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Erdogan Hints the End of More than Two Decades in Power

par This Is Beirut, 09/03 00:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that the country's March local elections would be his last, suggesting an end to his more than two decades in power. It was the first time that Erdogan, who has been in power since 2003, has spoken about leaving office. "I am working non-stop. We're running around breathlessly because for ...

The Turks Head to the Polls in Local Elections

par This Is Beirut, 31/03 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkish voters headed to the polls on Sunday in municipal elections, with all eyes on Istanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to pry away from the opposition. As soon as he clinched re-election as president last May -- he has been head of state since 2014 -- Erdogan launched the campaign to reclaim the city of 16 ...

Turkey Restricts Exports to Israel, Which Vows to Respond

par This Is Beirut, 09/04 10:19 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkey restricted its exports to Israel on Tuesday, in response to the Gaza war and growing anger among the Turkish population against maintaining trade relations with Israel, which has promised retaliatory measures. Turkey said it would impose trade restrictions on Israel starting Tuesday over the war in Gaza, covering a range of products ...

Erdogan to Host Hamas Leader Haniyeh This Weekend

par This Is Beirut, 17/04 15:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Wednesday that he would host a leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Turkey this weekend. "The leader of the Palestinian cause will be my guest this weekend," Erdogan, an outspoken critic of Israel, told lawmakers. While Erdogan did not say where he would meet the Hamas ...

Erdogan Says May Invite Assad, a Sign of Reconciliation

par This Is Beirut, 07/07 15:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he might invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to Turkey "at any moment," in a sign of reconciliation after the 2011 war broke ties between Ankara and Damascus. "We may send an invitation (to Assad) at any moment," Erdogan told journalists aboard a plane from Berlin, where he watched Euro ...

Five Ways Turkey Is Building Its Influence in Africa

par This Is Beirut, 21/07 13:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkey is pushing for diplomatic and economic influence on the world stage – not least in Africa, where it announced plans this week to search for oil and gas off Somalia. Over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power, Ankara has consolidated its foothold on the continent, quadrupling its number of embassies there. Here are five ...

Assad Met Putin in Moscow to Discuss Middle East "Escalation"

par This Is Beirut, 25/07 11:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Vladimir Putin met Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Moscow to discuss what the Russian leader described as an "escalation" in the Middle East, images on television showed Thursday. The meeting late Wednesday comes at a time when Russia, which saved Assad's government through its military intervention in 2015 during a civil war, could mediate ...

Instagram: Erdogan Slams Social Media 'Fascism'

par This Is Beirut, 05/08 18:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused social media networks of "fascism" and censorship on Monday as his government blocked Instagram for a fourth day. The United States-owned platform, which has an estimated 50-60 million subscribers in Turkey, has been accused by government officials of censorship and failing to remove posts the ...

Turkey and Egypt Deepen Cooperation as They Mend Ties

par This Is Beirut, 04/09 20:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egypt's leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said they wanted to deepen their cooperation as they met in Ankara Wednesday to seal their mended ties. "We will strengthen our cooperation in all areas," said Erdogan, who visited Sisi in Cairo in mid-February when the two leaders said they had turned over a "new ...

Erdogan Accuses Israel of "Shamelessly" Attacking UN Chief

par This Is Beirut, 04/10 20:07 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused Israel of "shamelessly" attacking UN chief Antonio Guterres by declaring him "persona non grata" for not quickly condemning Iran's ballistic missile barrage. Israel "is shamelessly challenging UN Secretary-General Guterres," Erdogan told an audience at a defense technology fair in the ...

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