Tayyip Erdogan

President Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he held an unexpected meeting on the sidelines of the NATO gathering in London with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the two leaders discussed Syria. “We discussed a lot. We had a meeting, unscheduled, bu…

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan did not issue demands in return for an agreement to back NATO’s defense plans for Poland and the Baltic states, Lithuania’s president said on Wednesday. “No one demanded anything from us for this. We all …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump had a “very productive” meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Britain on Wednesday, Turkey’s communications director said. Fahrettin Altun made the comment on Twi…

LONDON (Reuters) - All attacks against Syrian civilians, including in the rebel-held area of Idlib, must end, the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Turkey agreed on Tuesday ahead of a NATO summit in London. “The leaders said they would work to create …

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will oppose NATO’s plan for the defense of Baltic countries if the alliance does not recognize groups that Turkey is fighting as terrorists, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, ahead of a NATO alliance summit in Londo…

I think it depends on the circumstances and it depends on the sentence but crucially depends on what theyve done in prison, Mr. Corbyn said to Sophy Ridge of Sky News. Conservatives seemed likely to seize on his remarks to confirm the suspicion that Labour i…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three Russian military police officers were hurt in a blast from a home-made bomb on Monday as they carried out a routine patrol in Syria near the border with Turkey, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying. The bomb…

TurkStream will be operative from January 8, 2020, Erdogan said on Saturday, according to local press. Moscow had earlier confirmed that President Vladimir Putin is likely to attend the opening ceremony in the Turkish city. The pipeline runs from Gazprom’s R…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Emmanuel Macron’s comments on NATO reflect a “sick and shallow” understanding, telling the French president “you should check whether you are brain dead”. Erdogan was commenting in a …

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