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/ Europe Issued on: 22/01/2023 - 21:51 Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on January 18, 2023. © Adem Altana, AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkey's…

FILE PHOTO: Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends a news conference during the Informal EU 27 Summit and Meeting within the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerReuters (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan is aiming to extend his 20-year rule in elections that…

President Tayyip Erdogan is aiming to extend his 20-year rule in elections that will decide not just who leads Turkey but how it is governed, where its economy is headed and what role it may play to ease conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East. The presidential and parliamentary elections,…

As the death toll falls and talks progress, could Syria finally know peace in 2023? IRBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: Fewer Syrians were killed in 2022 than in any other year since the civil war began in 2011. What is unclear is whether this represents the beginning of the end of this…

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images President Vladimir Putin is open to dialogue over the ongoing war with Ukraine. He stated this in a conversation with Turkish leader Recep Erdogan. Putin's condition was for Ukraine to accept that territories occupied by Moscow as Russian. President Vladimir Putin told Turkish leader…

RIYADH: Peruvian-American artist Grimanesa Amoros reveals the unseen beauty of everyday spaces and objects through that most ephemeral and fleeting of mediums — light. Her “Golden Waters” installation in Scottsdale, Arizona, explored the human response to bodies of water, while “Golden Array” in India focused on cable lines in Mumbai’s…

Updated 13 hours ago · Published on 25 Dec 2022 8:40PM · Turkish foreign policy adviser Ibrahim Kalin has blamed the street unrest that gripped Paris following the killing of three Kurds on outlawed PKK militants. The PKK is designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey and its Western allies. – AFP pic,…

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…