Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Muslim States Slam ‘provocative’ Israel Actions In Jerusalem

The main grouping of the world's Muslim nations on Tuesday accused Israel of staging provocative actions and inflaming...

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Pentagon Alarm Over Turkey Plan To Buy Russian Missiles

The Pentagon on Monday criticized Turkey's plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO...

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Israel-Turkey Fallout Deepens Over Muslim Holy Site

A fallout between Turkey and Israel deepened on Wednesday as the Jewish state hit back at Turkish President Recep...

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Israeli Removal of Holy Site Metal Detectors Not Enough

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed Israel's removal of metal detectors from a highly...

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Erdogan Urges All Muslims To ‘visit’ and ‘protect’ Jerusalem

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday urged all Muslims to visit and protect Jerusalem after violence broke...

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Erdogan Sees Progress In Qatar Crisis, Says More Time Needed

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said his visit to the Gulf region made a contribution to easing the...

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Erdogan In Qatar For Talks On Gulf Crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Doha ON Monday as part of a Gulf tour aimed at defusing a dispute...

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Trump Envoy Heads To Israel For Holy Site Crisis Talks

A top aide to US President Donald Trump was due in Israel Monday in a bid to ease tensions over new security measures...

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Jerusalem Holy Site Crisis

Eight people have been killed in a weekend of violence following new Israeli security measures at an ultra-sensitive...

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Erdogan Visits Gulf In Hope of Easing Qatar Crisis

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began on Sunday a key visit to the Gulf region aimed at defusing the standoff around...

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Erdogan Says Prolonging Gulf Crisis ‘not In Anyone’s Interest’

Prolonging the crisis in the Gulf sparked by the isolation of Qatar is not in the interest of anyone, Turkish President...

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Three Dead As Clashes Erupt Over Jerusalem Holy Site

Three Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded Friday as clashes erupted between protesters and Israeli forces over...

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Protests After Israel Restricts Jerusalem Old City Prayers

Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering Jerusalem's Old City for Friday Muslim prayers as tensions rose and...

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Trump Taps New Ambassador To Afghanistan

John Bass has been posted in Turkey since 2014, and has steered US-Turkey relations through an unsuccessful coup...

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Remove Jerusalem Metal Detectors, Erdogan Tells Israeli Counterpart

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin to swiftly remove metal...

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Israel, Palestinians Brace For More Unrest At Holy Site

Israel's army boosted security Thursday and braced for possibile unrest on the eve of the main weekly Muslim prayers...

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Turkey Slams ‘dangerous’ Cyprus Plans After Talks Failure

Turkey on Thursday accused Cyprus of taking "dangerous" steps in its search for energy resources in the Mediterranean,...

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Gulen ‘not Worried’ About Extradition To Turkey

US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for a failed coup attempt a year ago, told French TV Tuesday...

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Erdogan To Visit Qatar and Saudi Amid Gulf Crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will this month visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are locked in a deep...