ISTANBUL, Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opponent staged massive rival rallies on Sunday, setting the stage for a bruising battle in the final two weeks of Turkey's election campaign. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP) The veteran Turkish leader filled a...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dives Sunday into the final two-week stretch before a momentous election that has turned into a referendum on his two decades of divisive but transformative rule. The 69-year-old leader looked fighting fit as he strutted back on stage after...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkey's ailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday will try to offset his absence from the campaign trail weeks before crucial elections by unveiling a Russian-built nuclear plant by video link. Erdogan is also expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid condemned Turkey on Saturday for bombarding an area near Sulaimaniyah airport in the autonomous Kurdish region, a flashpoint between the two governments. "Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan region continue to take place, the last...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - The families of women murdered by men demonstrated Wednesday in defence of a prominent Turkish anti-femicide campaign group accused of activity against law and morals. Prosecutors had filed a lawsuit in April against We Will Stop Femicide Platform, one of the country's leading...
GENEVA, Switzerland- The United Nations said Friday it has so far raised a quarter of the money it needs for relief work in Turkey after the earthquake that killed more than 55,000 people. Donors have so far contributed $268 million to the $1 billion flash appeal issued by the UN following the...
ANKARA, Türkiye -- Türkiye on Thursday became the final NATO nation to ratify Finland's membership of the US-led defence alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers unanimously backed the Nordic country's accession two weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Flash floods killed at least 10 people living in tents and container housing set up across Turkey's quake-hit southeast on Wednesday, according to media reports. Several more people were swept away by the rushing water, which turned streets into muddy rivers in areas hit by last...
The Philippine government is set to send $200,000 in financial donations to the Syrian Arab Republic following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria and killed over 55,000 people last month. In a Facebook post, the Presidential Communications Office said the donation would be...
KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye -- Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Türkiye and Syria, leaving more than 25,000 dead. Tens of thousands of local and international rescue workers are still scouring through...
A man walks among collapsed buildings, a day after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region, in the coastal city of Samandag on February 21, 2023. - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Turkey's southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which left more than 41,000...
Malacañang has warned the public about a fake memorandum circulating online, saying government officials faced a two-day salary deduction to fund the Philippines' Türkiye-Syria earthquake relief fund. Photo from the Official Gazette The Palace, through the Official Gazette Facebook page, said...
