Tag: Erdogan
Erdogan says Russian defense missiles on track
OSAKA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he expects the scheduled delivery of Russian air defense missiles under a contract that has vexed the...
Istanbul votes in test for Erdogan and Turkish democracy
ISTANBUL: Istanbul returned to the polls on Sunday in a re-run of the mayoral election that has become a test of Turkish democracy as...
Erdogan discusses ‘bilateral and regional’ issues with Saudi king after no-show...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Thursday by phone with Saudi King Salman after missing a key summit of the Organisation of Islamic...
Erdogan sees ‘theft’ in Istanbul vote results
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday cast doubt on results showing his ruling party’s candidate narrowly lost the election for Istanbul mayor, saying...
Turkey’s AK Party to seek recount of all Istanbul votes
ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party will ask Turkey’s top electoral board for a recount of all votes cast in local elections in Istanbul,...
Time has come for Hagia Sophia to be a mosque, says...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday it was time to rename Istanbul's landmark Hagia Sophia as a mosque, saying that it had...
Erdogan lauds PM Imran’s efforts for de-escalation with India
ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appreciated Pakistan for its efforts for de-escalation of tensions with India and announcement to release the captured...
Turkey’s Erdogan says no going back from S-400 deal with Russia:...
ANKARA: Turkey will not turn back from its deal to buy S-400 missile systems from Russia, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on...
Turkey has not revealed all about Khashoggi killing, says Erdogan
ANKARA: Turkey has not yet revealed all the information it has discovered about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in...
CJP Nisar calls on Erdogan, lauds Turkey’s ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Konya, Turkey while on an official...
Erdogan takes Saudi prince to task, demands extraditions
BUENOS AIRES: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded on Saturday that Saudi Arabia extradite suspects in the killing in Istanbul of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, taking...
Audio recordings related to Khashoggi’s killing shared with Saudis, other countries:...
ANKARA: Turkey has given recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain,...
President Alvi, Erdogan attend inauguration of Istanbul airport
ISTANBUL: President Arif Alvi Monday attended the inauguration ceremony of Grand International Airport in Istanbul along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
President Arif Alvi...
Russia, Germany, France and Turkey meet for four-way Syria summit
ISTANBUL: The leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Turkey gathered in Istanbul on Saturday for a summit on Syria, where violence this week in the...
Saudi officials who killed Khashoggi must reveal location of body: Erdogan
ANKARA: The Saudi officials who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate must reveal the location of his body, Turkey's president said on...
Erdogan says Kurdish militia still in Syria’s Manbij, Turkey to act
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the Kurdish YPG militia has not left the northern Syrian town of Manbij, contrary to...
Erdogan vows to ‘finish’ Kurdish militants in Iraq to avenge dead...
ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday vowed to "finish" Kurdish militants in Iraq's Sinjar and Qandil regions to avenge eight Turkish soldiers killed...
