Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Turkey convicts US pastor but lets him leave
World | Oct 12, 2018, 08:36 PM ISTThe court near the western city of Izmir on Friday sentenced Andrew Brunson to 3 years and 1 month in prison for the conviction, but since the evangelical pastor has already spent two years in detention he won’t serve more time.
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US waging economic war against Turkey, says President Erdogan
World | Aug 12, 2018, 08:46 AM IST20-year-old US pastor Andrew Brunson was arrested by the Turkish authorities two years ago and is accused of being linked to the PKK Kurdish guerrilla organization and to cleric Fetullah Gulen.
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Turkey President Erdogan triggers yet another controversy; calls Israel 'fascist', 'racist' over nation state law
World | Jul 24, 2018, 11:15 PM ISTAddressing lawmakers in Ankara Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Israel “the world’s most Zionist, fascist, racist state.”
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FIFA World Cup 2018: Germany makes Mesut Ozil the scapegoat for early exit
Football | Jul 10, 2018, 07:13 PM ISTOzil has been in the firing line since he and national teammate Ilkay Gundogan posed for photos with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May.
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935 terrorists neutralised in Syria, says Turkish President Erdogan
World | Feb 05, 2018, 10:49 AM ISTTurkey lost eight soldiers on Saturday, including five killed after their tank was hit by the Kurdish militia known as the People's Protection Units.
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US to stop arming Syrian Kurds: Donald Trump tells Turkish President
World | Nov 25, 2017, 12:52 PM ISTIn a phone call with Erdogan, Trump said he’d “given clear instructions” that the Kurds will receive no more weapons — “and that this nonsense should have ended a long time ago,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
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US and Turkey discuss possibility of regime change in Syria
World | Nov 23, 2014, 06:57 AM ISTIstanbul: US Vice President Joe Biden met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul Saturday and discussed the possibility of a transition of power in Syria."On Syria, we discussed ... not only to deny the
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Muslims discovered Americas 300 years before Columbus, says Turkish President
World | Nov 17, 2014, 07:13 PM ISTIstanbul : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming that Muslim sailors reached the Americas more than 300 years before explorer Christopher Columbus.Speaking Saturday at a gathering of Muslim leaders from Latin America, Erdogan said
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President confident of closer ties with Turkey
World | Oct 28, 2014, 12:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday greeted Turkey on the eve of its national day and expressed confidence that bilateral relations between the two countries will deepen as time progresses.In his message to Recep Tayyip
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Turkey president slams parties instigating street violence
World | Oct 11, 2014, 07:07 AM ISTAnkara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accused pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party ( HDP) and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) of instigating anti-Islamic State (IS) protests, leaving over 30 people killed.The Turkish
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President Pranab Mukherjee congratulates Turkey's new President
India | Aug 25, 2014, 02:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday congratulated Turkey's former prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his election as the country's President."On behalf of the people of India and on my own behalf, it gives
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Erdogan emerges victorious in Turkey's first direct Presidential election
World | Aug 11, 2014, 06:55 AM ISTAnkara: Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the country's first direct Presidential election in the first round on Sunday, an unofficial vote count showed, ensuring he remains at the country's helm for at least
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Egypt summons Turkish diplomat over Gaza remarks
World | Jul 21, 2014, 06:48 AM ISTCairo: The Egyptian foreign ministry summoned the Turkish charge d'affaires on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent statements.The Turkish prime minister has criticised Egypt's handling of the conflict between Israel and Hamas
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Turkish PM says Israel is 'more barbaric than Hitler'
World | Jul 20, 2014, 11:28 PM ISTAnkara: Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while lambasting Israel's ground invasion of Gaza,on Sunday accused the Israeli government of "barbarism that surpasses Hitler", a leading British daily reported."(Israelis) have no conscience, no honour, no
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Park at the centre of Turkish protests reopened
World | Jul 08, 2013, 07:29 PM ISTIstanbul, July 08: Istanbul's governor re-opened to the public an Istanbul park that was at the centre of weeks of anti-government protests but warned he would not allow it to become a point for more
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Pro-govt, anti-govt protesters clash in Turkey
World | Jun 09, 2013, 04:26 PM ISTAnkara, June 9: Turkey's state-run agency says pro- and anti-government protesters have clashed for the second time since demonstrations against the nation's leader began 10 days ago.Meanwhile, the unrest showed no sign of abating, as