Tag: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan’s battle

They are resentful of his overbearing rule, and feel frustrated by the economic reverses which have seen the Turkish lira’s strength reduce from four to the US dollar five years ago to nearly 20 now and inflation soar above 50 per cent in March.

May 9, 2023

No Turkish delight

With about three weeks to go for Turkey’s General Election, scheduled for 14 May, there is consensus among pundits and pollsters alike that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a sticky wicket. In 2018, Mr Erdogan, after winning a referendum the previous year, was elected as president to oversee the transition of the country’s decades-old parliamentary system to a presidential one.

April 22, 2023

India issues strong demarche to Turkey over Prez Erdogan’s Kashmir comments

'India has made a strong demarche with the Turkish government on the remarks made by President Erdogan on the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir during his recent visit to Islamabad. These remarks reflect neither an understanding of history nor of the conduct of diplomacy,' MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a statement.

February 17, 2020

18 Killed as 6.8 magnitude earthquake rattles eastern Turkey, over 100 injured

People who fled their homes in panic were lighting fires in the streets to stay warm in freezing temperatures.

January 25, 2020

Over 50 killed as Turkey-Syria offensive continues

Turkey wants to create a "safe zone" running for 480 km along the Syrian side of the border but says it will not advance deeper than a planned 32 km limit.

October 11, 2019

Turkey emergency ends, after two years and seven extensions

Opposition fears state of emergency will be replaced by more repressive legislative measures, protests against government's submission of new legislation seeking to formalise some of the harshest aspects of the emergency

July 19, 2018

Turkey’s monolith

For all the optics in Istanbul and Ankara, the spectacular victory of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reinforces the one-person monolithic rule in Turkey. The country may not represent a repressive dictatorship as Syria does and Libya did, but its praxis of democracy is far from liberal. Erdogan had founded his Justice and Development Party (AKP);...

June 27, 2018

Turkey says Yes

Turkey has reached a crucial stage in its political history, of a kind that is bound to have an impact on its handling of sub-regional jingoism and its dealings with Europe in the wider canvas. Sunday’s historic referendum will lend more power to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s elbow and this must be deemed to be...

April 18, 2017

Turkish Parliament resumes voting on Erdogan’s powers

Turkey's parliament on Wednesday embarked on a second round of deliberations on a contentious package of constitutional amendments that would give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office executive powers. Legislators are set to vote separately on 18 proposed amendments before holding a final vote on the whole package by the end of the week. Debate on...

January 18, 2017