Tag: Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey to fully deploy Russian S-400 missiles by April 2020: Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Russian S-400 missile defense system, parts of which have been delivered to Turkey over...

Turkish president phones Shehbaz, vows to continue cooperation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday phoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and congratulated him over his victory in the recently...

Erdogan says new Israeli law fascist, Hitler’s spirit re-emerging

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday an Israeli law declaring that only Jews have the right of self determination legitimises oppression and...

Four Turkish graduates arrested over Erdogan cartoon

ISTANBUL: Four recent graduates of a top Turkish university have been arrested for displaying a cartoon mocking Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at their graduation...

Turkey’s Erdogan ushers in presidential system, appoints son-in-law finance minister

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new, executive presidential system he had long campaigned for by putting his son-in-law in charge of the...

Turkey sacks more than 18,000 personnel ahead of expected lifting of...

ANKARA: Turkey issued a decree on Sunday dismissing more than 18,000 civil servants, half of which were from the police force, ahead of this...