Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets members of his ruling AK Party during a meeting at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, March 11, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERSANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan appeared in Turkey’s parliament with an extra cameraman on Wednesday - an aide with a thermal…

Erdogan said Turkey will do 'more than mere retaliation' if its observation posts in Idlib are targeted Turkey is expecting Russia to take measures over "small violations" of a week-long ceasefire by its allied Syrian government forces in Idlib province, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, warning that Ankara will respond…

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, 2020. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERSANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey will not shy away from taking even stronger military…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would not stop migrants trying to cross Turkey’s border into Greece despite EU pressure to do so. He also announced a summit next week in Istanbul with European leaders to seek a solution to the crisis.“Our proposal to Greece is to open…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that a 2016 agreement between his country and the European Union needs to be updated, taking into account developments in Syria. He added that Ankara was ready to work constructively on the issue.In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Cavusoglu said that EU…

Bulgaria’s defense minister has hit out at “unreasonable” Greek plans to build a camp near their border to shelter asylum seekers amid a migration surge from Turkey. “The accommodation by the Greek side of illegal migrants near our border is a pre-requisite for building up of additional tensions. This is…

ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States has offered to sell Turkey its Patriot missile defense system if Ankara promises not to operate a rival Russian system, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said, in what he called a significant softening in Washington’s position. FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint…

The European Union is to set up a joint working group with Turkey to stop the build up of migrants at the country's border with Greece. But EU officals warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to trigger a renewed migrant crisis, during discussions between the two sides in Brussels. The talks…

A ceasefire in northern Syria agreed between Russia and Turkey came into force on Friday, aiming to halt intense fighting that has sparked a humanitarian disaster and raised fears of their armies clashing. The deal struck between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan comes after an…

Russia14:20 GMT 07.03.2020(updated 14:21 GMT 07.03.2020) Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107850/39/1078503948_0:0:3017:1699_1200x675_80_0_0_de44ebd08f5206a6f9bd4ccc1d833321.jpgSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/russia/202003071078503767-russian-foreign-ministry-says-turkish-tv-wrong-about-lavrovs-love-confession-to-erdogan/MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Turkish-language television channel misheard a compliment by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as an expression of affection, the Russian ministry said Saturday."We noticed that the Turkish media @YolTV wrongly understood words of…