Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey is making intensive efforts to push the international community to reinstate Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Hurriyet Daily News said on Monday. Its Western and Arab allies' hesitation to...

VIDEO  Turkey's Prime Minister has said that he still believes Mohammed Morsi to be the legitimate president of Egypt. "Not," said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, "because it is him personally,...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, has slammed the European Union and other parties because they did not condemn the killing...

Turkey has suspended almost thirty agreements and cooperative protocols with Egypt in various fields such as transportation, education and health that were signed during Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's...

Turkey's President Abdullah Gül has approved a legal amendment intended to prevent the army from carrying out military coups d'état. Article 35 of the Turkish Army's Internal Service Code...

The Turkish government has appointed a new armed forces leadership within the framework of comprehensive changes to emphasise its control over the military, which has at times dominated political...

A Turkish court has convicted the country's former Chief of the General Staff to life imprisonment. Retired General Mehmet İlker Başbuğ was sentenced for his role in the "Ergenekon...

Egyptian authorities have blocked Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan's anticipated visit to the Gaza Strip, which was planned to take place in August via Egypt, due to his...

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that accepting the military coup in Egypt means that people will not be able to speak up in the future...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brushed aside criticism that his foreign policy has isolated Turkey by insisting that "God and the people are with us." Speaking from...

Turkey's prime minister has questioned why it is the Americans, and not the Israelis, who have responded to his criticism of the State of Israel. "Why would the United...

An informed source in Palestine has claimed that former Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan, who is currently a senior government advisor in the UAE, has visited Turkey and met opposition...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkey is taking the necessary measures to avoid future tragedies like the recent incident involving Turkish pilots being kidnapped in...

According to Turkish newspaper, Yeni Shafaq, close to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the head of the Turkish Intelligence Service (MIT), Hakan Fidan, is expected to submit a...

Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded to Egypt's decision to expel his country's ambassador from Cairo by raising the Rabia Al Adawiya four fingers symbol in front of...

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he would agree to the retrials of hundreds of army officers who were jailed for plotting a coup against...

The protests in Turkey have dominated international media coverage for several weeks now. Starting with a local protest over plans to bulldoze a park to make way for a...

Visiting South Africa is always a pleasure, but when the purpose is to attend a conference there is usually something extra special to look forward to. The Afro-Middle East...

Under normal circumstances, when one country apologises to another it usually passes without comment. When the country doing the apologising is Israel people sit up and take notice. Israel...

I have a number of comments to make on current events in Turkey; some regarding its appearance and others regarding its substance. In his daily column for the London-based...