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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will soon visit Turkiye on an official trip. During his visit, he will meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to talk about the relationship between Pakistan and Turkiye, as well as important issues in the region. This visit shows the strong and long-lasting friendship between the…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Friday of sowing divisions in Syria in a bid to "dynamite" the "revolution" that toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad. Turkey is a key backer of Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led the rebel coalition that ousted…

The Turkish opposition on Sunday worked to keep up the momentum of the protest movement triggered by the Istanbul mayor’s arrest by pushing for early elections as well as his release, with a Swedish reporter the latest detained in a government crackdown. The arrest on March 19 of Istanbul’s opposition…

PM Shehbaz also holds telephonic conversation with President of Uzbekistan and Crown Prince of Kuwait LAHORE: The Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday held a telephone conversation with the President of Republic of Turkiye, H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to convey his warm greetings and best wishes to him,…

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban fosters close ties with right-wing populists, authoritarian leaders and dictators the world over — from Aleksandar Vucic in Serbia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey and Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel to Vladimir Putin in Russia. In some cases, Orban even helps such politicians flee from the judiciary in…

With the jailing of Istanbul's mayor on corruption charges, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has got rid of his most powerful opponent. Now his sights are set on the main opposition CHP, analysts say. "When the big fishes are exposed, they won't dare to look their own families in the eye,…

Turkiye said on Thursday it rejected “prejudiced” international statements over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the nationwide protests triggered by it, as authorities detained nearly 1,900 people taking part in the demonstrations. Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest political rival who leads him in some polls, was jailed…

Last week, Turkish authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and the expected leading challenger to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the country’s next Presidential election, scheduled for 2028. Imamoğlu, who is a member of the Republican People’s Party (C.H.P.), has been accused of corruption and supporting terrorism; he’s denied…

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A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul and key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan early on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained following a raid to his residence earlier this week, sparking the largest wave…