Tag: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Greek and Turkish police have fired teargas at their land border as relations strain over the growing numbers of migrants…

The Greek coastguard has fired shots at a migrant boat on the Aegean Sea amid rising tensions with Turkey.  Video…

Turkey is being accused of helping hundreds of migrants cross into Greece in what appears to be a coordinated effort…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s veteran leader, Vladimir Putin, have called for a Libyan ceasefire. The two populist…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed a US proposal to ditch its Russian S-400 missile defences, saying the suggestion…

Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Turkey’s economy over its strikes against US allies in Syria. But Turkish planes have…

Former Turkish prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, who was forced out of office in May 2016, has emerged as an outspoken…

Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria and has threatened to reopen the sea route into Europe…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will sell Turkey the SU-57 stealth fighters, which could jeopardise Ankara’s membership of Nato. Turkish…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will cooperate with Russia on the production of advanced missile defence systems as…

Istanbul is voting again today (Sunday) to elect its mayor after the opposition’s victory in March was annulled. Ekrem Imamoglu…

German World Cup winner Mesut Özil has married the former Miss Turkey, Amine Gulse, in Istanbul and his best man…

Five attacks on Turkish opposition journalists have been reported ahead of the rerun of the Istanbul mayoral election on June…

Turkey’s election commission has ordered a rerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party…

A mob has attacked the 70-year-old leader of Turkey’s main opposition party during a funeral held for a soldier who was killed…