[ad_1] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he would back Sweden’s NATO candidacy if the European Union resumes long-stalled membership talks with Ankara. “First, open the way to Turkey’s membership of the European Union, and then we will open it for Sweden, just as we had opened it for Finland,” Erdogan said in a … Read more
[ad_1] Ayhan Altun | Moment Open | Getty Images Turkey’s monthly inflation rate for June came in lower than expected, despite the continued collapse of the lira currency following the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey’s consumer price index rose 3.92% month-on-month, official data showed Wednesday. The reading was lower than Reuters’ forecast of 4.84% … Read more
[ad_1] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in as head of state after winning an historic run-off election to extend his two-decade rule for another five years. “I, as president, swear upon my honour and integrity before the great Turkish nation and history to safeguard the existence and independence of the state … … Read more
[ad_1] Belarus’ Lukashenko says there can be ‘nuclear weapons for everyone’ Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that if any other country wanted to join a Russia-Belarus union there could be “nuclear weapons for everyone”. Russia moved ahead last week with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, in the Kremlin’s first deployment of such warheads … Read more
[ad_1] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appealed for national unity on Monday after winning a historic runoff election that extended two decades of his transformative but divisive rule until 2028. The 69-year-old overcame Turkiye’s worst economic crisis in a generation and the most powerful opposition alliance to ever face his party on his way to … Read more
[ad_1] Turkey’s President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during his partys group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) in Ankara, on May 18, 2022. Adem Altan | AFP | Getty Images Turkish media reported on Sunday that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s … Read more
[ad_1] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cruises on Sunday into the final week before an historic runoff election as the big favourite to extend two decades of his Islamic-rooted rule until 2028. Secular leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu gave the opposition’s best performance of Erdogan’s dominant era in May 14 parliament and presidential polls. The retired bureaucrat … Read more
[ad_1] Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags outside the AK Party headquarters after polls closed in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Turkey on May 15, 2023. Adem Altan | Afp | Getty Images Turkey’s presidential election is going to a runoff for the first time in history, Turkey’s high election board … Read more
[ad_1] Millions of Turks headed to the polls Sunday in what is set to be Turkey’s most consequential election in two decades, and one whose results will have implications far beyond its own borders. The country of 85 million holds both its presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. For the presidency — which is … Read more
[ad_1] President Erdogan discloses intelligence operation took place in Jinderes in northwestern Syria on Saturday. Turkish intelligence forces have killed the suspected leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Erdogan said Turkish intelligence had been monitoring the alleged leader of the hardline group for a … Read more