The Latest Breaking News from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkey’s president has announced a significant reduction in taxes on basic food supplies as the country faces rampant inflation and numerous protests over eroding living standards

A Turkish prosecutor's office demanded 11 years in jail for a prominent journalist on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and two ministers in his cabinet, Turkish news agencies reported on Friday. Last month, a court ordered Sedef Kabas, a 52-year-old television journalist who mainly covers Turkish politics, to…

Face coverings still required in indoor public spaces in Spain; UK records 66,638 daily infections and 206 Covid-linked deaths

Turkey's main opposition leader said he will not pay his power bills until Tayyip Erdogan withdraws recent price hikes, and the president's ruling party slammed the move on Thursday as a provocation amid growing discontent over surging inflation.

Shopkeepers, city councils and a religious community group spoke out over surging energy bills in Turkey on Tuesday, while doctors held a one-day strike over working conditions as a wave of inflation-fueled discontent spread across the country. Inflation leaped to near 50% in January, raising the cost of living for…

Police rescue Keir Starmer from protesters; Sweden move comes as country plans to remove Omicron restrictions on Wednesday

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has tested positive for COVID-19, he tweeted Saturday. "Today my wife and I tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms. Thankfully, we´re experiencing slight symptoms that we have learned is the omicron variant," he wrote. "We are on duty. We will continue to work at…

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he and his wife tested positive for Covid-19.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has tested positive for COVID-19