Tayyip Erdogan

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday that he believes it was useful for Tehran to continue nuclear negotiations and that Ankara would maintain its support for Iran on the matter, Turkey's presidency said. In a meeting on the sidelines of a summit of…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. Erdogan is in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. (Xinhua/Yan Yan) TIANJIN, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

A Turkish proverb – düştüğün yerden kalk – counsels that one should arise from where one has fallen. Ekrem İmamoğlu, the jailed mayor of Istanbul and main rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey’s 2028 election, has taken this advice to heart. Imprisoned in March on charges widely viewed…

ANKARA (Reuters) -The migration route from Libya across the Mediterranean, used by thousands seeking a way to get to Europe, was a top issue at a meeting on Friday between the leaders of Turkey, Italy and Libya in Istanbul, Turkey's presidency said. President Tayyip Erdogan met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia…

Tsvetana Paraskova Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets such as iNVEZZ and SeeNews.  More Info By Tsvetana Paraskova - Jul 30, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT Kazakhstan and Turkey discussed a potential increase of Kazakh oil exports via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)…

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for full support of the disarmament of Kurdish militants that began with a handover of the first batch of weapons by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) forces, a step he said opened a new page for the country. Thirty PKK militants burned…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took a friendly walk together in Khankendi after the ECO summit, sending a strong message of unity among Pakistan, Türkiye, and Azerbaijan. As they walked, President Aliyev pointed out important historical places in Khankendi and shared…

US President Donald Trump greets Turkiye's President Tayyip Erdogan during a joint news conference at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2019. — Reuters  The longstanding defence dispute between Turkiye and the United States, triggered by Ankara’s purchase of a Russian air defence system, could be resolved by…