Tayyip Erdogan

PHOTO: REUTERS MULTAN: Punjab health department has decided to increase the capacity of coronavirus tests in South Punjab, including Multan. Punjab Health Department completed preparations to upgrade a laboratory already established at Nishtar Hospital. The laboratory will be established temporarily at Nishtar Medical University. Sources revealed that Punjab’s health department decided…

Image copyright Reuters/EPA Image caption Hungary's Viktor Orban (left), Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Some of Europe's leaders have been accused of taking advantage of a public health crisis to clamp down on dissent and bolster their power.As Turkey arrests hundreds for social media posts and Russians…

(Bloomberg) --Turkish banks are hitting back at criticism from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that they’re not supporting the economy by appealing to their regulator to smooth tensions with the government.Lenders not owned by the state highlighted their efforts to help restructure troubled loans during talks on Tuesday with Mehmet Ali…

(Reuters) - Reported cases of the coronavirus crossed 2.07 million globally and more than 138,400 people have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT on Thursday. A health worker checks a mans temperature during door to door screening in an attempt to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will impose a fresh lockdown next weekend as part of measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, after a 48-hour curfew in 31 provinces that ended at midnight. The curfew covered all Turkey's major cities including its commercial hub…

Updated April 13, 2020 11:11:53 Turkey's President has refused the resignation of a Minister who sparked widespread panic-buying by announcing a coronavirus lockdown with just two hours' notice. Key points:Suleyman Soylu has been seen as a potential successor for President Recep Tayyip ErdoganTurkey has taken a relatively relaxed approach to…

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a videoconference with G20 leaders to discuss the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Huber Mansion in Istanbul, Turkey, March 26, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has not accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu,…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey called on private banks on Sunday to do more to help customers hurt by the economic impact of the coronavirus, saying that state-owned banks had offered delays in repayments for loans."While our state banks are standing by our citizens with all the resources they have, we…

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey is preparing to take new steps to alleviate the damage to its labor market from restrictions imposed during the coronavirus outbreak, offering relief to workers that was immediately criticized as insufficient.The government will ban layoffs for three months and provide a daily stipend of almost 40 liras…

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