Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump to Turkey on Nov. 12, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Erdoğan evaluated the victory of Trump while returning from Belarus, where he paid a one-day visit, answering questions from journalists.

The Turkish Defense Ministry suspended 291 naval personnel including 168 commissioned officers and 123 non-commissioned officers on Nov.13, over alleged links to the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, believed to have masterminded the failed July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

The Turkish Defense Ministry suspended 291 military personnel including 168 naval forces officers on Nov.13, over alleged links to the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, believed to have masterminded the failed July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Developed countries are using environmentalism as a tool to prevent developing countries from progressing, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said. 

A man who was wounded during the July 15 failed coup attempt succumbed to his injuries on Nov. 12, bringing the total death toll of the thwarted coup to 246. 

Özcan Özsoy, 27, died in the hospital in which he was receiving treatment, Anadolu Agency reported. 

Turkey's national team beat Kosovo 2-0 late on Nov. 12 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers match at home but the win failed to ease the tensions inside the team. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Nov. 12 appointed a rector to Istanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University, marking the first such move after he was given the authority to directly appoint rectors following the latest state of emergency decree.

Turkey will decide whether or not to reinstate the death penalty, not the West, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Nov. 12.

Turkey - U.S. relations are more important than any individual American president, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Nov. 12.

Kurtulmuş told reporters in Istanbul the election of Donald Trump was a major development for the region and the world.

"This is the American people's choice," he said.

In a statement aimed at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Saturday that the 1923 Lausanne Treaty which set the boundaries between the two countries is "non-negotiable."