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"Our stand on Kashmir is very clear," says MEA after Turkish President Tay
Updated : 8 months ago IST
India rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's UNGA remarks on Kashmir, stressing the issue is bilateral and needs no third-party role. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal lodged a protest with Ankara, called the comments objectionable, and said Pakistan's cross-border terrorism rem
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Polling stations closed after Turkey presidential election
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Turks have finished voting for one of the most consequential elections in Turkey, a contest that could bring an end to or extend President Tayyip Erdogan's 20-year rule.
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Erdogan demands demilitarization of Greek islands and threatens a new oper
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] June 6 (ANI): Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, taking advantage of the fact that international attention is focused on the war in Ukraine, has made a flurry of provocative statements against Greece - one of his favourite targets - and threatens to launch a new ope
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Erdogan expects inflation in Turkey to slow down after May
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The situation with inflation in Turkey will begin to "regress" after May and the first positive developments in the country's economy will be observed in late 2022, given the steps and precautions taken by the government, Turkish President Tayyip Erdo
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Turkey govt demands 11 years jail for Turkish journalist who allegedly ins
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], February 13 (ANI): A Turkish prosecutor's office demanded 11 years in jail for Sedef Kabas, a prominent journalist, on charges of insulting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and two ministers in his cabinet.
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Erdogan and Bahceli move to ban Turkey's third largest party
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], March 22 (ANI): Before the ink was dry on President Tayyip Erdogan's much touted "Human Rights Action Plan," announced on March 2, the autocratic President of Turkey showed his real "commitment" to human rights, by granting the wish of his ultra-nationalist ally Devlet Bahc
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Erdogan wants to write a new constitution in his own favour
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 22 (ANI): Quite unexpectedly Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on February 1 that the country needed a new 'democratic" constitution that would replace the 1982 constitution drawn by Turkish generals in the wake of the military coup of 1980. But what prompt
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Erdogan is moving Turkey towards Russia and China
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] February 1 (ANI): Facing sanctions from both the EU (European Union) and the US for a series of actions that caused anger and irritation to Ankara's western allies, President Tayyip Erdogan is gradually changing the orientation of Turkey and is moving away from the West a
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Erdogan's belligerent policies leave Turkey more isolated than ever
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Nicosia (Cyprus), November 02 (ANI): In the past few years Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has reversed the policy of his country from "zero problems with neighbours" and from a model of Muslim democracy and ally, into a country with almost zero friends and allies, while Ankara is currently
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Are Erdogan's ambitions for a superpower status for Turkey crumbling?
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], October 5 (ANI): Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan back in June 2018 declared that his next goal would be to make Turkey a "top ten world power" and spoke about his country's increasing influence in international affairs.
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US 'strongly objects' to Turkish President hosting Hamas leaders
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], August 26 (ANI): Objecting to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosting two Hamas leaders in Istanbul, US on Tuesday said (local time) Erdogan's continued outreach to this terrorist organization only serves to isolate Turkey from the international community.
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Turkish Soldiers death toll in Syria's air strike in Idlib rises to 29
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Idlib [Syria], Feb 28 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of Turkish soldiers killed in an air strike in Syria's Idlib has risen to 29 with a total of 36 people injured, Hatay Province Governor Rahmi Dogan said on Friday.
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