Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey to recruit 5,000 new 'security guards' for southeast
The government has decided to recruit 5,000 additional village guards in a bid to combat the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) east and southeast Anatolia, daily Habertürk has reported.
Turkish state deadlocked, regime on the verge of crisis: MHP head Bahçeli
The Turkish state is "deadlocked" and "on the verge of crisis," Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said, in response to criticism over his suggestion that the government's constitutional changes, which include a shift to a presidential system, should be brought to a public vote.
US will continue to be a strong ally of Turkey: US Secretary of Defense
The U.S. will continue to support democracy in Turkey, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said on Oct. 21 during his visit to sections of the Turkish Parliament damaged in attacks during the failed July 15 military coup attempt.
Erdogan furioso
Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University at a ceremony heralding the start of the academic year. His speech is a giant embrace of Turks across the world. In essence, though, it is a speech about Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He is accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan, the speaker of the Grand National Assembly, Ismail Kahraman, and ministers.
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Reasonable expectations
US President Barack Obama's expected visit to the Greek capital next month could mark a turning point in bilateral relations between Washington and Athens at a time when Greece is facing significant financial as well as diplomatic challenges.
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Erdogan: Young generations should re-examine Lausanne Treaty
Turkish President Recep Erdogan continued his provocative rhetoric by calling on younger generations to not shy away from questioning the 1923 Lausanne Treaty, during a speech to local politicians in Ankara. Reminiscing the past glories of the Ottoman Empire, Erdogan said that Turkey had been trapped into signing the 1923 Treaty in order to forget its “magnificent history”.
Byzantine games over Turkey's new charter
The efforts by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) to effect a constitutional shift from Turkey's parliamentary system to an executive-presidential one have stepped up with support from Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
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Turkey's Erdogan Attacks Lausanne Treaty Yet Again
Turkish President Recep Erdogan has raised yet again the issue of the Lausanne Peace Treaty of 1923 and its influence on the Turkish state, stating that since the signing of the agreement, the country has found itself in a "vicious circle".
Erdogan also commented on the topic of the borders of Turkey which shrunk drastically after the signing of the treaty.
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Erdoğan: I am the enemy of interest rates
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again declared his opposition to interest rates, stating that earning via interest is "a tool of exploitation."
"I am an enemy of interest earnings. I see it as a tool of exploitation," Erdoğan said on Oct. 20 during a ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara to mark the financing for two major health projects.
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Turkey raises $637 million in external financing for $1.1 bln hospitals
Some $637 million of the $1.1 billion external funding needed to develop two large city hospitals in İzmir in Turkey's west and Kocaeli in the northwest has been secured, President Recep Erdoğan said at a ceremony at the presidential palace in Ankara on Oct. 20.