Turkish president urges dialogueTurkey's president called on Wednesday for dialogue with legitimate demonstrators after riot police cleared the Istanbul square at the centre of almost two weeks of protest against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdog More… |
Anger at Erdogan's authoritarianism boils overTurkey's most violent riots in decades may have been started by the destruction of a small Istanbul park, but they have exploded in a show of defiance at what many see as the creeping authoritarianism of Prim More… |
Thousands take to streets in TurkeyTens of thousands of people took to the streets in Turkey's four biggest cities on Sunday and clashed with riot police firing tear gas on the third day of the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years. The din of car ho More… |
Turkish PM calls for immediate end to protestsTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called for an immediate end on Saturday to the fiercest anti-government demonstrations for years, as thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in Istanbul and Ankara for a second day. T More… |
Turkey PM slams UN over Syria inactionTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuked the UN Security Council for inaction over Syria on Saturday as war intensified across the country, saying the world body of superpowers was repeating mistakes that led to massacres in Bosnia in the 1 More… |
Turkish army hits back after Syrian mortar strikeThe Turkish military returned fire after a mortar bomb shot from Syria landed in countryside in southern Turkey on Saturday, the state-run Anatolian news agency reported. It was the latest in a series of Turkish retaliatory attack More… |
Erdogan warns Syria of Turkish wrathTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told Syria to beware the wrath of Turkey after Friday's shooting down of a warplane and said he had given orders to the armed forces to react to any threat approaching Turkish borders from Syria. E More… |
Egypt's Islamists warn Turkish PM over roleEgypt's most powerful Islamist group warned Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that his country should not seek to dominate the Middle East despite his enthusiastic welcome at the start of a regional tour. After his widely praised call More… |
Turkey's Erdogan vows consensus after big winTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party has won a resounding third consecutive election victory, but the leader will need to seek consensus to push ahead with a planned new constitution. Erdogan, whose AK has transformed Muslim Tu More… |








