.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stressed the importance of normalization between Israel and Turkey in a phone conversation with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stressed the importance of normalization between Israel and Turkey in a phone conversation with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told the European Parliament to know its "limits" on Nov. 26, which came after a non-binding motion passed last week in the European Parliament that urged a freeze in the European Union's accession talks with Turkey. 
       

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the latest situation in Syria over the phone late on Nov. 26 a day after a similar conversation, according to a presidential source.        

With patience running thin among local communities and migrants at overcrowded camps across the eastern Aegean, government officials have told Kathimerini that the best solution would be to speed up the asylum process and create new reception facilities on the mainland as well as the islands.

It was not surprising to see President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan playing the migrant card against the European Union on Nov. 25. "Look, if you go further, the border gates will be opened. You should know that," he said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Nov. 25, one day after four Turkish soldiers were killed in a Syrian regime air strike in Syria's north.  

Turkish President Recep Erdogan doubled down on the threats issued Thursday by Turkish PM Binali Yildirim that his country would open the gates to immigrants into Europe in response to an EP resolution suspending Turkey’s EU accession talks. Speaking to Turkish female ogranjsations, Erdogan warned the European leaders to not threaten pressure his country.