In the Ottoman era, “Turk” essentially meant “Muslim.” A Catholic Albanian, a Greek Orthodox, or a Jew who converted to Islam ...

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However, Israel foreign minister Israel Katz slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his remarks and accused him of following the Iraqi dictator "Sadam Hussein's footsteps", whose ...

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Opposition leader responds to Turkish President's threats to invade Israel: The world, and especially NATO members, must strongly condemn his outrageous threats against Israel.

Turkish dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using the earthquake disaster as a weapon in his ongoing war on the Kurdish people according to Zerebar Karimi. Firat News Agency reports that after ...

So with attacking the press you have someone like Erdogan in Turkey who has abused ... aspects of this I use the example of Uzbekistan’s dictator who hired his own daughter for a variety of ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has asked Turkey for help in securing supplies of russian natural gas. Turkish leader Recep ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who turns 71 next month and is in his third decade as the nation’s leader, has an appetite for power that appears as healthy as ever. On Monday, he declared ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the fall of Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad was not only a victory for Syrians but also for Turkey. “The end of the ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called Germany's ruling politicians "enemies of Turkey" who deserve to be rejected by German-Turkish voters. Germany will hold a general election on 24 ...