Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkey today is in desperate need of unity and calm. The failed coup attempt on July 15 came at a time when political tension was already high. There was a moment of hope after the coup was foiled that wisdom would prevail, especially since parliament stood against the coup in a unified manner.

There are important differences of opinion on three essential matters between Turkey and the United States.
  

Former Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could become "Turkey's Charles de Gaulle" if he upgrades the country's democratic standards and positively change its history, as de Gaulle did for France in the late 1950s. 

The Turkish government has extended the state of emergency, first implemented in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt, for an additional three-month period, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş announced on Oct. 3.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Oct. 2 urged Islamic nations to unite in solidarity against a newly passed bill in the U.S. that allows families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for their losses. 
In an interview with the Saudi Arabia-based TV station Rotana, Erdoğan said "despicable developments" were being formed against the Islamic world.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated the Jewish community's New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, on Oct. 3.

Erdoğan said Rosh Hashanah, which symbolizes new year in the Hebrew calendar, was the most important religious holiday in the Judaism and stressed "the guaranteed right of all Turkish citizens to live in accordance with their faith." 

Followers of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen reportedly developed the smartphone app ByLock, which came to prominence after the attempted July 15 coup due to the coup plotters' usage of the app, before the elections of Turkey's Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) in 2014. 

The United Nations is "a burden on humanity" due to its "unfair structure" and decision-making power, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in a speech in Ankara, also taking the opportunity to slam the U.S. and the EU.

The United Nations is "a burden on humanity" due to its "unfair structure" and decision-making power, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in a speech in Ankara, also taking the opportunity to slam the U.S. and the EU.

Turkish politicians continue to provoke Greece on the matter of the so-called ‘disputed’ islands in the Aegean Sea.