Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
US elections 2024: What Trump’s election means for Greek-Turkish relations – Pompeo’s role and the “difficult” relationship with Ankara
The re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States is creating a new global context at a time when the competition to shape the New World Order after the Cold War has intensified, which is also affecting regional conflicts and rivalries.
Erdoğan calls on Turkic world to lend more support to Turkish Cyprus
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated his call on the Turkic states to give more support to the Turkish Cypriots, hailing the presence of Turkish Cyprus President Ersin Tatar as a guest of honor and observer at the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit in Kyrgyzstan.
Erdogan congratulates ‘friend’ Trump on election victory
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday congratulated his "friend" Donald Trump on winning the US Presidential election after "a great battle," after Trump had earlier claimed victory.
Erdogan ally floats Turkey constitutional amendment to let him extend his tenure
The main political ally of longstanding Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan has said that a constitutional amendment should be considered to allow the president to run again in elections set for 2028.
MHP urges constitutional amendment for Erdoğan’s next presidential bid
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chair Devlet Bahçeli has underlined the need for a constitutional amendment so that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan can run for the presidency in the next elections.
Erdoğan urges Turkic states to increase pressure on Israel
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has described Israel as a threat to the global system and called on the Turkic states to raise pressure on it.
"It is extremely important for us, the Turkic world, to maintain our efforts for a lasting and fair solution of the Palestinian issue," Erdoğan said at a press conference with Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov on Nov. 5 in Bishkek.
Turkey: Erdogan’s government sacked three pro-Kurdish mayors on “terrorism” charges
Three mayors from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM, formerly HDP), Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party, have been removed from office after being accused of…”terrorism,” the Turkish Interior Ministry said today.
Trustees appointed in southeast as three mayors dismissed over terror charges
The mayors of the southeastern provinces of Mardin and Batman and Şanlıurfa's Halfeti district have been removed from office, with trustees appointed in their place, the Interior Ministry announced on Nov. 4.
Erdoğan urges unity in Islamic world amid Israeli massacres
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the Islamic world that the only way to prevent Israeli expansionism and bring an end to the massacres against Muslims in Palestine and Lebanon is to stand united and leave internal disputes behind.
Turkey ousts 3 elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office and replaces them with state officials
Turkey on Monday removed three elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office over terrorism-related charges and replaced them with state-appointed officials, the Interior Ministry said.