Presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkey is ready to assume counter-terrorism role after the U.S. leaves Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Feb. 7.

Turkey should use its universities in a competent way and carry out university to industry cooperation to further levels, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Feb. 6.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey and Syria have been conducting foreign policy in low profile contacts through its spy agency with the Syrian regime.

Internal discussions over the selection process of mayoral candidates are just a result of democracy and not a reflection of an in-house chaos, the leader of the main opposition party has said, criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for distancing himself and Turkey away from democracy.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused a group of dissidents of launching a "smear campaign" against him for attending a concert by famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say in mid-January.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayip Erdoğan are expected to take part in the opening ceremony of a joint year of culture, Turkish Tourism Deputy Minister Ahmet Haluk Dursun said on Jan. 30.

Turkey expects some four million Syrians to return to the safe zones that will be set up by Ankara in the war-torn country, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Jan. 28.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once more voiced support for Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and said "Turkey is against any kind of coup attempt" on Jan. 25 after the U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself "interim president" of the Latin American country.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the Adana Agreement can be beneficial in the fight against terrorism in Syria, as his Russian counterpart Russian Vladimir Putin suggested.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face meeting of 2019 on Jan. 23.