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'Erdogan is openly calling for re-establishment of caliphate in Turkey'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 3 (ANI): Ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO world heritage site and museum, as a mosque, critics have questioned whether the move is a long-running attempt to undo Turkish secularism or an effort to bring calip
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Erdogan joins hundreds of worshippers for first Muslim prayers at Hagia So
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], July 24 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by a cabinet minister and other top officials, joined hundreds of worshippers to recite the first Muslim prayers inside Hagia Sophia on Friday, Al Jazeera reported.
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Erdogan visits Hagia Sophia after reconversion to mosque
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 20 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday paid a surprise visit to Hagia Sophia just days before the first Muslim prayer is scheduled to be held at the Istanbul landmark since it was reconverted to a mosque last week.
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Turkey reports over 1,100 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkey confirmed over 1,100 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, while the death toll increased by more than 30 in that period, the country's health minister Fahrettin Koca said.
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Turkish President refuses to accept Interior Minister's resignation
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 13 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to accept Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu's resignation, according to the country's Presidential administration.
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Turkish institutions 'take steps in coordination' to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara[Turkey], Mar 24 (ANI): Turkish authorities and institutions continue taking steps in coordination to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
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Erdogan assured Turkey wants to remain member of NATO: Merkel
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Mar 18 (Sputnik/ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday after a video conference with Turkish, French and UK leaders that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had assured that Ankara was eager to remain a NATO member.
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Erdogan to discuss migrant issues with EU in Brussels
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Mar 9 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (local time) said that he will hold talks with European Union officials in Brussels, as he called in Greece to "open the gates" for refugees at Turkey's border trying to get into Europe.
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Russian S-400 air defence systems will enter service in Turkey in April, s
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 6 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian-made S-400 air defence missile systems will enter service in Turkey in April, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
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Turkey 'neutralized' 21 Syrian troops in Idlib
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Mar 06 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkey "neutralized" 21 Syrian troops in Syria's Idlib in response to a death of a Turkish soldier earlier this week, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported citing the country's Defense Ministry.
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Erdogan's 'factually inaccurate' remarks on Delhi violence driven by his p
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 05 (ANI): India on Thursday termed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks on Delhi violence as "factually inaccurate" and "driven by his own political agenda".
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Erdogan to meet Putin, Merkel, Macron on March 5 to discuss Syria crisis
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 23 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron next month to discuss the situation in northwest Syria.
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