Recep Tayyip Erdogan
NATO member Turkey's President Erdogan backs Hamas, calls Netanyahu's Israel government 'today's Nazis'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke out in support of Hamas Saturday, decrying claims that the group is a terror organization and insisting that his government stands behind it.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib brands Benjamin Netanyahu a ‘genocidal maniac’ and warns she won’t ‘ever forget’ colleagues who met with him
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is calling out her colleagues who have sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the ongoing war between his country and the terror group...
Netanyahu slams Turkish prez for Kurdish 'genocide' after being compared to Hitler
PM Benjamin Netanyahu eviscerated Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in response to him likening the war in Israel to Nazi Germany's policies toward the Jews.
Turkish lawmaker who had heart attack after saying Israel 'will suffer the wrath of Allah' dies
Hasan Bitmez died Thursday after spending two days on life support following his collapse.
Turkish lawmaker has a heart attack moments after saying Israel 'will suffer the wrath of Allah'
Startling footage shows Hasan Bitmez, 53, standing behind the podium before suddenly falling to the ground while addressing the Grand Assembly of the Turkish National Assembly.
Don’t let Gaza refugees be used as a weapon
It’s been called the population weapon, and it’s an effective way to blackmail Europe.
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas 'not a terrorist organization,' blames The West for 'massacre in Gaza'
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey blamed “the West” for what he called “the massacre unfolding in Gaza” at a huge pro-Palestine rally in Istabul Saturday -- despite his nation's...
Turkey — a key NATO player — is headed for serious economic turmoil
With Turkey’s inflation surging and a balance-of-payments crisis looming, Turkish President Recep Erdogan has been forced to row back on his economic policy.
Turkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO membership bid, ending standoff
The head of NATO announced Monday that Turkey has agreed to let Sweden into the Atlantic alliance after months of stalling Stockholm's bid. The breakthrough came after talks between NATO...
'Clash of Civilizations': Why Russia can't beat Ukraine
Samuel Huntington got Ukraine wrong. That’s what a casual reader of “The Clash of Civilizations?” — published in Foreign Affairs 30 years ago this summer — might think.
Incumbent President Erdogan declares victory in Turkey
Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in his country's runoff election, extending his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.
Miracle rescues continue in Turkey and Syria as death toll from earthquake nears 26,000
Rescuers clawed 67 survivors from the debris of destroyed buildings in the previous 24 hours, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told reporters overnight.
Turkey smites critics with Twitter ban — despite it being crucial survivor lifeline
Turkey is cracking down on social media after being devastated by an earthquake earlier this week, censoring Twitter and arresting online detractors.
Tragic photo shows father holding dead daughter's hand after Turkey quake
Mesut Hancer was photographed grasping the lifeless hand of his 15-year-old daughter, Irmak, in Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
Death toll in Turkey, Syria tops 5,000 as rescuers race against time
The death toll from a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept climbing to more than 5,000 people.
Erdogan fiddles in Moscow as Istanbul burns — and the global economy could feel the heat
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin and meddling in the Russian-Ukraine war.
Putin snubbed by Turkish president ahead of Tehran talks
The Turkish president was nearly a minute late to a planned photo op with Putin, leaving the ex-spy to twist and fidget before the cameras.
Putin goes to Iran in first trip outside former USSR since Ukraine invasion
Putin's trip is just the second journey known to take him outside Russia since he launched the Ukraine invasion Feb. 24.
Turkey's Erdogan renews threat to block Finland and Sweden from NATO
Erdogan threatened to "freeze" NATO membership for Sweden and Finland unless they stick to their pledges to crack down on terrorist groups.
NATO poised to sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland
The 30 NATO allies are set to sign off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance...