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Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan said, lifting inter-city travel restrictions in seven provinces and easing a curfew imposed on senior and youth citizens. People wearing face masks shop at Eminonu district, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in…
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May 4, 2020
Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan begins to ease Turkey’s coronavirus restrictions

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will start easing coronavirus containment measures from Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan said, lifting inter-city travel restrictions in seven provinces and easing a curfew imposed on senior and youth citizens.Turkey has about 130,000 confirmed coronavirus cases - the highest total outside Western Europe, the United States and…
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May 4, 2020
Special Report: How Turkey’s courts turned on Erdogan’s foes Tayyip Erdogan

Special Report: How Turkey’s courts turned on Erdogan’s foes

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - It took 16 judges to convict Kurdish politicians Gultan Kisanak and Sebahat Tuncel of belonging to a terrorist organization last year. FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) following their talks in Moscow, Russia March 5,…
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May 4, 2020
In letter to Trump, Turkey’s Erdogan urges better U.S. understanding Tayyip Erdogan

In letter to Trump, Turkey’s Erdogan urges better U.S. understanding

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks during a news conference following a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) meeting in Ankara, Turkey, March 18, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in a letter to President Donald Trump he hoped the U.S. Congress would better understand the…
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April 29, 2020
Turkish president backs cleric who said homosexuality ‘brings disease’ Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish president backs cleric who said homosexuality ‘brings disease’

ANKARA, Turkey — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday threw his weight behind Turkey’s top Muslim cleric, who caused a storm by claiming homosexuality “brings disease and causes this generation to decay.”In his first sermon during the holy month of Ramadan on Friday, Ali Erbas also maintained that hundreds of…
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April 28, 2020