Erdoğan

The handling of Greek-Turkish affairs requires a particularly careful mix of prudence and decisiveness. Although this has been the rule for decades, it is now of pivotal importance.

Tragically, and in his own words, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an thinks (or pretends to think) that "the primary reason behind terror in Turkey is to prevent Turkey from getting into the world's top 10 economies." 

The Netherlands’ largest newspaper ‘De Telegraaph’ has published a front page cartoon depicting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as an ape trampling on freedom of speech in Europe!

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov complained about having been pressured by both the President and the PM of Turkey to intervene in the conflict that broke in the DPS party in end-December.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin lashed out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying he “will regret what’s been done”.

Mr. Putin also said that Turkey “will not be let off with just tomatoes” for downing of Russian Su-24, as Sputnic reports.

Russian accusations that Turkey is making money from oil trade with Islamic State resemble "Cold War Soviet propaganda machine lies," says Ahmed Davutoglu.

The Turkish prime minister reacted in this way to accusations of the Russian military that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family personally benefit from the oil trade.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family members are directly involved in illegal oil deliveries from Daesh oil fields (widely known as Islamic State) in Syria, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s advisor Burhan Kuzu commented on his Twitter account about the refugee agreement achieved between the EU and Turkey pn November 29.

He stated that the EU yielded under Turkey’s threat to open its borders to refugees and decided to provide Turkey with financial support for the migrant crisis.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a brief meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference COP21 in Paris on Monday.

The meeting took place after the unbelievable Twitter exchange between Greek PM and Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans on meeting Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of high-level climate talks in Paris (COP21) starting today, Putin's press secretary has said.

"A meeting with Erdogan is not in planning. Such a meeting has not been in question," Russian daily Vedomosti quotes Dmitry Peskov as telling reporters.