Recep Tayyip Erdoan

Opinion

Turkey’s Schindler’s List

No doubt that Turkey’s Schindler’s List today involves members of the Gülen movement who have done nothing wrong...

Opinion

Finally, Belarus Gets Culture Code

As Belarusians are entering the New Year, one thing is certain – they will be celebrating the New Year with their...

Top Stories

Turkey’s AK Party Wants President’s Powers Expanded

Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would...

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Turkey Threatens EU With New Surge

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that he will let hundreds of thousands of migrants travel on to...

International

Turkey Withdraws Child Rape Bill After Street Protests

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has withdrawn a bill that would pardon men convicted of sex with underage girls...

International

Erdogan Says Turkey Can Spurn EU and Join Shanghai Pact

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey should not be "fixated" on joining the EU and has reiterated the idea of...

International

Thousands Protest Against Proposed Child Sex Law In Turkey

Thousands have protested in Istanbul in Turkey against a bill that would let off men who assaulted underage girls if...

International

Turkish Bill Clears Men of Statutory Rape If They Marry

A bill which would allow men accused of raping underage girls to be cleared if they marry the girl has been...

International

Turkish Officers ‘seeking Nato Asylum’

A number of Turkish officers posted to Nato have sought asylum since the country's failed military coup in July, Nato's...

International

Germany Has Become ‘haven For Terrorists’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Germany had become a haven for terrorists and would be "judged by...

International

Turkey Shuts Media, Sacks Civil Servants In Latest Crackdown

Turkey said it had dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with...

International

Turkey Sacks 10,000 More Civil Servants

Turkish authorities have dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants over their suspected links with U. S.-based cleric...

International

US Orders Civilians To Leave Turkey Over Imminent Threat

The US government has ordered all civilian family members of its Istanbul consulate staff to leave Turkey because of...

International

Turkish Parliament To Consider Death Penalty For Coup Plotters, Says Erdogan

Our government will take this (proposal on capital punishment) to parliament. I am convinced that parliament will...

International

Turkey Purges 13,000 Police Officers Over Failed Coup

Thousands of police were also among those purged in the immediate aftermath of the failed overthrow Turkey has...

Opinion

Why Insult The President?

The president of any nation is the elected head of state and head of government of that country. He is also the father...

International

Turkey Removes 24 Mayors Over PKK Links

Turkey has removed 24 mayors accused of links to Kurdish separatist fighters, replacing them with state-appointed...

International

Turkey and US ‘ready To Hit IS Capital’

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS)...

International

Turkey Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Fethullah Gulen

A court in Turkey has issued a formal warrant for the arrest of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who the...