Tag: Tayyip Erdogan

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Russia, China and Turkey in support for Maduro as they warn Washington not to intervene

  

  Russia on Thursday accused the United States of trying to usurp power in Venezuela and warned against a military intervention by confronting Washington and the European Union, which backed protests against one of Moscow's closest allies, Venezuelan partial recognized President Nicolás Maduro.

• Monday, December 24th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Syrian crisis: Trump names Patrick Shanahan acting Defense secretary forcing Mattis to leave earlier

  

  United States president Donald Trump has forced Defense Secretary James Mattis to leave his post early, appointing an acting successor to take over in the new year. General Mattis, 68, strongly hinted at policy differences with Mr. Trump when he resigned on Friday.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Khashoggi's murder: Erdogan accuses highest level of Saudi government

  

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has for the first time accused the Saudi government directly of murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “We know that the order to kill Khashoggi came from the highest levels of the Saudi government,” he wrote in an article in the Washington Post.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:08 UTC

  Khoshoggi's fiancée rejects Trump invitation; Turkish prosecutors want extradition of 18 Saudi suspects

  

  Turkish prosecutors have prepared an extradition request for 18 suspects from Saudi Arabia in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, authorities said on Friday, after President Tayyip Erdogan urged Riyadh to disclose who ordered the murder.

• Friday, September 14th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Turkey property sales, rental contracts and leasing must be made in the Lira currency

  

  Turkey ruled on Thursday that property sales, rental contracts and leasing transactions must be made in lira from now on, halting the use of foreign currencies for such deals in a fresh step to support the ailing local currency. All business deals inside the country should be conducted in lira, President Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that nobody apart from exporters and importers should cross paths with foreign currency.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  Turkey's Erdogan joins the club of Venezuela Maduro's fans

  

  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has congratulated his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on winning a new term in office, the Turkish presidency said on Wednesday, after an election widely condemned by the international community.

• Friday, May 18th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Maduro wraps up electoral campaign next to Erdogan and Maradona

  

  Venezuela's diplomatically isolated president got a show of support from his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan and Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona on Thursday ahead of a weekend election widely decried as unfair. The United States, the European Union and major Latin American countries have criticized Sunday's vote in which populist President Nicolas Maduro is likely to win re-election to a six-year term.

• Monday, April 17th 2017 - 10:05 UTC

  Erdogan declares victory and celebrates, but Turkish opposition advanced they would challenge results

  

  President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics, but opponents said the vote was marred by irregularities and they would challenge its result.

• Saturday, July 16th 2016 - 09:39 UTC

  Military coup fails in Turkey; people take to the streets and expose a divided Army

  

  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan battled to regain control over Turkey Saturday after a coup bid by discontented soldiers, as signs grew that the most serious challenge to his 13 years of dominant rule was faltering. After hours of chaos and violence unseen in decades, Erdogan ended uncertainty over his whereabouts, flying into Istanbul airport in the early hours and making a defiant speech cheered by hundreds of supporters.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 07:13 UTC

  Turkey opens railway tunnel linking the Asian and European continents

  

  A railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait has been opened in Turkey, creating a new link between the Asian and European shores of Istanbul. The Marmaray tunnel is the world's first connecting two continents, and is designed to withstand earthquakes.