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Erdogan Sets Sights on Moon to Mark Turkish Centenary

A picture of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking at the National Space Program introductory meeting in Ankara, February 9, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/TURKISH PRESIDENT PRESS OFFICE

The space programme includes ambitious plans to send astronauts to the moon, establish a spaceport and create a global brand in satellite technology - all in the next 10 years.

Turkey’s Erdogan Accused of Playing Politics with Pandemic

Critics of the AKP and its leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, say they are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to exact political revenge for the party's loss of most major cities in Turkey to the opposition in last year's local elections.

Erdogan, they say, is determined to prevent the likes of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu from making further gains.