Government of Turkey

Recep Tayyip Erdogan will soon start his third term as Turkey's president. There will be much hand-wringing over whether he regained power through "free and fair elections" (he didn't), what this means for democracy in Turkey (not good) and whether his victory was really better for stability in the region and Greece's security (it isn't).

Five hundred and seventy years after the Fall of Constantinople, Recep Tayyip Erdogan chose the Hagia Sophia to celebrate the anniversary and his own victory in Sunday's elections. "Allah willing, we see this election as the gateway to the next century of Turkey and it will go down in history as such a turning point," as that of the Conquest, he declared on Sunday.

The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan ends the debate about how Turkey would behave towards Greece under a different leader and, consequently, how Greece would deal with this reality.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis has congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election as Turkish president.

In a tweet, the New Democracy leader said he also "extended my best wishes for progress and prosperity to the Turkish people."

The government can concentrate on the main issues on the agenda as the election uncertainty has disappeared, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on May 30, noting that they would work with the business world to find solutions to the current economic problems.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has met with former Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, according to a columnist in daily Hürriyet.

The meeting between the president and Şimşek took place on May 29 and it was "positive," said Abdülkadir Selvi, without providing other details.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, late on May 29 after renewing his tenure in the runoff election.

Biden congratulated Erdoğan on his reelection. Biden expressed the hope that the Turkish people would benefit from the election win, said a statement by the Turkish Presidency's Directorate of Communications.

Following the widely anticipated victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his country's presidential election, Athens is continuing its strategy of gradually and steadily reopening the numerous avenues of communication between Greece and Turkey.

BRUSSELS - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, invoking themes of Turkish nationalism and counterterrorism, has been the main obstacle toward Sweden joining the NATO alliance after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou sent a message to re-elected Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, congratulating him on his victory.

In her message, the president notes that she looks forward to the further development of bilateral relations on the basis of international law with the goal of securing regional peace and stability.