Erdogan considering Erkan as Turkey cenbank chief, sources say
President Tayyip Erdogan is considering appointing Hafize Gaye Erkan, a senior finance executive in the United States, as governor of Turkey’s central bank, according to...
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What Erdoğan’s reelection means for Turkey’s political system, economy and foreign policy
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been reelected as president, ensuring that his term as leader of Turkey will extend to a quarter century. The electorate returned...
Tatar congratulates Erdogan for winning elections in Turkey (updated)
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has congratulated Turkey’s president Recep Tayyp Erdogan following his victory in the presidential elections on Sunday. Erdogan ended up with...
Turkey votes in election runoff, Erdogan well placed to sustain rule (Updated)
Turks voted on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and persist with Turkey’s increasingly...
Erdogan rival sharpens tone on migrants before Turkey runoff
Tayyip Erdogan’s rival in Turkey’s presidential race accused the government oof allowing 10 million “irregular” migrants to enter the country, marking a nationalist turn in...
Doctored video fuels tensions in Turkey’s close election race
A doctored video splicing footage of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival and a Kurdish militant chief and showing them uttering the same slogan has raised...
Our View: Will Turks vote for Erdogan’s authoritarianism?
It is astonishing that the candidate of the six-party Nation Alliance, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is only marginally ahead of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of Sunday’s...
A foreign policy model to emulate
The following exchange between Senator Bob Menendez and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on March 22, 2023, exemplifies the Foreign Relations Committee chairman’s uncompromising commitment...
Putin may visit Turkey in April for Russian built power plant inauguration
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may visit Turkey on April 27 for the inauguration of the country’s first...
Turkey to reject Sweden’s NATO bid, may agree to Finland joining
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan signalled that Ankara may agree to Finland joining NATO ahead of Sweden, amid growing tensions with Stockholm. “We may deliver Finland...
