Tayyip Erdogan

  • GENOCIDE: Turkey to join South Africa’s case against Israel in UN

    Turkey will file a request with a U.N. court Wednesday to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel, a Turkish official said. Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands will submit a declaration of intervention to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said. Turkey, one of the fiercest critics of…

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  • Turkey’s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office on Saturday, ushering in his third presidential term that followed three stints as prime minister. President Erdogan was sworn in during a session in parliament before an inauguration ceremony at his sprawling palace complex. Supporters waited outside parliament despite the heavy rain, covering his…

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  • The ongoing rift between Qatar and its neighboring gulf states — the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Maldives, Egypt and Bahrain — was blamed on a possible hack from Vladimir Putin’s government but while Russia denied those allegations, Donald Trump takes center stage for inciting a campaign against the tiny landlocked emirate. Image shows Donald…

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly accepted his visiting Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, and  explained his hopes that Ankara could fully restore order after a failed military coup last month. Image shows Erdogan and Putin. Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow always opposed unconstitutional actions, and will only show respect to the Rule of Law. Erdogan’s trip to…

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