Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday mooted the possibility of renaming Istanbul’s Hagia Sofia museum as a mosque, in comments during a television interview.
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Erdogan calls for fight on Islamophobia as on anti-Semitism
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called for a global fight against rising Islamophobia like “anti-Semitism after the Holocaust” following the deadly attacks on two New Zealand mosques.
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Erdogan lambasts Brussels over EU-Arab summit
Turkish President Erdogan lashes out at Sisi over Egypt executions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply criticised his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after the recent execution of nine people in Egypt…
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Erdogan says won’t go back on S-400 deal with Russia
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would not “turn back” on a deal with Moscow to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems in comments published on Saturday.
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Erdogan in Moscow for talks with Putin on Syria safe zone
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold Syria talks in Moscow on Wednesday, with Turkey saying they will focus on Ankara’s so-called “security zone” in northern Syria.
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Turkey seeks over 200 arrests over Gulen ties
Turkish police on Tuesday launched operations across the country to detain over 200 people, including soldiers, suspected of ties to the group blamed for the 2016 coup attempt, local media reported.
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Turkey hits back at Trump threats over Kurds
Turkey on Monday vowed to keep up the fight against a US-backed Kurdish militia it views as terrorists after Donald Trump warned of economic devastation if Ankara attacks Kurdish forces as American troops withdraw.
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Bolton in Turkey to discuss US pullout from Syria
The White House’s National Security adviser John Bolton met with Ankara officials on Tuesday to discuss the surprise withdrawal of US troops from Syria, as the Turkish president hailed the pullout as “the right call”.
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Ruling party picks ex-PM as Istanbul mayor candidate
Turkey’s last prime minister was on Saturday chosen as the ruling party’s mayoral candidate for Istanbul in a bid to ensure the country’s biggest city remains in its hands after 2019 elections.
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