Tag: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Trump, Erdogan agree to pursue a negotiated solution for northeast Syria: WH
Trump underscored the importance of defeating terrorist elements that remain in Syria, it said.
January 21, 2019 -
Erdogan, Trump consider creating security zone in Syria
In a telephone conversation, the leaders "discussed the idea of creating a security zone cleared of terrorism in the north of the country".
January 15, 2019 -
Trump threatens to ‘devastate’ Turkey’s economy if it attacks Kurds
Turkey views some Kurdish groups in the region as terrorist organisations and Kurds make up the majority of US-allied fighters operating in Syria in the civil war against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, CNN reported.
January 14, 2019 -
Trump forces early exit of Jim Mattis, appoints Patrick Shanahan as acting defence secretary
Mattis had offered to stay in the job until February but will now leave on January 1 after Trump reportedly balked at media coverage of his exit.
December 24, 2018 -
Saudi intelligence shocked after listening to Khashoggi tape: Erdogan
The Turkish leader reiterated that the perpetrators of the killing were among 18 Saudi high-ranking officials who were specifically sent to Istanbul before Khashoggi's visit to the consulate.
November 13, 2018 -
Khashoggi dissolved in acid, remains poured down consulate drain: Report
Samples taken from the drains at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul showed traces of acid, pro-government daily Sabah said, without quoting sources.
November 10, 2018 -
Khashoggi who entered consulate for marriage paperwork, ‘strangled’, cut into pieces: Turkey
Turkey cast doubt Wednesday on whether Saudi Arabia was willing to 'genuinely cooperate' in the investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as international pressure increased on Riyadh to provide answers.
November 1, 2018 -
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder was planned affair: Turkish President Erdogan
The President said that information and evidence show that Khashoggi fell victim to a brutal murder. "Other countries must participate in the investigation."
October 23, 2018 -
Khashoggi-style killing must ‘never happen again’: Saudi FM
A tough critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Khashoggi, 59, disappeared after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to collect a document for his upcoming marriage.
October 23, 2018 -
The retreat of democracy
True democracies around the world seem to be on the decline. Electoral democracies are increasingly becoming fraught with all kinds of unfair means. The recent elections in Pakistan and Zimbabwe have come under serious criticism and their credibility has been questioned. Earlier this year the elections in Egypt, Russia, Colombia, Venezuela and several others have …
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August 30, 2018 -
About time someone took on Erdogan
President Trump’s head-on confrontation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson and other points of contention is a marked departure from his predecessors’ approaches to U.S.-Turkey relations. It is also welcome and long overdue. Washington’s relations with Ankara have deteriorated over the past 20 years, in particular since …
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August 25, 2018 -
It can’t all be about a pastor
It needs a stroke of genius to soften the heart for poor old Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Those of us who have always believed that Erdogan is a bit off his rocker must still be appalled that a US president infinitely more cracked than the Turkish variety is trying to impoverish Nato’s second largest military ally. …
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August 18, 2018 -
US not to lift tariffs on Turkey even Brunson released: White house
US President tweeted that he had authorized to double the tariffs on steel and aluminum products from Turkey to 50 percent and 20 percent respectively.
August 16, 2018 -
Ferment in Turkey
The US has made the waters murkier. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey will have to countenance a deepening economic crisis that will almost certainly compound the persistent ethnic cauldron and the fragile political stability. The latest ferment was ignited on Friday when Donald Trump announced that he was doubling import tariffs on Turkish steel …
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August 12, 2018 -
Turkey’s Recep Erdogan wins presidential re-election
Turkey’s long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections, tightening his grip on the nation he has ruled for 15 years. Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Monday announced that with 99.6 per cent of ballots counted, Erdogan had secured 52.5 per …
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June 25, 2018 -
Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins Turkey’s presidential poll
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said today, extending his 15-year grip on power as the opposition complained bitterly about the conduct of the vote count. Turkish voters had for the first time cast ballots for both president and parliament in the snap elections, with Erdogan looking for …
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June 25, 2018 -
Tillerson breaks protocol, meets Erdogan without translator
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson broke protocol by meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan without an American translator or policy aides, the media reported. The meeting took place on Thursday for over three hours where the translation was done by Turkish Foreign Minister Mehmet Cavusoglu, reports CNN. Tillerson was in Ankara to discuss growing …
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February 16, 2018