Tayyip Erdogan

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two intelligence officers at Iran’s consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of an Iranian dissident in Istanbul who criticized the Islamic Republic’s political and military leaders, two senior Turkish officials told Reuters. The accusation is likely to strain ties between Turkey and Iran, two regional…

Ankara has sent some 6,000 migrants waiting at the Turkish-Greek border to cross into the European Union to cities inside the country, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the Interior Ministry. The move was part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.Migrants waiting at the border crossing in Edirne province…

250 beds at Recep Tayyip Erdoga­n Trust Hospit­al have been assign­ed for suspec­ted patien­ts in southe­rn Punjab­ PM Imran Khan with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY/FILE KARACHI: A hospital Turkey gifted to Pakistan is assisting the government in its battle against coronavirus in the remote areas of northeastern…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey held its first tender on Thursday to prepare to build a huge canal on the edge of Istanbul, a Transport Ministry spokesman said, signaling progress on the project despite widespread criticism over its cost and environmental impact. The tender is for the planning phase of reconstructing…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey’s Education Ministry is investigating how animated footage of the execution of a former prime minister was shown to children as part of their home schooling during the coronavirus outbreak, Education Minister Ziya Selcuk said on Tuesday. Students started home classes on Monday after a week off…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities detained mayors of five municipalities in Kurdish-majority areas on Monday as part of a widening government crackdown against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the party’s co-leader said. Mithat Sancar told reporters security forces had besieged municipality buildings in the southeastern province of Batman, as…

The clapping, cheering, whistling, and pot-clanging starts up in Istanbul every day at 9pm. It is now a nightly ritual for residents in Turkey‘s largest city as they show support for the nation’s healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The celebration is an effort to lift not only their own spirits while staying indoors…

The number of novel coronavirus cases around the world has reached at least 335,974 with Italy and the United States behind China as the countries with the most cases of COVID-19 infections, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The number…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday postponing all events related to science, culture and the arts, as the country seeks to contain a surge in coronavirus cases.Turkey’s Covid-19 death toll has reached four, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday. The number of confirmed cases in…

By Ceyda Caglayan and Orhan CoskunISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Shops closed across Turkey on Thursday to help halt the coronavirus spread, dimming the economy's prospects and raising questions for hundreds of thousands of workers after Ankara pledged $15 billion in support and advised Turks to stay home.Clothing retailers shuttered and malls,…