Tayyip Erdogan

BEIRUT: The Lebanese are getting ready to welcome the holidays, but their joy is only as deep as their pockets. Some commercial streets in Beirut and major coastal cities such as Jounieh, Jbeil and Batroun were decorated with Christmas lights, powered either by solar panels or private electricity generators, in an…

ISTANBUL, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the courts would correct any mistakes in an appeal process after the jailing of Istanbul's opposition mayor, and in the meantime Turks had no right to ignore legal rulings. In his first direct comments on Wednesday's conviction…

ISTANBUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied in Turkey on Thursday to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, chanting slogans criticising President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party before elections next year. A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Imamoglu, a popular rival…

/ Asia / Pacific Issued on: 14/12/2022 - 16:49Modified: 14/12/2022 - 17:29 01:08 Mayor of Istanbul metropolitan municipality Ekrem Imamoglu speaks during an interview to AFP on April 2, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. © Ozan Kose, AFP A Turkish court sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to jail on Wednesday and…

MOSCOW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed their two countries' joint energy projects, especially in the gas sector, in a phone call on Sunday, Russian news agencies cited the Kremlin as saying. The two leaders exchanged opinions on the creation of…

By: Andrew Wilks, The Associated Press Posted: 6:57 AM CST Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 Last Modified: 8:55 AM CST Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022 ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a 30-kilometer (19-mile) security corridor on Turkey’s border with Syria in a phone call with Russian President…

A close colleague of crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried, Ellison is now pleading guilty, saying she knew what they did was illegal. Federal prosecutors have accused Bankman-Fried of orchestrating one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history. By Gerrit De VynckRead More

In 2019, against the advice of many foreign policy and defense officials, President Trump abandoned our Syrian Kurdish allies, who were front-line in helping us eradicate the ISIS caliphate. Trump acquiesced to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s invasion, which caused an estimated 300,000 Kurds to become refugees. The Kurdish forces…

SDF Commander Gen. Mazloum Kobane Abdi. Photo: Delil Soulieman/AFP via Getty Images The commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) tells Axios the U.S. has a "moral duty" to do more to prevent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from ordering a ground offensive into Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria. The big…

Turkey’s Erdogan and Egypt’s el-Sisi have been at odds since the 2013 ousting in Cairo of Islamist president Mohammed Mursi, who was backed by Erdogan Erdogan hinted that Turkey could revisit strained ties with regional countries including Egypt after next year’s election. Egypt’s presidency did not comment Published: 2:50am, 21…