Tayyip Erdogan

Podcasts Could Turkey’s strongman president really lose this weekend’s election? Are we failing women who give birth in prison? And why do depictions of Cleopatra touch a racial nerve?Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Julia O’Driscoll, Harriet Marsden…

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Istanbul CNN  —  Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem Ince has pulled out of the race, in a potential boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, ahead of Sunday’s vote. Polls showed that Ince was trailing a distant third, and some opposition figures feared he would split the anti-Erdogan vote.…

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, First-time voters make up 8% of the Turkish electorate and their votes will be decisive By Selin Girit BBC World Service in Istanbul "If Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins again, life will be a nightmare for all of us," said Perit, a 23-year-old Istanbul student.…

Published by Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition of being “pro-LGBT” at a rally in Istanbul on Sunday, as he stepped up his rhetoric against his opponents a week before what is expected to be a tight election. E…Read More

Exhausted by crackdowns in Turkey's Kurdish heartland, Ali is backing the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections next Sunday -- though his faith in the presidential hopeful is not great. "It's time for a change," the 50-year-old told AFP in Diyarbakir, the Kurds' unofficial capital in southeast…

On Sunday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said intelligence forces had killed Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi in Syria, though the claim has not been confirmed.By Irem KocaStaff Reporter Wed., May 3, 2023timer4 min. read The death of the ISIS leader in Syria is a significant disruption to the organization, as it…

President of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, has congratulated and sent his goodwill message to Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his emergence as Nigeria’s President-elect. In his congratulatory letter, Erdoğan, who described Asiwaju Tinubu as a brother, called for cooperation and partnership that would further the friendly relationship between Turkey and Nigeria. Erdoğan…

A top American ally in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) has confirmed that he was targeted for assassination Friday within the vicinity of the international airport in Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, when a drone exploded nearby, setting off a small fire but causing no damage or casualties. Turkey is…

Turkey on Wednesday denounced clashes that erupted inside Israel’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying Israel had crossed a “red line”. “Turkey cannot stay silent in the face of these attacks. Trampling on the Al-Aqsa mosque is our red line,” Erdogan said during a dinner for those…