Government of Turkey

The logo of Reporter Without Borders RSF on a screen before the start of a video conference call online for the launch of the 2020 Press Freedom Index, in Paris, 21 April 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced a fresh discovery of a new oil reserve in the country's eastern region.

The government has been working hard to carry Türkiye a step forward after bringing the country to the current level with the policy of "work and service," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on May 2.

The main challenger trying to unseat Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in this month's presidential election cuts a starkly different figure than the incumbent who has ruled the country for two decades.

Turkey will continue to "annoy those on the other side of the sea," the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Monday in what is seen as a fresh swipe against Greece following a thaw in relations between the two countries.

In a close race between President Erdogan's alliance and the united opposition, the large diaspora vote may decide who wins May 14 general and presidential elections.

Türkiye's national combat aircraft has been named "KAAN," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on May 1 and noted that Türkiye would be one of the five countries producing fifth generation warplanes.

Is there a Western preference as Turkey approaches a major inflection point on May 14? Would the United States and Europe prefer President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to remain in power or finally see some change in Ankara? The conspiracy-prone Turkish public opinion is often obsessed with external forces seeking to shape its destiny.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish intelligence forces killed Islamic State leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi in Syria.

"This individual was neutralized as part of an operation by the Turkish national intelligence organization in Syria yesterday," Erdogan said in an interview with TRT Turk broadcaster.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader and the joint presidential candidate of the opposition, has denied the government's accusations that he held secret negotiations with the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP).