Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets members of his ruling AK Party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, February 12, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey’s military will strike Syrian government forces by air or ground anywhere in Syria if another Turkish soldier is hurt, Turkish President…

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Construction, Housing and Utilities Minister Vladimir Yakushev during a meeting in Moscow, Russia February 10, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERSMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the situation in Syria with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan by phone later on Tuesday amid…

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party during a meeting at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, February 5, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Syrian government will pay a “very heavy price” for…

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, February 3, 2020. Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Wednesday to drive back Syrian troops in Idlib unless they withdraw by the end of the month to…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed to take immediate measures to improve coordination of their countries’ actions in Syria, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Putin and Erdogan, in a phone call initia…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The attack on Turkish military personnel in Syria damages joint peace efforts in the region, Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Tuesday. Erdogan also told Putin that Turkey will use its self-defense rights in case of a similar…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday developments in Syria’s northwestern region of Idlib had become “unmanageable”, after Ankara said Syrian shelling killed five of its soldiers there. Earlier on Monday, Erdogan said Turkey wa…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey will continue to retaliate against attacks on its forces in Syria’s northwest Idlib region, after the government said four Turkish soldiers were killed and nine wounded by Syrian government shelling. “We have responded in kind to these attacks and will…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab nations for not speaking out against the U.S. Middle East plan which he said endorsed the Israeli annexation of Palestinian lands. FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference ahead of…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will take additional measures against attacks targeting its forces and civilians in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, the national security council said on Thursday, after a nearly 5-hour meeting chaired by President Tayyip Erdogan. Bombardments by Russia-backed Syrian government forces on Idlib have raised concern…