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UrduPoint News
April 16, 2018
ISTANBUL, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News, app - 16th Apr, 2018 ) :President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey would provide considerable support to entrepreneurs as "huge targets" needed "huge reforms". Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress inÃâà...
Financial Express
April 7, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Britain in May, a top official said today, as Ankara sticks to its position of refusing to blame Russia for an attack on an ex-spy. Relations between London and Ankara have over the last years been relatively robust, without the tensions that have plaguedÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 4, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed vows to drive out Syrian Kurdish militants across Turkey's borders after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani in Ankara today. Speaking at a joint press conference, Erdogan said, “Turkey will not stop until allÃâà...
The Australian Financial Review
April 2, 2018
As President Donald Trump has his tweets, the leader of Turkey has his speeches. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes up to three every weekday – "two a day on weekends" – and his charismatic, combative talks are the primary vehicle of his success. He calls democracy advocates "marauders".
Times of India
March 31, 2018
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan recites Muslim prayer at the Hagia Sophia ... President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recited the first verse of the Quran at the end of his remarks for an art festival opening, dedicating the prayer to the "souls of all who left us this work as inheritance, especially Istanbul'sÃâà...
Sacramento Bee
March 30, 2018
The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):. 11:55 a.m.. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded angrily at France for suggesting that it could help establish a dialogue between Turkey and a Syrian group that is dominated by Kurdish fighters that Ankara considers to be terrorists.
Anadolu Agency
March 30, 2018
The offer of France to mediate between Turkey and the PYD/PKK-led SDF terror group in Syria exceeds its limit, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. Speaking at the provincial leaders' meeting of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in capital Ankara, Erdogan said: “If the remark [byÃâà...
BBC News
March 30, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected France's offer to mediate in northern Syria, saying he is "saddened" by its position. "We have no need for mediation," he said. "We are extremely saddened by France's... wrong stance on this." Turkey is battling to drive out the Kurdish YPG militia, which it sees as anÃâà...
SBS
March 30, 2018
A spokesman for the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, rejected an offer by Emmanuel Macron that France act as a mediator. Source: AAP. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he was "extremely saddened" by France's position after Paris offered to mediate with the SyrianÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 28, 2018
ANKARA (AFP) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signalled Turkey has no plans to follow its Nato and European Union allies in expelling Russian diplomats following a spy poisoning in Britain blamed on Moscow, in comments published on Wednesday (March 28). Mr Erdogan, who has forged anÃâà...
CNN
March 22, 2018
Washington (CNN) The US has dropped charges against 11 of the 15 bodyguards for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who were indicted after a brawl with protesters outside the country's embassy in Washington last May, a spokesperson for the US Attorney in DC told CNN on Thursday. Motions toÃâà...
New York Times
March 21, 2018
One of Turkey's leading media groups, Dogan Media Company, was sold to a pro-government Turkish conglomerate on Wednesday, a move widely seen as likely to further limit the independence of the Turkish news media. Dogan Media Company, owned by Aydin Dogan, sold its media assets toÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 14, 2018
Public remarks by Turkey's powerful President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have often raised eyebrows in the West in recent years. However, in a March 8 speech on International Women's Day, Erdogan broke this pattern and said something that could only be music to liberal ears: He condemned misogynistÃâà...
UrduPoint News
March 11, 2018
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday vowed to expand Turkey's offensive in Syria against Kurdish militia to key border towns controlled by the group right up to the Iraqi frontier. Istanbul, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News, app - 10th Mar, 2018 ):President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday vowedÃâà...
Christian Post
March 10, 2018
Turkish writer close to President Erdogan of Turkey said that the caliphate will return again with the victory of incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presidential election 2019. During his participation in a conference in Canada, the pro-Erdogan Turkish writer Abdul Rahman Dilibak said that "ifÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 10, 2018
The commandments of Islam can and will never change, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, amid criticism over his earlier comments on the necessity for an “update” of Islamic regulations. “It is wrong for some individuals, who have no relation to the realities of life, to utter some words and confuseÃâà...
VICE News
March 1, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering a push to make adultery illegal again, reportedly telling members of his ruling party that the issue was one area where Turkey's values clashed with the West's. Adultery was illegal under Turkish law until 1996, when the country's constitutional courtÃâà...
CBS News
February 27, 2018
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come under criticism for telling a small girl dressed in a military uniform that she would be honored if she were "martyred" for Turkey. Erdogan spotted the weeping-and-saluting 6-year-old Amine Tiras while delivering a speech at his rulingÃâà...
Al-Manar TV
December 31, 1999
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey was worried by the “arm wrestling” of world powers over Syria, adding he will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin how to 'stop chemical attacks' in the country. “We are extremely worried that some countries confident of their militaryÃâà...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called a group of anti-war students “terrorists” Saturday in response to demonstrations at one of the country's top universities. Erdogan also announced an investigation into protests that happened at the public Bogazici University while speaking in Samsun province.
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
After the U.S. administration threatened to returned fire if its troops in Syria's Kurdish areas were attacked, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded with a threat of his own. “Those who say that they would respond if they are hit have never tasted an Ottoman slap,” the Turkish president warned. His foreign ministerÃâà...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
In his recent speeches at Justice and Development Party (AKP) meetings, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be more chauvinistic than ever with frequent impassioned references to war sagas. With the battles at Afrin, the dose of his nationalistic and martyrdom utterances has increased, so muchÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
ISTANBUL — Having already brought Turkey's mainstream media to heel, and made considerable headway in rolling back Turkish democracy, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set its sights on a seemingly innocuous target: a satellite television preacher named Adnan Oktar.
