Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to travel to Washington for a meeting with US President Joe Biden on May 9, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. However, there has been no official confirmation yet.

This meeting would mark the first time the two leaders have met at the Oval Office. Their last encounter was at the NATO summit in Vilnius in July 2023.

ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR - Many of Turkey's Kurds are set to put aside party loyalty and back Tayyip Erdogan's major rival in Istanbul on Sunday, knocking the president's hopes of winning back the city he once ran, according to pollsters.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denounced the failure of leading nations to address escalating tensions worldwide.

On Sunday, millions of voters in Turkey head to the polls to elect mayors and administrators in local elections which will gauge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's popularity as his ruling party tries to win back key cities it lost five years ago.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to elevate Türkiye into the ranks of the world's 10 largest economies, vowing to double the nation's economic size in the coming years.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Özgür Özel has extolled his party's nomination of a high number of women and young candidates while pledging to further enhance their presence within the party's ranks in the future.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to "reclaim Istanbul" for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the upcoming local elections scheduled for next weekend.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned the "heinous terrorist attack" in Moscow, as he expressed his country's readiness to cooperate with Russia in combating terrorism in a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

Türkiye will continue its efforts to achieve complete independence in the defense industry, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday.

"We will not stop or turn back from our path until we achieve the goal of a fully independent Türkiye in the defense industry,"  Erdoğan said at a rally in the northern province of Çankırı.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged his administration's commitment to prioritize the restoration of Türkiye's southern region stricken by devastating earthquakes in early February last year.