Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey could shut down its Incirlik air base that hosts US nuclear warheads in response to threats of US sanctions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned.  US senators backed legislation last week to impose sanctions on Turkey over the purchase of the Russia…

The chief of Libya's eastern-based parliament has expressed his disagreement with an accord between Tripoli and Ankara establishing maritime boundaries. Aguila Saleh made the comments on Thursday during a visit to Greece, which has strongly condemned the agr…

(Bloomberg) -- Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloombergs daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every weekday morning. Climate policy is becoming a new fault line in European politics, n…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Author Peter Handke received his Nobel Literature Prize on Tuesday amid criticism of him in Sweden and abroad as an apologist for Serb war crimes in the 1990s. Handke accepted the 9 million-kronor ($948,000) award from King Carl XVI Gustaf a…

Top European politicians are apparently not respected that much by Erdogan; he struggled to name at least one single leader whom he deems to be an “example” for others to follow. “Europe is experiencing a serious leadership crisis, there’s leadership void. I…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey could deploy troops in Libya, if the UN-supported government in Tripoli were to request such support. His comment came weeks after Turkey signed security and military cooperation agreements, as well …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday called for the immediate release of Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala, saying there was a lack of reasonable suspicion that he had committed an offense. Kavala has been in jail f…

Turkey and Libya can carry out joint exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean after the two sides signed a deal on maritime boundaries, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after the move sharpened disputes over the area. Libya's internationally re…

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey approved a NATO defense plan for the Baltics and Poland after some allies demanded support, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Thursday, adding that allies must not abandon Ankara in its fight against terror. Reuters r…