recep tayyip erdogan

Istanbul: Taksim Gezi Park protesters attacked by police with tear gas and water cannon

Turkish police have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters occupying Gezi Park in central Istanbul. Scores of people…

11 years ago

Turkey bans late-night alcohol sales

 The Turkish parliament has approved controversial legislation to ban the sale and advertising of alcohol. The Islamist-rooted ruling AK party…

12 years ago

Barack Obama makes U.S. Marine break military rules by holding an umbrella while in uniform

Hosting Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House’s Rose Garden yesterday, President Barack Obama requested a standing Marine…

12 years ago

Israel apologizes to Turkey for Mavi Marmara deaths

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has apologized to Turkey for "any errors that could have led to loss of life" during…

12 years ago

PKK’s Abdullah Ocalan calls for Turkey truce after 30 years of war

Kurdish rebels’ leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is now jailed in Turkey, has called for a truce after 30 years of…

12 years ago

Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized after branding Zionism a crime against humanity

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been heavily criticized by the US, Israel and the UN for branding Zionism…

12 years ago

PKK activists funerals attended by tens of thousands of Kurds

Tens of thousands of Kurds have attended the funerals in Diyarbakir, Turkey, of three female Kurdish activists shot dead in…

12 years ago

Turkey questions Francois Hollande contacts with dead PKK activist

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on French President Francois Hollande to explain why he previously met one…

12 years ago

General Ismail Hakki Karadayi detained over 1997 coup in Turkey

General Ismail Hakki Karadayi, former Turkish army chief, has been detained over a military intervention that ousted a pro-Islamist government…

12 years ago

Turkey accused of cracking down on press freedom

International media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists has accused Turkey of waging "one of the world's biggest anti-press campaigns in…

12 years ago

Turkey fires into Syria for a fourth day after a mortar landed near Akcakale

Turkey has fired into Syria for a fourth day after a Syrian mortar landed near Turkish village Akcakale, reports say.…

12 years ago

Turkey: Syrian shells kill five people in Akcakale

Turkey has contacted the UN and NATO after Syrian shells killed five people in Turkish town Akcakale near the border…

12 years ago

Bashar al-Assad regrets Turkish F-4 jet’s downing

President Bashar al-Assad is quoted as saying he regrets "100 per cent" a Turkish jet was shot down after entering…

12 years ago

Turkey scrambles fighter jets to Syria border

Turkish army has scrambled six F-16 fighter jets near its border with Syria after Syrian helicopters came close to the…

12 years ago

Turkey sends rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns along its border with Syria

Turkey begins rocket launchers and anti-aircraft guns deployment along its border with Syria after last week's downing of a fighter…

12 years ago

Turkey warns UN over Syrian threat

NATO members will meet in emergency session after Syria shot down Turkish F-4 Phantom warplane. The act is condemned by…

12 years ago

Turkish F-4 Phantom fighter jet vanishes near Syrian border

Turkish government has called an emergency security meeting amid reports that one of its fighter jets was shot down by…

12 years ago

Turkey accuses UN Security Council of indirectly supporting the oppression of the Syrian people

The United Nations Security Council has been accused by Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan of indirectly supporting the oppression of…

13 years ago