Tayyip Erdogan

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday for his projected victory in the 2020 election.Why it matters: Erdoğan was one of the major leaders who had yet to congratulate Biden, in addition to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed former deputy prime minister Lutfi Elvan as finance minister, to replace Erdogan’s son-in-law who stepped down from the post, according to Turkey’s Official Gazette on Tuesday.Erdogan accepted Berat Albayrak’s resignation late on Monday — a day after he announced…

Author of the article:Bloomberg NewsCagan Koc and Onur AntPublishing date:Nov 08, 2020  •   •  5 minute read(Bloomberg) — Berat Albayrak, the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unexpectedly resigned as the country’s economy czar a day after the central bank governor was fired, igniting fresh political turmoil. The lira…

ISTANBUL—Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed the central bank governor as the country is beset by its second currency crisis in two years. In a decree published in the early hours of Saturday, Mr. Erdogan ended the mandate of Murat Uysal, who had led the institution since the summer of…

Agbal had been finance minister from 2015 until 2018, when he was appointed to head the directorate of presidential strategy and budget.An official from Erdogan’s AK Party said Agbal faced a “difficult test” at his new post but that he was a “strong name” who could help alleviate some of…

/ Shows / Reporters Issued on: 06/11/2020 - 18:13 REPORTERS © FRANCE 24 By: Marine PRADEL | Ludovic DE FOUCAUD 18 min Located in the Aegean Sea, the Greek island of Kastellorizo ​​is a rocky outcrop of 9 km² surrounded by turquoise waters. Three months ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision…

PARIS/ANKARA (Reuters) - Slights and barbs have marred relations between France’s Emmanuel Macron and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan for years, but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences.Officials on both sides describe a series of behind-the-scenes frosty…

Buhari commiserated with the families in the City of Izmir, Turkey and Greek islands of Samos and Greece who lost their loved ones. He also expressed sympathy with the government and people of the two countries, as they made efforts to save lives, while recovering from the shock of the…

PARIS — The cartoon aimed to provoke — and it worked.A front-page illustration published by the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday showing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lounging in his underwear, pulling up the skirt of a woman wearing a hijab to reveal her bottom, has escalated an…