Open letter addressed to President Erdogan
By Christos P Panayiotides Mr President, I am one of the many Greek Cypriots, who are unreservedly against any form of ethnic or...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Erdogan says Turkey will carry on searching for gas in Mediterranean
Turkey will carry on exploring for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday in comments that may revive tensions...
“Kanal Istanbul” project kicks off with bridge construction
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday launched a $15 billion canal project intended to relieve pressure on the busy Bosphorus Strait by laying the foundations...
Erdogan to visit north on July 20
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday he plans on visiting the north on July 20, the anniversary of the Turkish invasion. Erdogan told...
Erdogan slams jailed Kurdish leader, fuelling scepticism about reform pledge
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a jailed Kurdish leader has “blood on his hands”, scotching some hopes that a reform plan could lead...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Minsk group stalling on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the co-chairs of the Minsk group were stalling in dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and repeated that...
Will Varosha ploy help Tatar win?
Voters may see the Varosha move as a grave intervention into the north’s affairs by Erdogan There is no doubt that several overlapping reasons lie...
Turkish parliament strips status of three opposition MPs
Turkey’s parliament stripped two pro-Kurdish lawmakers and one MP from the main opposition party of their parliamentary status on Thursday after convictions against them became...
Erdogan piles pressure on Akinci over Turkey comments
The war of words between the Turkish Cypriot leader and the Turkish government continued on Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan describing comments made...
President calls on Merkel to pressure Erdogan over drilling
President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to convey his Turkish counterpart the message that Ankara needs to immediately stop her illegal...
Turkey prepared for possible Syria border operation, says Erdogan
Turkey is ready to act on its southern border with Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said, after warning that it could take unilateral steps if the...
Turkish Cypriot ‘PM’ pledges new direction over Cyprus problem
New Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar has said he would soon be taking new steps regarding the Cyprus problem and the economy, Turkish Cypriot...
Sacrificing greatness for personal ambition
By Alon Ben Meir AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT ERDOGAN Over the past year, I had the opportunity to speak to many Turkish scholars and...
Erdogan’s party could lose grip on big cities in local polls
After a decade and a half in power and an economic boom gone sour, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party could lose control of some...
Turkey says it will not let the US hold it back in Syria
Turkey pledged on Monday to press ahead with plans to target a Kurdish militia in northern Syria, brushing off what it said were American efforts...
At tense Ankara news conference, EU rebukes Turkey over detentions
Top EU officials rebuked Turkey on Thursday over its arrests of journalists and academics and the long pre-trial detention of a Kurdish politician, holding a...
Turkish court sentences journalist to 19 years jail over Gulen links
A court sentenced Turkish journalist Ali Unal to 19 years in jail on Wednesday on a charge of being a leader in the network accused...
Erdogan says joint US-Kurdish patrols near Syria border unacceptable
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that joint US-Kurdish patrols just over the Turkish border with Syria were unacceptable and he expected US President...
Erdogan vows to crush US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday to crush Kurdish fighters east of the Euphrates river in Syria, announcing a major military operation against US...
Erdogan calls on Germany to list Gulen group as terrorists
President Tayyip Erdogan, arriving in Germany for a three-day state visit, urged Berlin to designate as a terrorist organisation the movement of Fethullah Gulen which...