Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey and Sweden reached an agreement ahead of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, wherein Sweden pledged to fight terrorism and support Turkey's bid to join the EU. In return for Sweden's support, Turkey has agreed to create a new position within NATO, a special coordinator for counterterrorism, and to…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's presidential palace, the Ak Saray outside Ankara, is as far from Sweden's Lulea airbase as it is possible to stretch in Europe, but on June 19 events in the high north superseded his main Nato gambit. Since Sweden and Finland submitted a bid to join Nato…

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VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Sweden’s membership of NATO took a big step forward on Monday after Turkey agreed to remove one of the last major roadblocks in return for help in reviving Turkey’s own chances of joining the European Union. At talks in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, where U.S. President…

Stoltenberg made the announcement after talks with Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of a Nato summit in Lithuania Sweden's Nato accession has been held up by objections from Turkiye since last year. AP Vilnius (Lithuania) Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…

Alamy Stock Photo Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a Nato summit in Vilnius. # NATO Turkish president agrees to support Sweden's Nato bid ahead of summit Nato secretary…

1/6 U.S. President Joe Biden is greeted by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda as he arrives at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania on Monday. Photo courtesy of Lithuanian President Press Office | License Photo July 10 (UPI) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday pushed for his country to gain…

CNN  —  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Brussels should clear the path for Ankara’s accession to the European Union, before his country approves Sweden’s bid for NATO membership. “First, let’s clear Turkey’s way in the European Union, then let’s clear the way for Sweden, just as we…

Back to homepage / Europe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday introduced a new condition for approving Sweden’s membership in NATO, calling on European countries to “open the way” for Turkey to join the European Union. Issued on: 10/07/2023 - 05:11Modified: 10/07/2023 - 20:47 4 min 01:51 File photo:…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday emerged from his toughest election test unbowed and in strong position to extend two decades of his Islamic-rooted rule by another five years in a historic May 28 runoff. The 69-year-old leader defied pollsters and his country's most dire economic crisis since the…