Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has converted all his currency into the Turkish Lira, his spokesman has said, upon questions from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader over the president's participation in the campaign to shore up the struggling lira.

A UN envoy says that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to "play ball" on reaching a deal on reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus.

But Espen Barth Eide indicated in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that it's unclear where Erdogan wants to take a summit in Geneva next month that aims to hammer out a comprehensive peace accord.

Some foreign chefs on cooking programs shown on Turkish TV are engaging in spying activities as they travel around the country, Yiğit Bulut, a chief adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has claimed. 

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos labeled Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a ruthless dictator in an interview on Greek radio. “When they threaten our country we shall respond and they should know that we are not prepared to back down on matters of national sovereignty in the name of diplomacy”, Kammenos underlined.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is keen to see Turkey join the Russia and China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). He wants this to show that Turkey is not beholden to the West. He appears unconcerned when most analysts say the SCO cannot provide the economic and military advantages Turkey's secures from its ties with the West. 

Work on the underwater section of the Turkish Stream pipeline will get underway in the second half of next year, Alexei Miller, chief executive of Russian gas giant Gazprom, told journalists on Dec. 6, Reuters reported. 

The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned German Ambassador to Turkey Martin Erdmann on Dec. 7 to convey Ankara's reaction after airport police in Cologne temporarily held Turkish Parliament Deputy Speaker Ayşenur Bahçekapılı due to a problem with her passport, diplomatic sources have told the Hürriyet Daily News. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed Germany after the incident.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again slammed Germany after airport police in Cologne temporarily held Turkish Parliament Deputy Speaker Ayşenur Bahçekapılı due to a problem with her passport.

Even his foes admit the talent of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a politician in reaching out to the people and molding public opinion on even controversial issues, an ability that secured him an indisputable leadership since late 2002. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed the ratification of an agreement that opens the way for Turkish Stream, a gas pipeline project pursued by Ankara and Moscow, TASS news agency reported.

On the Turkish side, the move removes all hurdles to construct the pipeline which was announced in December 2014 as a substitute to the South Stream pipeline project.