Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey can't handle a fresh wave of Syrian migrants, Erdogan warns

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Turkey's President Erdogan wants to move refugees into a "safe zone" in Syria Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that his country cannot handle a "new refugee wave" from Syria. Tens of thousands of people…

Turkey's parliament on Saturday approved a security and military cooperation deal signed with Libya's internationally-recognised government last month, state media reported, an agreement that could pave the way for military help from Ankara. Turkey has been …

About 50,000 people are fleeing Syria's northwest region of Idlib to Turkey, its president has said, denouncing Muslim nations for not supporting his plan to resettle refugees in other parts of northern Syria. Turkey currently hosts some 3.7 million Syrian r…

Washington (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday he wants an explanation from Ankara over threats to close two strategic military bases used by the United States in Turkey. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday threatened to close t…

Libya's UN-supported government has been held hostage by "terrorist militias" in the capital, Tripoli, Egypt's leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi said. The comments came as the Libyan army denied reports of the imminent fall of Tripoli to forces led by renegade com…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to close down two U.S. military bases in Turkey if sanctions against the country are approved by President Donald Trump. One of the U.S. bases, known as Incirlik, is believed to house roughly 50 nuclear bo…

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…