Tag: Erdogan

Israel a ‘threat’ to region because of atomic bomb: Erdogan

Israel is a “threat” to its region because it owns nuclear weapons, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday. “I right now see...

Buoyant Erdogan visits Arab Spring birthplace

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday fired his visit to post-revolution Tunisia with the kind of trademark warning to Israel that has...

Turkey will never forget 9 flotilla dead: Erdogan

Turkey will never forget the nine Turks killed when Israeli troops stormed a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, days...

Erdogan’s govt set to win but may not replace constitution

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party was set to win Sunday’s parliamentary election with 50.3 percent of the vote with 95 percent...

Erdogan in eavesdropping row ahead of Turkish vote

Evidence of electronic eavesdropping on a political party just over a week before an election has given opposition leaders ammunition to question the state...

Zardari, Erdogan pledge to strengthen strategic partnership

ANKARA - President Asif Ali Zardari and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday made a renewed pledge to build a strategic partnership focusing on achieving economic prosperity and strengthening political ties.
President Asif Zardari held a meeting with the Turkish prime minister at a luncheon at his official residence. Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar, Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar were present on