Tayyip Erdogan

xinjiang uighur pray Kevin Frayer/Getty 22 countries wrote a joint letter on Wednesday condemning Beijing's oppression of the Uighurs, a Muslim minority living in western China. China has installed an unparalleled 21st century police state…

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the arrest of more than 200 serving military personnel and several civilians over suspected links to a network blamed by Ankara for an attempted coup three years ago. Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday that…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Murat Cetinkaya had refused to cut interest rates Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has fired the governor of the central bank and replaced him with his deputy. No official reason was given for the sacking of Murat…

Turkey has fired its central bank governor without giving an official reason, as policy differences between the government and the bank deepened in the face of an economic slump. Murat Cetinkaya, who had been serving as the governor since April 2016, was rem…

Israeli policymakers long favored a proposal to build a pipeline to Europe through Turkey. But relations with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have deteriorated in recent years, closing that option, at least for now. The most ambitious proposal is to build the…

Hong Kong (CNN)Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took a soft line on China's mass detention centers in Xinjiang while in the Chinese capital Beijing this week, in a departure from the previous harsh criticisms made by his government. Turkey is one of t…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said a solution could be found to help Muslims interned in Chinese camps "taking into account the sensitivities" of both sides, in comments published on Thursday. Turkey is one of the only Muslim-majority countries to h…

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo) The Turkish lira firmed nearly 1% against the dollar on M…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the first delivery of the Russian S-400 missile defense system will take place within 10 days, broadcaster NTV reported on Sunday, a day after Erdogan said there would be no U.S. sanctions over the deal…

OSAKA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States had a “complicated” situation in how to respond to Turkey’s deal to procure Russia’s S-400 missile defense system, adding that possible sanctions were being discussed. But Trump exp…