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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ordered officials on Sunday to resume talks on reopening an Orthodox Christian seminary near Istanbul, an issue raised by U.S. President Donald Trump, who is ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone call late on Monday night to discuss the Cyprus problem, among other geopolitical developments. According to ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday lambasted the Greek Cypriot leadership for “boarding Israel’s ship of discord” and “undertaking the role of subcontractors for Zionism” as he addressed ...

The sharp exchanges between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Benjamin Netanyahu are real. The language is harsh. At times, extreme. It is tempting to dismiss them as political posturing aimed at ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given the go-ahead for a “new initiative” to be undertaken by the United Nations with the aim of bringing about a resumption of formal ...

Cypriot delegation head and vice-president of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, Nicos Tornaritis, called for Hagia Sophia to be returned to museum status during a meeting of ...

The Cyprus branch office of Turkish opposition political party the CHP has sided with Ozgur Ozel, with the party and Turkish politics at large now engulfed by a crisis after ...

United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin is to return to Cyprus next month, and hold separate meetings with both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, according to ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told US President Donald Trump in a call on Wednesday he welcomed the extension of a ceasefire between the US and Iran, adding he believed contested ...

The Cyprus issue was among the topics discussed on Tuesday during a phone call between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a ...

Reports on Friday affirm that Turkey is preparing legislation that would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan authority to declare an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending up to 200 nautical miles from ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Turkic states to strengthen their ties with the Turkish Cypriots as he attended an informal Organisation of Turkic States summit in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday that developments in the Cyprus problem could lead to a concrete settlement plan before the end of 2026, revealing that a new United Nations initiative ...

The Cyprus issue “blocked” Turkey’s journey toward membership of the European Union, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “Recently, some damaging debates regarding Turkey’s ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday promised that he had “initiated the necessary steps” to resolve the matter of Cypriot art professor Senih Cavusoglu being refused entry to Turkey. “...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called for an end to “maximalist approaches which attempt to exclude” both Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots in the eastern Mediterranean, during his ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday, having travelled to Turkey to attend this weekend’s Antalya diplomacy forum. The meeting is ...

The case against four left-wing activists who were accused of conspiring to vandalise posters declaring love for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been dropped, more than five years after ...

Thousands of Turks gathered in central Istanbul on Wednesday in support of jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu at an opposition rally, one year after President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival was ...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday invoked Cyprus while issuing a warning that Turkey would respond to any perceived threats, declaring that anyone seeking to test the country’s ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticised the US and Israeli attacks on Iran as a “clear violation” of international law, adding that Turkey shared the pain of the Iranian ...

President Nikos Christodoulides firmly rejected the suggestion by UN Special Envoy Maria Angela Holguin that substantive negotiations could be postponed until after June. In an interview given on Saturday with ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan placed Cyprus at the centre of a sweeping historical narrative, telling families of fallen soldiers and veterans that Turkish forces “stopped the bloodshed” on the ...

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett warned on Tuesday that Recep Tayyip Erdogan is positioning Turkey as a major strategic threat to Israel, describing Ankara as “the new Iran”. Speaking ...