The Latest Breaking News from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Hundreds protest Sweden's new anti-terror laws

STOCKHOLM: Hundreds of people protested in Stockholm on Sunday against new anti-terror legislation that was passed to address Turkey's opposition to Sweden joining NATO.

Bangkok Post · Jun 5, 2023

Can market veteran Simsek pull Turkey’s economy back from brink?

New finance minister is widely respected by foreign investors and known for his orthodox economic approach.

Al Jazeera · Jun 4, 2023

No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says representatives from Turkey and Sweden will meet in just over a week to try to bridge their differences about the Nordic country joining the military alliance

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2023

Turkey's Erdogan faces economic hurdles following election victory

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in for a fifth term on Saturday after winning re-election last weekend. But he will have little time to rest with the threat of a financial crisis and a tricky balancing act between Russia and Turkey's traditional Western allies.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 3, 2023

Turkey’s Erdogan takes oath as president after historic win

Turkish president takes the seat of power for another five-year term after he is sworn in at parliament.

Al Jazeera · Jun 3, 2023

Erdogan sworn in as he begins third term as Turkey's president

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the oath of office for a new five-year presidential term on Saturday, extending his rule into a third decade.

France 24 · Jun 3, 2023

Turkey's Erdogan signals economic U-turn in picking orthodox Simsek

President Tayyip Erdogan signalled on Saturday his newly-elected government would return to more orthodox economic policies when he named Mehmet Simsek to his cabinet to tackle Turkey's cost-of-living crisis and other strains.

Reuters · Jun 3, 2023

Turkey's Erdogan set to take oath for 3rd term in office, announce new Cabinet lineup

Turkey’s longtime president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is to be sworn in for his third term

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2023

Erdogan backs Kurdish Islamist party – and women pay the price

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s alliance with Huda-Par, a hardline Kurdish Islamist party with a shadowy past, for the 2023 vote sparked howls of condemnations. It was part of a strategy to win the Kurdish vote, but women fear that they will pay the price.

France 24 · Jun 2, 2023

Trump and Erdogan are a lot alike

The man who just won reelection as Turkey’s president appeals heavily, like Trump, to rural, less educated and more religious voters, with a simplistic but incendiary message of national pride and traditional values.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2023