Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Erdogan Says Turkey Faces ‘Economic Sabotage’ as Lira Plunges
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said his political enemies are trying to sabotage the economy by speculating on the stock market, foreign exchange rate and…
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Erdogan Unleashes Fury at Markets on Eve of Turkey Rate Decision
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heightened his criticism of economic policy makers and bankers, warning that they risked provoking his intervention. The lira weakened to…
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Erdogan Relies on Nationalist Kingmaker for Presidential System
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions to concentrate powers in his office depend on formal talks that were to begin Monday between the ruling AK Party and a nationalist…
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Erdogan says Turkish-backed rebels close to taking Syria's al Bab
EghtesadOnline: Turkey-backed rebels are just 2 km (1.25 miles) from the northern Syrian city of al Bab and are expected to take it from Islamic State quickly despite some resistance, Turkish…
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Erdogan Purge Creates $10 Billion Bazaar for Would-Be Oligarchs
EghtesadOnline: Don’t be put off by his conviction for inciting murder, Turkish bus baron Galip Ozturk says. That was just how the secret society that tried to overthrow President Recep Tayyip…
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Nothing Like a Threat of Treason to Make Turkish Banks Cut Rates
EghtesadOnline: For months, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been leaning on Turkey’s banks to give the economy a boost with easier credit. In August, he warned that failure to comply could…
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Erdogan Crackdown Has Turkey on Edge as Kurd Leaders Jailed
EghtesadOnline: A Turkish court ordered the nation’s most prominent Kurdish lawmakers jailed, sharply escalating a crackdown personally led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and sending markets…
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Turkey draws Western condemnation over arrest of Kurdish lawmakers
EghtesadOnline: Turkish authorities arrested the leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish opposition party in a terrorism investigation on Friday, drawing strong international condemnation of…
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Erdogan Renews Putsch Purge With Targets in Media, Academia
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed efforts to root out opposition to his rule since July’s failed coup, with officials arresting the top editor of a major paper and…
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Turkey's Erdogan says Ankara aims to reinforce troops on Iraq border
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey was aiming to reinforce its troops deployments in its Iraqi border town of Silopi and that it would have a "different response" for…
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Turkey's Erdogan says Iraq cannot handle Mosul assault alone
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Iraq could not deal alone with driving Islamic State from the city of Mosul and that the presence of Turkish forces in a…
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Builder-in-Chief: Erdogan’s Real-Estate Dream Drifts to Syria
EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s president looks at northern Syria and sees what others don’t: a massive real estate project.
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Erdogan Signals Preference for Longer Turkey Emergency Rule
EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the government to extend the state of emergency, saying that “even 12 months” won’t be long enough to finish a crackdown following…
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Erdogan to Turkey’s Central Bank: Nice Rate Cut, Do More Please
EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s central bank did the right thing by cutting interest rates this week and it should continue to do so, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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Iran, Turkey ready to expand cooperation in all areas
EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Rouhani in a meeting with Turkish counterpart Erdoğan said Tehran values relations with Ankara and is ready to expand cooperation in all areas, including combating…
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Turkey's Erdogan urges world to act against U.S.-based Gulen
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on world leaders at the United Nations to take measures against a U.S.-based cleric's "terrorist network" that he said threatened…
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Erdogan Says Turkey, U.S. Mull Joint Effort Against IS in Raqqa
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has responded positively to a U.S. request for a joint operation against Islamic State’s self-declared capital in Syria, Hurriyet…
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Erdogan Says Turkish Officials to Deliver Coup Evidence to U.S.
EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the U.S. would continue its investigation into July’s attempted coup, as Ankara vowed to provide evidence to…
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Obama: U.S. to help Turkey ensure coup plotters brought to justice
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday that his administration would work with Turkey to help ensure that those responsible for an attempted…
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China, Turkey pledge to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation
EghtesadOnline: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Saturday to deepen counter-terror cooperation, as the two set aside previous disagreements over…
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Obama to meet Erdogan over Syria crisis: Official
EghtesadOnline: US President Barack Obama is set to meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss a range of issues including the Syria crisis, a senior US official announces.
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Terror not allowed on Turkish borders: Erdogan
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara will not allow any manner of terrorist activities on or close to its borders.
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Turkey's pursuit of militants will be unrelenting: president
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Turkey's pursuit of militant groups would be unrelenting, speaking in the city of Gaziantep where a suicide bomber believed to…
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Biden Met by Snubs as He Seeks to Mollify Turkey’s Angry Erdogan
EghtesadOnline: From the minute he stepped off the plane on Wednesday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Turkey seemed ill-fated.
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Erdogan to Complain to U.S. Over Gulen Extradition Delay
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to complain to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden about the delay in extraditing an Islamic cleric accused by Turkish authorities of mastermindi…
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Turkey's Erdogan blames child bomber for attack that killed 51
EghtesadOnline: A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people, the president said.
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Biden’s Public Backing for Erdogan to Mask Stern Private Message
EghtesadOnline: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will find himself in a familiar role when he flies to Turkey this week, offering President Recep Tayyip Erdogan effusive support in public while…
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No date set so far for Turkish president's visit to Iran
EghtesadOnline: No date has been set so far for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Iran, an informed source in Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.
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Erdogan Links Coup Suspects, PKK to Bomb Attacks
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused followers of a US-based Islamic cleric he blames for last month’s coup attempt of being complicit in attacks by Kurdish…
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Germany Sees Turkey as Platform for Islamism, Leak Shows
EghtesadOnline: Germany views Turkey as a “central platform” for Islamist groups throughout the Middle East, according to a leaked internal assessment that could exacerbate tension between Chancellor…