Tayyip Erdogan
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Erdogan Vows to Confront Opponents in Own Party
EghtesadOnline: Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to confront opponents inside his own party weeks after he suffered shock election defeats in the capital Ankara and commercial…
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Turkey's Erdogan says court will decide fate of detained U.S. pastor
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said a Turkish court, not politicians, will decide the fate of an American pastor whose detention on terrorism charges has hit relations between…
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Israel's Netanyahu accuses Erdogan of 'massacring Syrians and Kurds'
EghtesadOnline: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday rebuked Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of massacring Syrians and Kurds after Erdogan strongly criticized Israel.
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Turkish court keeps U.S. pastor in jail, Washington says deeply concerned
EghtesadOnline: A Turkish court decided on Wednesday to keep an American pastor in jail, dashing hopes that he could be released during his trial on terrorism and spying charges, a case that…
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Erdogan faces major test as Turks vote for president, parliament
EghtesadOnline: Turks voted on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections that pose the biggest ballot box challenge to Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party since they swept…
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Turkey's Erdogan, main rival stage final election rallies
EghtesadOnline: President Tayyip Erdogan and his main challenger, Muharrem Ince, made a final push for support at rival rallies in Istanbul on Saturday, a day before presidential and parliamentary…
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Erdogan calls on Turks to convert dollar, euros into lira
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on Turks on Saturday to convert their dollar and euro savings into lira, as he sought to bolster the ailing currency which has lost some…
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Turkish lira hits record low, down 20 percent against dollar this year
EghtesadOnline: The Turkish lira tumbled more than 5 percent on Wednesday before recovering some ground, the latest drop in a sell-off that reflects growing investor alarm over the direction…
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Turkey's Erdogan threatens to cut off oil flow from Iraq's Kurdish area over referendum
EghtesadOnline: President Tayyip Erdogan warned on Monday Turkey could cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the outside world, intensifying pressure on the Kurdish autonomous…
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Turkey rounds up plot suspects after thwarting coup against Erdogan
EghtesadOnline: Turkish authorities rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters on Saturday and ordered thousands of judges detained after thwarting a coup by rebels using tanks and attack…