Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Wednesday sought to play down claims by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Kurdish terrorists are being trained in camps in Greece by suggesting that Erdogan might have “confused” Greece with another country.

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.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed a motion for a parliamentary inquiry into Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in relation to a wave of corruption probes that first went public on Dec. 17, 2013.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s sharp criticism of the Central Bank over its interest rate policy has exposed a split among Turkey’s top economic managers, who are divided over the limits to interference in the bank’s independence.

President Abdullah Gül has rejected an overture from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) that he again run for the post in August elections as part of a joint initiative designed to prevent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from becoming head of state.

Some 17,000 people representing a wide variety of backgrounds have filed individual appeals to the top court of Turkey since individual access to the top court became effective as of Sept. 24, 2012.

"Europe needs Turkey more than Turkey needs EU"

ANKARA -- Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says European Parliament elections that saw right-wing parties strengthen indicate "the threat of growing racism in Europe."

The Turkish prime minister’s harsh criticism of the Central Bank has rattled markets as investors have priced in concerns that pressure on the bank will continue.

Thousands flocked to the streets in Turkey to protest over the explosion in a coal mine near Soma which took the lives of at least 283 people.