Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey has confirmed that it has blocked Austrian participation in some NATO programs due to Vienna’s constant anti-Turkish stance on various EU platforms, Turkish diplomatic sources told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey has confirmed that it has blocked Austrian participation in some NATO programs due to Vienna's constant anti-Turkish stance on various EU platforms, Turkish diplomatic sources told the Hürriyet Daily News. 

Ankara must stick to its European Union membership target, explain itself in a better way and pass the reforms in order to be able to attract more foreign investment, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on May 23. 

More than 220 suspects, including over two dozen former generals, went on trial Monday accused of being among the ringleaders of last year’s attempted coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will attend a NATO leaders' summit this week in Brussels, the president's office confirmed on May 23.        

It said in a statement that Erdoğan would lead Turkey's delegation and join the opening ceremony for the new NATO headquarters on May 25.        

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have called on the Turkish government to reveal the political wing of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), while criticizing the release of "influential persons," referring to Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Kadir Topbaş's son-in-law Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı, who was previously detained.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have called on the Turkish government to reveal the political wing of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), while criticizing the release of "influential persons," referring to Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Kadir Topbaş's son-in-law Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı, who was previously detained.

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Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign minister Ivica Dacic met on Monday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The meeting took place during the Summit of the Organization for the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Istanbul.

Serbian First Deputy PM and Foreign minister Ivica Dacic met on Monday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The meeting took place during the Summit of the Organization for the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Istanbul.

Turkish officials have condemned the suicide attack at a concert in Manchester, which claimed at least 22 lives and wounded 59 others.  

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he "strongly condemned" the attack during a speech at Istanbul University.

"We share the grief of the British government and its people," Erdoğan said.