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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Cyprus sends a message to Turkey
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Sunday's visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus- the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 23 years- is seen in Nicosia as sending a message to Turkey, which has been occupying one third of the island since 1974 and which has assisted Paki
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Indian boycott expected to aggravate further the dire economic situation o
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has always supported Pakistan's claims in Kashmir, supplied more than 350 drones and some military operatives to Pakistan, involving himself like an uninvited guest in Pakistan's conflict with India in Kashmir this month.
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Lebanon, previously described as Switzerland of Middle East, is now in com
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Lebanon, which in the past was called the “Switzerland of the Middle East” is now in complete meltdown, due to widespread corruption and reckless and unrestrained public spending by the various factions controlling the political life in the country.
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Erdogan toured Gulf States seeking economic injections for Turkey’s ailing
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, shortly after clinching another five-year term in the recent elections, last week embarked on an effort to save Turkey’s faltering economy, by making a tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, seeking investments and financial support from the
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Tehran turns clock back on hijab rules, continues to ban reformists from p
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Many reformist politicians in Iran are pondering whether to submit their candidacy in next February's elections since it is almost certain that the Guardian Council will disqualify their candidacies.
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Turkish president Erdogan tries to play peacemaker in Middle east
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
However, the Turkish President adamantly refused to apply the Western sanctions on Moscow. At the same time, he uses his special relationship with President Vladimir Putin and offers to act as mediator between the warring sides.
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Turkey's Grand National Assembly transformed by Erdogan into rubber-stamp
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
At the beginning of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rule, the reforms he made in the political system and the economy, coupled with the fact that he succeeded to rein in and neutralize the role of the Turkish Army, which for many decades was the final arbiter of political life in
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Has Erdogan really replaced "Erdoganomics" with orthodox economics?
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, having succeeded in getting re-elected for a third time as Turkey's President, in the face of the big economic crisis plaguing his country, has given some indications that he may replace his unorthodox economic policies, dubbed by prestigious foreign media as "Erdoga
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After 12-year boycott, Arab governments welcome back Syrian President Assa
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
What is surprising is that Bashar al-Assad did not show any willingness to make concessions or reciprocate or at least promise to facilitate the return of refugees to their homes without fear of persecution.
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Turkish President Erdogan unveils new cabinet line-up, replaces 16 of 18 p
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The three ministers were generally seen as people who are very close to Erdogan and who would continue in their respective posts because they implemented his policies so faithfully that they were even "more royalists than the king."
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Erdogan to continue ruling Turkey for a third decade
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proved to the world once again that he is too hard to die politically.
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Erdogan counts on nationalism, security and defiance of the West to win th
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the inconclusive elections held on May 14, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan beating expectations, defied dozens of polls predicting that his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu will lead the elections and proved that he correctly focussed on winning over nationalists and promising a strong
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