Tayyip Erdogan

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will host Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Sept. 25 and that he expected to conclude trade and military agreements. "We are working on many Trade and Military Deals with the President, including the large scale purchase of…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court on Tuesday ousted the Istanbul provincial head of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), dealing a fresh judicial blow to opponents of President Tayyip Erdogan and triggering sharp falls in share and bond markets. The Istanbul court ruled that the votes of delegates in…

Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday, September 2, urged the United States (U.S.) to revise its decision to deny visas to members of the Palestinian authority to attend the United Nations (UN) general assembly this month. A US official on Saturday, August 30, said that Palestinian authority President Mahmud…

ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed ways to end the Ukraine war with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during talks in China and with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by phone, but that the sides were “not yet ready” for a leaders’ meeting. Mr Erdogan spoke to reporters aboard…

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)…