Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey's largest annual defence show has become a political balancing act, with the United States unhappy about the country's purchase of Russian weapons. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the ongoing war in Syria means he needs to take all available m…

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and his national security team are weighing whether to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, the White House said Tuesday. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump was consulting …

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, in a phone call on Tuesday, called for a ceasefire in Libya and renewal of a political process under the aegis of the United Nations, the Kremlin said in a stateme…

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is planning to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, an effort that is "working its way through the internal process," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday. Sanders was …

ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Monday discussed a Turkish proposal to strike a joint working group on its planned purchase of a Russian S-400 missile defense system, the Turkish Presidenc…

There are thousands of fighters and their families who are in an area that is not militarily and politically stable, said Abdulkarim Omar, a local official who has tried with little success to convince governments to repatriate their citizens. The internation…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to confront opponents inside his own party weeks after he suffered shock election defeats in the capital Ankara and commercial hub Istanbul. Erdogan and his supporters have up to now b…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday his AK Party would keep up its challenge to the Istanbul election results after the main opposition candidate became mayor, but Turkey needed to end debate on the issue and focus on issues like th…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday his AK Party would fight until the High Election Board (YSK) gives a final ruling on March 31 local elections, a day after the main opposition candidate took the Istanbul mayor’s office. …

Ankara - Egypt Today Turkey will hold a tender for the construction of a 45-km shipping canal running parallel to the Bosphorus, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, despite a government freeze on new investments as it reins in spending. “The Kanal Istanbul has been delayed too much. We will…