Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement regarding Donald Trump's inauguration. "It is very important for Turkey to maintain ...

According to political scientist and economist Aydin Sezer, the issue of Syria and the Syrian Kurds will remain a serious problem ...

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Speaking to Justice and Development Party (AKP) supporters, Erdogan credited his country as supporting the brokerage of the ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who turns 71 next month and is in his third decade as the nation’s leader, has an appetite for power that appears as healthy as ever. On Monday, he declared ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ...

The tax on raki, brought in when Erdogan's AKP came to power in 2002, has jumped by more than 2,500% since 2010, a ...

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