Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey providing documents for genocide hearings against Israel, says Erdogan
Turkey is providing documents for a case brought by South Africa against Israel at the UN's top court on a charge of committing genocide against Palestinian civilians, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said that Turkey will continue to provide documents, mostly visuals, on Israel's attacks on Gaza.
Erdogan names ex-minister as his party’s Istanbul mayor candidate
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday named former environment minister Murat Kurum as the ruling AK Party's candidate in Istanbul's mayoral election in March, bidding to win back control of Turkey's largest city.
Blinken meets Turkish, Greek leaders as Gaza diplomacy tour begins
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met the leaders of Turkey and Greece on Saturday at the start of a week-long trip aimed at calming tensions that have spiked across the Middle East since Israel's war with Hamas began in October.
Anthony Blinken at the PM Mitsotakis’ house in Chania
Earlier, the head of American diplomacy had met in Constantinople with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan and the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Blinken to meet Greek, Turkish leaders as Gaza diplomacy tour begins
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was expected to meet the leaders of Greece and Turkey on Saturday at the start of a week-long trip aimed at tamping down tensions that have spiked across the Middle East since Israel's war with Hamas began in October.
Turkey says it rounds up 33 suspected spies for Israel’s Mossad
Turkish police have detained 33 people suspected of spying for Israel's Mossad intelligence service and of targeting foreigners living in Turkey, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has said.
Erdogan says Israeli PM Netanyahu no different from Hitler
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler and likened Israel's attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis.
Turkish commission to meet next week to discuss Swedish NATO bid
The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission will sit down again on Tuesday to consider Sweden's NATO membership bid, the parliament's website showed on Friday, a first step necessary for ratification.
Erdogan says signals from US, Canada may help Turkey move on Sweden NATO bid
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Tuesday as saying that positive developments on the US sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara, and on Canada's arms embargo, would help Turkey's parliament move toward ratifying Sweden's NATO membership bid.
Biden supports “recent constructive steps” between Greece and Turkey
US President Joe Biden "expressed support for recent constructive steps" in the relationship between Greece and Turkey in a call with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, the White House spokesperson.
The presidents also spoke about Sweden's application to join the NATO alliance.