Recep Tayyip Erdogan
4 Nov
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he was breaking off contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to Israel's actions in Gaza.
29 Oct
Turkey marks its centenary as a post-Ottoman republic on Sunday with somewhat muted celebrations held under the shadow of Israel's escalating war with Hamas militants in Gaza.
9 Oct 2023
The Council of Europe on Monday awarded its top rights prize to jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has come under repeated attack from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
24 Sep 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet his counterpart Ilham Aliyev in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan on Monday, Turkish media reported on Sunday.
18 Sep 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged tech tycoon Elon Musk to open his next Tesla factory in Turkey, becoming the latest leader to lobby one of the world's richest men.
13 Sep 2023
Turkey on Wednesday resumed the trail of an anti-femicide campaign group that prosecutors are trying to shut down on charges of violating administrative laws and "morality". Riot police cordoned off Istanbul's main courthouse and detained two supporters of the We Will Stop Femicide Platform ahead of a likely verdict later Wednesday. Prosecutors have asked the…
4 Sep 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived Monday in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi for talks with Vladimir Putin focused on reviving Ukraine's grain export deal, Turkish state media reported. Erdogan was accompanied by a large delegation that included Turkey's defence, foreign, energy and finance ministers, the Anadolu state news agency said. The Turkish leader…
28 Aug 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Russia "soon" for talks with Vladimir Putin on reviving a deal to ship grain across the Black Sea, his party spokesman said Monday
22 Aug 2023
Turkey on Tuesday angrily denounced a United Nations Security Council statement blaming the latest unrest on the divided island of Cyprus on the breakaway government backed by Ankara. The war of words followed an altercation involving UN peacekeepers last Friday that underscored the many hurdles Turkey faces as it revives its drive to join the…
19 Jul 2023
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended a Gulf trip aimed at securing investments by signing agreements worth more than $50 billion in the United Arab Emirates, Emirati state media said Wednesday.
10 Jul 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he would back Sweden's NATO candidacy if the European Union resumes long-stalled membership talks with Ankara.
7 Jul 2023
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday entered crunch talks with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the final leg of a European tour aimed at pushing Ukraine's bid to join NATO and secure more weapons from allies.
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Greek police on Monday made 60 arrests over hooligan violence that killed a riot officer during a volleyball game in December, the country's police chief said. "Our commitment to combating sports violence is absolute," Dimitris Mallios said in a statement on the operation. Yiorgos Lyggeridis, 31, was fatally injured by a marine flare fired outside…
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Following the success of its 'Back to School project' at St. Michael's African School, Ipari-Nla, Ogun State, in February, the Angel Foundation has completed another transformative project at the school, which was commissioned on Monday.
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Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday, said that the state’s Agro-Cargo International Airport would soon begin scheduled and non-scheduled flights.
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Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, yesterday presided over a signing ceremony in Abuja endorsing the Consolidated Guidelines for the implementation of Fiscal Incentives for the Oil & Gas Sector - a cornerstone of the Presidential Directive aimed at enhancing the oil & gas sector's global competitiveness.