ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey will export 48 of its nationally produced KAAN fighter jets to Indonesia, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday, marking the first export deal for the advanced aircraft that is still in the development stage. The 48 KAAN fighter jets would be...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Ermine Erdogan wave to his supporters following his victory in the second round of the presidential election at the Presidential Palace in Ankara early May 29, 2023. Adem ALTAN / AFP ANKARA, Türkiye -- Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were among world...
Türkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) MOSCOW, Russia -- When Turks head to the polls on Sunday to decide a historic presidential election, the Kremlin will be hoping they give long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan a convincing victory, observers say. The winner will...
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...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- The stakes could hardly be higher for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Just three months before the biggest test of his political career, a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, killing more than 15,000 people. On May 14, Turkey will vote in...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey was not looking to seize any Syrian territory despite stepping up its attacks against Kurdish forces in the war-torn country's north. Erdogan's comments came days after a Turkish air strikes on a Syrian border post run by...
LVIV, Ukraine -- Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- Turkey has told the United Nations that, at the behest of its president, it wishes from now on to be called "Turkiye" in all languages, the UN announced Thursday. "The change is immediate," Stephane Dujarric, the UN chief's spokesperson, told AFP by email. He noted...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will ask Russian leader Vladimir Putin to be an "architect of peace" and stop the war in Ukraine, Turkish media reported Friday. Erdogan, who has been trying to broker peace between Moscow and Kyiv, made the comments while returning from a...
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday told US counterpart Joe Biden that mediating the Ukraine-Russia war was important to Ankara, after the two sides' top diplomats held talks in Turkey. Ankara has close ties with Moscow and Kyiv and hosted a landmark meeting...
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said US President Joe Biden had "bloody hands" because of his support of Israel in the raging conflict in the Gaza Strip. The Turkish president's comments in a nationally televised address represented one of his strongest attacks on Biden since his arrival in...
