Tayyip

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said Turkey should be ruled like a company, and for this to happen, a presidential system is required! Thus, the ?Turkish-style presidential system? in Erdo?an?s mind is becoming clearer.

Rather than drawing closer together, the EU and Turkey are drifting apart due to growing authoritarianism in the latter, stuttering growth, and a faltering Kurdish peace process, non-governmental organization the Independent Turkish Commission warned on March 17.

A Turkish prosecutor has dismissed a lawsuit from President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s lawyers after they filed a complaint against Hatice Cömert, the mother of fallen Gezi protester Abdullah Cömert for recent comments.

Turkish police on March 13 detained three people accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and other top officials on Twitter, after raiding their homes.
      
The raids were the latest in a string of actions against critics of Erdogan on Twitter, as activists express growing alarm over the limits on freedom of expression in Turkey.
      

Turkish police on March 13 detained three people accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and other top officials on Twitter, after raiding their homes.
      
The raids were the latest in a string of actions against critics of Erdogan on Twitter, as activists express growing alarm over the limits on freedom of expression in Turkey.
      

A report published by the Ankara Journalists Association has examined the intensifying environment of intolerance in Turkish society.

The association's February 2015 report for the Press for Freedom Project touched on various topics, ranging from violence against women to freedom of expression.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has called Turkey?s Chief Rabbi ?shak Haleva in order to extend and his get well soon wishes, after the latter recently underwent surgery.

Erdo?an telephoned the spiritual leader of Jewish people in Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency reported late on March 13, citing anonymous sources from the presidential office.

The phrase in the headline is a standard cliché that is used in Turkish newspaper headlines, if you can still use it. Media, business circles and even market insiders may be too afraid to put it in a headline at the moment, but it is the undisputed truth in the Turkish economy these days. And the president?s inflammatory remarks are only adding fuel to the fire.

Ankara has been seeking ways to calm the markets as the Turkish Lira has plunged to historic lows in recent weeks amid a potential U.S. interest rate hike pushing the dollar to multi-year highs and concerns about political pressure on Turkey?s Central Bank.

Local authorities in western Turkey have recently put pressure on a private firm to fire a cleaning worker for ?insulting? both President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on her Facebook page, Do?an News Agency reported on March 9, citing a confidential document.