ISTANBUL — Turkey’s main opposition party won a resounding victory in Sunday’s local elections, handing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan his worst defeat in a contest that laid bare voter anger over a deep and debilitating economic crisis. Unofficial results showed the opposition party, the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, with a nationwide lead over Erdogan’s … Read more
Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) supporters celebrate outside the main municipality building following municipal elections across Turkey, in Istanbul on March 31, 2024. Yasin Akgul | Afp | Getty Images Turkey’s opposition won a stunning victory across several major cities in the country’s local elections Sunday, dealing a severe blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s … Read more
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose NATO-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, offered during a visit Friday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to host a peace summit between the two countries. Erdogan, who has repeatedly discussed brokering a peace deal, said at a news conference … Read more
CAIRO — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Edrogan was in Cairo on Wednesday for talks with his Egyptian counterpart to rally support for growing demands that Israel halt its war in the Gaza Strip against Hamas. Erdogan’s visit comes as ties between Ankara and Cairo are back on track after years of tensions and frosty relations. … Read more
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday named several of his party’s candidates for March’s nationwide election. The ruling party will try to recover cities lost to the opposition’s Republican People’s Party, or CHP, five years ago — including the country’s largest city, Istanbul, and the capital, Ankara. Erdogan said parliamentarian and former … Read more
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Hungary’s capital in December, his second trip to Budapest this year at a time when both countries remain the only NATO members not to have ratified Sweden’s accession into the trans-Atlantic military alliance. During his visit on Dec. 18, Erdogan will take part in a … Read more
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey is marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire on Sunday, but expect no grand pageantry or gala reception to memorialize the important milestone. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has opted for a low-key celebration of the centennial, which comes … Read more
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and proprietor of X, arrives for the Inaugural AI Perception Discussion board in Russell Constructing on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Name, Inc. | Getty Photographs Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited Elon Musk to construct his subsequent Tesla manufacturing facility in Turkey, the … Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Turkey could half methods with the European Union ByThe Related Press September 16, 2023, 8:14 AM Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks throughout a press convention on the finish of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept.10, 2023. (AP Photograph/Dar Yasin) The Related Press … Read more
Up to date September 4, 2023 at 5:55 a.m. EDT|Printed September 4, 2023 at 3:05 a.m. EDT Ukrainian Protection Minister Oleksii Reznikov arrives for a information convention in Kyiv in October 2022. (Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Photos) President Volodymyr Zelensky is changing Protection Minister Oleksii Reznikov as a result of the ministry wants “new approaches” with the … Read more