Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the Egyptian government should be tried in international courts for the death of former President Mohamed Morsi. Morsi, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood group which is now banned in Egypt, died o…

Details about the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi have been conspicuously absent from news reports. Despite being the first democratically elected Egyptian president, news outlets have scrubbed that information from stories of his demise in w…

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has gone on the warpath against the main opposition days ahead of a re-run of a mayoral vote in Istanbul, scrapping plans to avoid divisive rhetoric that some officials in his ruling AK Party believ…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed to make an effort to ensure the Egyptian government is tried in international courts for the death of former president Mohamed Mursi, who suffered a fatal heart attack in a Cairo court e…

Almost two weeks after Ekrem Imamoglus shock victory in Istanbuls mayoral election in March, which he narrowly won by some 13,000 votes, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) had still not conceded defeat. So Imamoglu turned to the power of Turkeys s…

Erdogan Says Turkey Will Receive Russian S-400 Defence System 'Very Soon' - Report

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey would take delivery of a Russian S-400 missile defense system “very soon” after telling Russian President Vladimir Putin there was “no turning back” on the deal, which has strained ties…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has attended a prayer service in Istanbul for former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who collapsed and died during a court session in Cairo on Monday. Turkey's religious authority, the Diyanet, had called for absentee…

Crispin Blunt, a Conservative MP who chaired a panel looking into Mr Morsi's imprisonment, called for an independent investigation into his death. The 2018 panel concluded that Mr Morsi was being given inadequate medical care and his treatment could amount to…

Turkey Wants to Develop Friendly Relations With All Regions of World – Erdogan