Mr Altan was locked up in the wake of the failed coup in 2016. This month the writer was released—and rearrested “I HOLD OUT my hands and they handcuff me,” Ahmet Altan wrote in his prison memoir, recalling the moment a court sentenced him to life without parole on trumped-up …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is slated to visit President Trump at the White House on Wednesday. For Trump, it may be a welcome diversion. Erdogan’s visit, after all, coincides with the launch of the first public hearings in the House’s impeachment inquiry into the president. The two leaders share a distrust …
But the economy remains vulnerable to external shocks Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, once called high interest rates “the mother of all evil”. Murat Uysal, its new central-bank governor, must then be close to angelic. Since Mr Erdogan sacked Mr Uysal’s predecessor four months ago for refusing to slash interest …
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he will never allow electronic cigarette companies to produce their products in Turkey, urging Turks to drink tea instead. Speaking at an event against smoking in Istanbul, Erdogan said he had ordered his Trade Minister “never” to allow e-cigarettes in …
The alliance goes back more than 60 years—and it’s been decades of disappointments for both sides. “We think that this is a bad idea.” A senior State Department official told reporters yesterday that the Turkish attacks on northeastern Syria targeting Kurdish fighters who have been America’s best partners in defeating …
Donald Trump’s decision to stand down American forces as Turkish tanks rolled into northeastern Syria to push back a Kurdish militia was met with concern by the president’s backers in Washington and U.S. allies beyond. An international coalition destroyed Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate centered in Syria, but what happens in this Middle Eastern country …
WASHINGTON — Once again, a phone call between President Trump and a foreign leader is jangling international alliances, roiling domestic politics in the United States and raising uneasy questions about foreign policy in the hands of an unpredictable U.S. head of state whose personal business interests might not be transparent. Trump’s interlocutor this time …
American troops ‘will no longer be in the immediate area’ casting uncertainty on the fate of their Kurdish allies. American troops have begun withdrawing from northeast Syria ahead of a Turkish invasion that Kurdish fighters say will overturn the victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) armed …
12,000 years of history are at stake in Turkey It is quite a sight to behold. The piles of a medieval bridge, each the size of a large building, rise from the waters of the Tigris river. Cliffs riddled with thousands of neolithic caves, some still used as homes or animal …
ISTANBUL — Even before he began his first day at work as Istanbul’s new mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu was being talked about as the man who could challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the leadership of Turkey in four years’ time. For the moment he is avoiding the question, and insists …
ISTANBUL — It was bad enough for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey that his chosen candidate lost again in a do-over election for mayor of Istanbul. But as the scale of the defeat became clear on Monday, Mr. Erdogan and his strongman methods faced recriminations not just from critics, …