Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday urged “sweeping change” in the upper echelons of the ruling party ahead of 2019 elections, after it showed signs of weakness at the ballot box. Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was celebrating the 16th anniversary of its founding in 2001, for[…]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the “Yes” vote in the referendum to amend Turkey’s constitution and grant the country’s presidential office new executive powers. “We have been attacked by other nations of the world. You have seen how the West attacked us,” Erdogan told cheering supporters in Istanbul on[…]
Turkey detained the head of the board of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, which saw nine of its staff arrested last week, the newspaper said on Friday. Akin Atalay was taken into custody at Istanbul’s airport after arriving from Germany, said Cumhuriyet, which has in recent years taken a strong line against[…]
Turkish authorities detained on Saturday a key aide to Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric Turkey blames for a failed military coup attempt. Halis Hanci, described as Gulen’s right-hand man, apparently entered Turkey two days before the abortive coup, a presidency official told reporters. Earlier on Saturday, Turkish authorities also[…]
The killing of at least 14 people in a mass shooting in the US state of California has given way to speculation about the attackers’ motives and false claims about their identities. Police in San Bernardino said 28-year-old US citizen Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, 27, opened fire on a[…]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia not to “play with fire” on Friday, but added he did not want to harm relations with Moscow, comments that look more likely to inflame than quell the dispute over a downed Russian bomber this week. Relations between the former Cold War antagonists are[…]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denied that Turkey bought oil from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after Russia accused Ankara of turning a blind eye to oil smuggling by the group. Speaking to a group of local officials in the capital Ankara on Thursday, Erdogan said:[…]
Political opponents and international observers on Monday raised concerns about the conduct and outcome of Sunday’s Turkish parliamentary elections in which the incumbent Justice and Development party (AKP) of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erodgan defied poll expectations to regain a governing majority. “Now a party with some 50 percent in[…]
Turkey will head into its second parliamentary election in five months, amid uncertainty due to escalating violence within its borders. With snap polls slated for November , Sevgi Akarçeşme, a columnist for the Zaman newspaper, the largest selling daily in Turkey, says that this is a repeat election. “Even though[…]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he would ask Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to form a coalition government, after it lost its overall majority in legislative elections. Should the AKP fail in the talks, Erdogan said he would then ask the second-placed opposition Republican People’s Party[…]
WhatsApp us 