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Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Istanbul
Turkish authorities have issued 47 arrest warrants for municipal officials and staff across Istanbul, whose mayor—the main political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan—has been jailed since March, the state news agency Anadolu reported on Saturday. The warrants were based on "four separate corruption investigations centered ...
This is Beirut, 16/05 10:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Turkey Ukraine Russia Recep Tayyip Erdogan Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine and Russia plan on Friday in Istanbul to hold their first direct peace talks in more than three years. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had travelled to Turkey but said he would not attend the talks, after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin declined his calls for face-to-face negotiations. Tens of thousands have been killed ...
This is Beirut, 11/05 14:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Emmanuel Macron Turkey Ukraine
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday told Russian and French leaders that a "historic turning point" has been reached in efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and that Ankara was ready to host talks between the two warring parties, his office said. NATO member Turkey has sought to maintain good relations with both of its ...
This is Beirut, 03/04 10:02 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria Israel Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Israeli bombardment killed nine people in Syria as troops conducted a raid in the south, the local government and a war monitor said, with the Israeli army saying its forces were responding to fire from militants. The shelling came after an "Israeli incursion", with "the occupation forces advancing for the first time to this ...
This is Beirut, 24/03 15:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey Arrests Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ekrem Imamoglu
Turkish police have detained more than 1,100 people, including journalists, since the arrest of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival sparked the country's worst unrest in years, a minister said on Monday. The demonstrations began in Istanbul after Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest last week and have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 ...
This is Beirut, 23/03 12:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Turkey Ekrem Imamoglu Recep Tayyip Erdogan Protests
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's legal team will appeal a court decision Sunday that formalized the key opposition figure's arrest in a graft probe, one of the lawyers told AFP. Separately, the court decided against formalizing his arrest in a "terror" probe. Imamoglu's detention on Wednesday over both investigations has ...
This is Beirut, 22/03 19:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey Protests Ekrem Imamoglu Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Huge crowds gathered outside Istanbul City Hall late Saturday for a fourth night of protests over the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who has blasted official allegations against him as "immoral and baseless". The demonstrations, which began in Istanbul on Wednesday, have since spread to more than 55 of Turkey's 81 provinces, ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, remained in police custody Thursday over graft and terror allegations after his arrest the day before, as his party called for more protests in Turkey's largest city. Imamoglu of the main opposition CHP is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and his detention came just days before the ...
This is Beirut, 11/03 20:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey Syria Recep Tayyip Erdogan
An agreement to integrate autonomous Kurdish institutions in Syria's northeast into the new Syrian national government will "serve peace," Turkey's president said on Tuesday. "The full implementation of the agreement reached yesterday will serve Syria's security and peace. The winner will be all of our Syrian brothers," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told ...
This is Beirut, 18/02 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday criticized US-Russia talks for excluding Kyiv, saying efforts to end the war must be "fair" and involve European countries, including Turkey. His remarks came after Washington and Moscow said they would name teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine during their first ...
This is Beirut, 04/02 21:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey Ahmad al-Sharaa Recep Tayyip Erdogan Syria
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday hailed Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa for his "strong commitment" to fighting terror as the newly installed interim president made his first visit to Turkey. Sharaa flew to Ankara from Saudi Arabia where he had sought Riyadh's support to fund Syria's reconstruction and revive its economy after 13 years of civil ...
This is Beirut, 03/02 15:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey Sryria Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Syria's interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa will visit Turkey on Tuesday on his second international visit since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad in December, the Turkish presidency said. He went to Saudi Arabia on Sunday. War-ravaged Syria is looking to wealthy Gulf countries to finance reconstruction and revive its economy. Sharaa "will pay a ...