Presidents of Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the latest developments in Idlib, Syria in a phone call on May 13 with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.       

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi will pay a visit to Turkey and meet with President Tayyip Erdoğan on May 15.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has criticized Western countries over their reaction to the Supreme Election Council's (YSK) decision to hold a do-over Istanbul mayoral election on June 23.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 10 said that for stability in the Eastern Mediterranean the rights and interests of Turkey and Turkish Cypriots must be protected.

Ankara will accept an equation of Turkey's membership to the European Union if both sides benefit, but nobody can force the country into a harmful option, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on May 9.

Turkey will hold the sixth Reform Action Group meeting for the first time under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Europe Day when the government's political, economic and legal reforms for the stalled EU process will be discussed.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 7 welcomed an order to re-run the recent Istanbul election after complaints of corruption as the "best step" for the country.

Relations Turkey has developed with different countries and regions are "not alternatives to each other, they are complementary," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said May 6 at a meeting of NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue partners.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan strongly condemned an Israeli attack on Anadolu Agency office in the Gaza Strip on May 4.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted a dinner on May 3 for foreign officials following the inauguration of Turkey's largest mosque.