Tayyip Erdogan

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes hit near a Turkish military position on Wednesday in northwest Syria, where the Russian-backed army has waged a fierce offensive against rebels, a monitor and local activists said. A senior Turkish security source told Reuters…

The two leaders inspected a Su-57 and peeked into its cockpit on the ground after attending the opening of the biannual airshow outside Moscow. While the export variant of the 5th-gen fighter is being displayed at the show for the first time, its domestic mod…

The pair took a break from inspecting a range of Russian aviation hardware to indulge their sweet tooths at the sun-drenched Zhukovsky International Airport. After selecting the treats, the woman manning the counter informed the presidents that the bill was …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Russia for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about the situation in northern Syria, where both the countries have strategic interests. The meeting was set up after a phone call between…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Moscow on Tuesday for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Turkish presidency has said, days after a Turkish convoy was nearly hit by air raids in the Syrian province of Idlib. Friday's announce…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host his Russian and Iranian counterparts for a summit on Syria in Ankara on September 16, according to the presidential spokesman. “The president will host a three-way summit with the participation of Russia and I…

Syria's Foreign Ministry has said it is opening a "humanitarian corridor" for civilians to leave the rebel-held northwestern region of Idlib and northern Hama, where the army has advanced against armed fighters with fierce air and ground attacks. The ministr…

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating in southeast Turkey on Tuesday against the ousting of three Kurdish mayors five months after they were elected. Ankara replaced the pro-Kurdish P…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey replaced the pro-Kurdish party mayors of the southeastern cities of Diyarbakir, Van and Mardin on Monday over terrorism-related investigations, appointing the state governors in those provinces in their place, the Interior Ministry…

Once you locate the little town of Devrek, deep in the Black Sea Region of Turkey, it is not difficult to find the road known as Mesut Ozil Avenue. The towns leaders have designed it that way, erecting a giant billboard which serves as a tribute to their favo…