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Erdogan: Turkey's undisputed titan enters third decade of rule
AFP, Published on 29/05/2023
» ISTANBUL - Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cemented his status as the most important figure in modern Turkish history, after victory in Sunday's presidential runoff extended his transformative two-decade rule to 2028.
Erdogan: Turkey's irresistible election force set for final test
AFP, Published on 15/05/2023
» ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has assumed an aura of invincibility after a surprisingly strong performance in Turkey's election put him on course to extend his record as the country's longest-serving leader.
Turkey's mercurial 'chief' in fight of political life
AFP, Published on 10/03/2023
» ISTANBUL: Transforming society in his image over two tumultuous decades, Recep Tayyip Erdogan enters the fight of his political life in a May election overshadowed by the pain and suffering of Turkey's deadliest earthquake in centuries.
Swedish far-right leader calls Erdogan 'Islamist dictator'
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» STOCKHOLM - The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats has attacked Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an "Islamist dictator" as Ankara maintains its objections to approving Stockholm's bid for NATO membership.
Turkey fumes at Sweden in NATO membership dispute
AFP, Published on 20/12/2022
» ISTANBUL - Turkey on Tuesday lashed out at Sweden's refusal to extradite a top reporter that Ankara has demanded in exchange for its ratification of Stockholm's NATO membership bid.
Prosecutors seek 15-month jail term for Istanbul mayor
AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors on Friday sought to jail Istanbul's mayor for at least 15 months, which would bar him from politics, over a remark he made after defeating an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections, his lawyer said.
Turkey's Erdogan puts conditions on support for Nordic nations' NATO bids
AFP, Published on 21/05/2022
» ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would not look "positively" on Sweden and Finland's NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies including the United States.
NATO talks for Finland, Sweden on 'good track'
Published on 15/05/2022
» Talks to overcome Turkey's misgivings about the expected NATO membership bids of Finland and Sweden were on a "good track", Croatia said Sunday, as several members of the alliance eye swift accession for the Nordic states.
Turkey jails 22 ex-soldiers for life over 2016 coup bid
AFP, Published on 07/04/2021
» ANKARA: A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 22 former soldiers to life in jail for their roles in a failed 2016 bid to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of his lawyers told AFP.
Turkey detains 10 retired admirals over open letter
AFP, Published on 05/04/2021
» ANKARA: Turkey on Monday detained 10 retired admirals after they openly criticised a canal project dear to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a country where the hint of military insubordination raises the spectre of past coups.