Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

The Turkish Lira hit another all-time record low against the U.S. dollar at 3.185 early on Nov. 8, as concerns about pressure on opposition circles rise, despite an optimistic mood in global markets ahead of the U.S. presidential election. 

The Turkish economy is also a cause of concern due to its heavy reliance on external financing.

Turkey's first and the world's largest paper museum, the SEKA Mehmet Ali Kağıtçı Paper Museum, has opened in the northwestern province of Kocaeli. 

The museum was established by Kocaeli Municipality to preserve the region's industrial heritage.  

A total of 158 power plants with an investment value of $5 billion were opened in Ankara in an official ceremony on Nov. 7, attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 

Speaking at the opening, Erdoğan stressed the importance of nuclear energy, renewable resources and coal reserves for Turkey's energy sector. 

Activists of the international environmentalist group Greenpeace have always been trouble in Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, suggesting that they were only supposedly enlightened.

A number of protests were held in major European cities over the weekend following the arrest of nine deputies of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) over terror charges on Nov. 4, while some Turkish diplomatic missions faced attacks. 

The director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), a think tank directly linked to the Kremlin, has claimed that U.S. troops deployed at Turkey's İncirlik Air Base were involved in the downing of a Russian jet last year.

The director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), a think tank directly linked to the Kremlin, has claimed that U.S. troops deployed at Turkey's İncirlik Air Base were involved in the failed July 15 coup attempt. 

One of the most significant benchmarks on the road to the presidential system was the recent meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli. It is reported they both had positive impressions from the meeting. 

Observing the atmosphere of domestic political reconciliation during and after the coup attempt on July 15, some expected that President Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) could use this positive energy to increase the quality of democracy in Turkey.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defied EU criticism over the arrests of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers and journalists, saying that Turkey is "no longer subject to orders."

"I don't care if they call me a dictator or whatever else. It goes in one ear, out the other," Erdoğan said on Nov. 6 in Istanbul during a ceremony to receive an honorary doctorate.