The Treaty of Lausanne is due to expire in 2023. This has triggered a debate on how Turkey sees the opportunity and how it would choose to act. Will it seek to resurrect the Ottoman Empire or something resembling it in Europe? Will the geopolitical maps be redrawn? Will Turkey project hard power leading to […]
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Erdogan’s election setback dents hopes for big economic reforms in Turkey
President Tayyip Erdogan’s losses in local elections have dented investors’ hopes that Turkey will adopt painful reforms they say are needed to stabilise the economy as he moves to shore up his political base. Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted AK Party (AKP), in power nationally since 2002, lost control of the capital Ankara and the business hub Istanbul […]
Erdogan’s AK Party to seek recount of all Istanbul votes
President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party is seeking a full recount of all votes cast in local elections in Istanbul, a senior party official said on Sunday, a week after initial results showed a narrow victory for Turkey’s main opposition party. The AKP is reeling from its apparent loss of the mayoralties of Istanbul and the […]
Turkish opposition still claims lead in Istanbul recount
Turkey’s main opposition candidate in Sunday’s Istanbul local elections said on Friday he remained ahead by 18,742 votes after a recount of invalid votes in 17 of the city’s 39 districts. Late on Thursday, election officials expanded the vote recount in Istanbul, broadcaster CNN Turk said, as President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party pushed its appeal […]
Shehbaz, Erdogan exchange Eid greetings, discuss Pak-Turkey ties
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif exchanged Eid greetings with Turkish President Tayyab Erdogan on Friday. The two leaders wished a joyous and happy Eid to one another via a telephone conversation, while they also pondered upon the relationship between Pakistan and Turkey. President Erdogan also inquired about former PM Nawaz Sharif and [...]
Erdogan blasts Israel, labels it terror state
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused Israel of “state terror” and “genocide” after Israeli forces killed at least 55 Palestinians on the Gaza border. In one of his most vehement broadsides ever against the Jewish state, Erdogan also announced three days of national mourning over the deaths, as well as a giant protest […]
Erdogan urges recognition of Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged the world to recognise occupied East Jerusalem as the “capital of Palestine”, as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas warned there could be no peace in the Middle East until such a move was made. Erdogan opened in Istanbul an emergency summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic body the […]