Tayyip Erdogan

Iran Press TV Friday, 03 April 2020 6:18 PM Turkey has dispatched new reinforcements to Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, as Ankara beefs up its military presence in the embattled region following a ceasefire reached earlier this month with Moscow to halt an escalation of violence there, says the so-called…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey imposed a partial curfew on citizens under the age of 20 effective from midnight on Friday as part of measures against the coronavirus outbreak, President Tayyip Erdogan said.Turkey also decided to shut down the borders of 31 cities, including Istanbul, for all vehicles, excluding transit passage…

Turkey will have to take additional measures if the coronavirus outbreak grows and people don’t abide by a “voluntary quarantine,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.“We may have to take much more advanced measures if the pandemic spreads and our citizens don’t stay at home,” Erdogan told a meeting…

Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty ImagesPro-democracy activists holding pictures of missing citizen journalist Fang Bin and anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong, who had been interrogating President Xi Jinping’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis, at a protest outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, February 19, 2020For authoritarian-minded leaders, the coronavirus crisis is…

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…