Tag: Erdogan

Erdogan, Essebsi discuss recent Tunisia protests on phone

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held phone talks Thursday with Tunisian leaders about protests over rising living costs in the North African country...

Erdogan calls Mamnoon, expresses solidarity with Pakistan in wake of Trump’s...

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, in a telephone call to President Mamnoon Hussain, assured of every possible support against US President Donald...

‘Terrorist’ Assad cannot be part of Syria solution, warns Erdogan

TUNIS: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday a political solution to the Syrian conflict was impossible without the departure of Syrian President Bashar...

Erdoğan, Putin discuss UN vote on Jerusalem, Syria crisis on phone

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday agreed in a telephonic conversation that Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be...

Erdogan says US must immediately scrap Jerusalem decision

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday asked US President Donald Trump to reverse his decision recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital after a UN...

OIC declares East Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital

ANKARA: The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has recognised East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine and invited other countries...

Pakistan asks Muslim world to overcome differences in face of US-Israel...

  Abbasi says Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital only roadmap Calls for collective efforts to rid Muslim world of oppression Asif calls US Jerusalem decision...

Netanyahu accuses Erdogan of helping ‘terrorists’

  PARIS: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday after he labelled Israel a "state that kills children,"...

Erdogan says implementation of US decision on Jerusalem will not be...

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince says UAE hopes Washington would reconsider its decision ISTANBUL/PARIS/DUBAI: Decisions made at the approaching meeting of the Organisation of Islamic...

Pro-Palestinian march in Paris ahead of Netanyahu visit

Erdogan, Macron agree to press US president to reverse his decision N. Korea condemns ‘mentally deranged dotard’ Trump over Jerusalem PARIS: Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists...

Erdogan steps up attacks on ‘state of occupation’ Israel

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described on Saturday Israel as a “state of occupation” which used “terror” against the Palestinians, as he stepped...

NATO apologizes to Turkey after Erdogan shown as foe

NATO's secretary-general apologised to Turkey on Friday over military exercises in Norway during which Turkey's founding leader, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and current president, Recep...

Turkey searches for 42 university staff in post-coup crackdown

ISTANBUL: Turkish police have launched operations to track down 42 university staff from Istanbul’s Marmara University who are alleged to have links to last...

Erdogan ousts Turkey’s mayors in hope of poll boost

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the recent weeks forced from office several of Turkey's big-city mayors, in a purge of local officials...

Turkey’s Erdogan files criminal complaint against lawmaker for calling him ‘fascist...

President Tayyip Erdogan filed a criminal complaint against a prominent opposition lawmaker, one of Erdogan’s lawyers said on Tuesday after the deputy called the...

Turkish ‘iron lady’ launches political party

ANKARA: A Turkish former interior minister once dubbed Turkey’s Iron Lady and seen as a potentially strong challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched...

Erdogan steps up US row with ambassador boycott

  ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed that Turkish officials would boycott the US ambassador to Ankara, stepping up one of the worst...