Tayyip Erdogan

Public vaccination for President will help ease doubts of many President Duterte has agreed to boost the confidence of the people in the efficacy of authorized vaccines to provide immunity and protection against COVID-19 by having himself vaccinated in public, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Monday. The President had earlier…

Author of the article: Publishing date: Feb 21, 2021  •  6 hours ago  •  1 minute read ANKARA — Turkish authorities are investigating a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) over suspected militant links, prosecutors said on Sunday, after a minister said the lawmaker had visited an area in…

JEDDAH: The head of the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran for crisis talks on Saturday as the clock ticked down on an Iranian ultimatum for a US return to the deal aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said he…

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting in Rize, Turkey, February 15, 2021. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo ANKARA (Reuters) - The common interests of Turkey and the United States outweigh their differences and Ankara wants improved cooperation with Washington,…

Author of the article: Publishing date: Feb 17, 2021  •  4 days ago  •  < 1 minute read ANKARA — Turkey will begin a gradual return to normal life on a province by province basis from March, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, adding that nationwide weekend COVID-19 lockdowns would be…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party in Ankara. Photo: Reuters4:3 Image: Read More

Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticized the U.S. response to the death of 13 Turkish hostages in northern Iraq at the hands of the Kurdish militants the day before, saying it was not strong enough. Turkey said the Kurdish Worker's Party, also known as…

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed an offer by Greece for a federation system to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus. However, experts say that Turkey’s insistence on separate sovereign states on the island could undermine international efforts to end a deadlock stretching back decades. “There no longer is a…

By Raziye Akkoc (AFP)     Feb 10, 2021 in World Four years after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assumed sweeping powers, he has wrong-footed his opponents once again by calling for a new constitution, sparking accusations of trying to set up a diversion from the country's woes. Taking seemingly…

Feb. 9, 2021Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 12:37 p.m. Turkish police officers guard a monolith, found on an open field near Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. The metal block was found by a farmer Friday in Sanliurfa province with old Turkic script that reads "Look at the sky, see the…