Government of Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 10 spoke over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the latest situation in Libya and Idlib, northwestern Syria.
According to the Turkish Communications Directorate, the two leaders also discussed regional issues and steps to be taken in the post-pandemic period.

An Ankara prosecutor has called former chief of general staff, İlker Başbuğ, to testify over his indirect accusation against some ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers that they had initiated a legal amendment that paved the way for special authorized courts to prosecute military personnel in 2009.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan appointed new governors in 41 provinces, a presidential ruling in the Official Gazette showed on June 10. 

As part of the move, 23 governors were shuffled between provinces and 18 were newly appointed, the statement said.

Turkish conjoined twin brothers Yiğit and Derman will set off on their journey back to Turkey after more than six months of medical operations and healing in the British capital London to separate them.

The two-year-old twins, who were born with their heads joined to each other, will be taken back to Turkey early on June 9 in an ambulance plane sent by the Turkish Health Ministry.

Turkey will relax stay-at-home measures for people over 65 years old and those under 18, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 9.

Around 7.5 million over-65s will now be able to go out every day from 10 am to 8 pm, Erdoğan said, relaxing a measure that had almost entirely forbidden them from going outside since March 21.

Turkey has provided aid to a total of 125 countries that asked for support for their struggle against the COVID-19 outbreak, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on June 9.

Çavuşoğlu hosted an online event called "Refugees and Displaced Persons During the Pandemic: The Need for International Cooperation" held under the framework of Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

Top Turkish and Russian diplomats discussed the issue of tourism on a phone call on June 8 amid the coronavirus crisis said Turkish diplomatic sources.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov also discussed regional issues, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media, but gave no further details.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused Athens of interfering in his country's domestic affairs, warning that "if Greece does not know its place, Turkey knows how to answer."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed developments in Libya in a phone call on June 8, according to Turkey's Communications Directorate.

The directorate said in a statement that the leaders exchanged views on bilateral relations and regional developments, including the Libyan crisis.

A new dam and hydroelectric power plant built in Turkey's northeastern Artvin province will add 1.5 billion Turkish liras (over $221 million) to the economy every year, the country's president said on June 6.