Tayyip Erdogan

People stroll at Mahmutpasa street, a middle-class shopping area, in Istanbul, Turkey May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comNEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - The cost to ensure exposure to Turkey's sovereign debt jumped on Tuesday and Turkey's dollar-denominated bond prices fell a day…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama (not pictured) attend a news conference, in Tirana, Albania January 17, 2022 REUTERS/Florion Goga Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comANKARA, June 5 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that inflation figures from the month…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye,” the state-run news agency reported. The move is seen as part of a push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate its…

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates military and civilian personnel and veterans of the Border Guards Service on Border Guard's Day, at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow on May 28, 2022. — AFP pic Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest news you…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey speaks to the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in September 2021 in New York City. File Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo May 29 (UPI) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said that talks in Ankara last week with…

TURKEY’S PRESIDENT HAS told journalists he still intends to block Finland and Sweden’s accession to Nato. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said meetings this week with Finnish and Swedish delegations had not been “at the expected level”, noting there had been no steps taken to alleviate Turkey’s security concerns. “As long as…

Topline Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with the leaders of Sweden and Finland on Saturday, urging Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson to take “concrete and serious steps” to address Turkey’s concerns about terrorist organizations, as the three countries work to reach an agreement to win Turkey’s support for approving…

US President Joe Biden welcomed congressional passage of $40-billion in aid for Ukraine and announced a new package of weapons he said would be sent “directly to the front lines”. A top Kremlin official said Russia was intent on taking all of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. China,…

A White House visit by the leaders of Finland and Sweden threatened to be overshadowed Thursday by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's renewed threat to reject the Nordic countries' applications to join NATO. Why it matters: President Biden celebrated the "historic" applications — spurred by Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference at the end of a Group of Seven (G7) Leaders meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 24 March 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ) Sweden, Finland formally applied to join NATO on Wednesday Erdogan says both harbour Kurdish, Gulen-linked ‘terrorists’ NATO,…