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NATO, Turkish, Swedish and Finnish flags are seen in this illustration taken May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register ISTANBUL, May 25 (Reuters) – Ankara observed a positive attitude towards lifting of an arms exports embargo during talks with delegations from NATO applicants Finland and Sweden, President Tayyip …

The currency was trading Monday at around 8.12 per US dollar, weakening about 12% from Friday. It had slipped even further against the greenback earlier in the morning. The lira’s fall came after Erdogan dismissed Turkish central bank governor Naci Agbal by way of presidential decree early Saturday. Agbal had served less than five months …

Erdogan suggested Saturday that the French President needed “some sort of mental treatment” over his attitude towards Muslims in France. “What is Macron’s problem with Islam? What is his problem with Muslims?” Erdogan said, speaking at his Justice and Development Party meeting in Kayseri. Erdogan added: “Macron needs some sort of mental treatment. What else …

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey’s president on Wednesday of breaking promises made at a conference on Libya after Turkish warships and Syrian fighters arrived in the north African country. “I want to express my concerns with regard to the behaviour of Turkey at the moment, which is in complete contradiction with what …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the Syrian government of breaking a ceasefire agreement and killing 20 people in the opposition-held province of Idlib. The deal came into effect last Sunday but violence has continued, pushing more people from their homes and protesters on to the streets. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis reports. Source link

Erdogan rejected a U.S. offer to broker a truce, saying in a speech before parliament Wednesday that Turkey had “never in its history sat down at a table with terrorist groups.” Turkish officials view Syrian Kurdish forces as terrorists for their links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has waged a decades-long war for …

WASHINGTON — Three times over the past year, President Trump has spoken with Turkey’s leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and told Mr. Erdogan what he wanted to hear. Last December, Mr. Trump stunned his own national security team by abruptly deciding to pull American troops out of Syria, clearing the way for Mr. Erdogan’s long-sought incursion …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended Teknofest, a technology and aerospace fair in Istanbul, on Saturday. “I see this place as a platform that shows what our young people can do, even with very limited opportunities in the field of technology,” Erdoğan said. “This year, Teknofest has broken a record with nearly 17,400 and 2,000 …

ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey was confronting recriminations within his governing party and the wider circle of his supporters on Monday as the scale of the defeat of his candidate in the Istanbul mayoral race became clear. The opposition candidate, Ekrem Imamoglu, emerged as the landslide winner of the mayoral election redo …