Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey's FM denies establishment of new regional axis

Ankara - Jalal Fawaz

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Dec. 26 dismissed claims there were cooperation deals being signed between Turkey, Iran and Qatar. Çavuşoğlu spoke in Sudan's capital Khartoum as part of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ongoing visit to the region. Turkey will rebuild a ruined Ottoman port city on Sudan’s Red Sea coast and construct a naval dock to maintainRead more

Retweet by UAE FM about Ottoman commander turns into feud with Edrogan

Abu Dhabi - Muslimchronicle

A tweet shared on Saturday by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahayan, which said Ottoman troops led by Fakhreddin Pasha stole money and manuscripts from Medina in 1916, resulted in a feud between him and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. On Wednesday, Erdogan defended the Ottoman military commander after the United Arab Emirates foreign minister retweeted accusations thatRead more

Greek police raids find explosives, 9 held over links to banned Turkish group

Athens - Muslimchronicle

Greek police found bomb-making equipment and detonators in raids in Athens on Tuesday and were questioning nine people over suspected links to a banned militant group in Turkey ahead of an expected visit by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan next week. Eight men and a woman thought to hold Turkish citizenship were being detained after morning raids at three different addressesRead more

Poster gaffe leads to Turkish withdrawal from NATO drill

ANKARA - Muslimchronicle

Turkey withdrew its troops from a NATO drill in Norway on Friday when a poster was unveiled during the exercise depicting both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as “enemies.” “There can be no pact, no alliance like that,” Erdogan said during a meeting with members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) inRead more

Kurd-held Afrin must be cleared of ‘terrorists,’ says Erdogan

ANKARA - Muslimchronicle

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said the Kurdish militia-held Syrian town of Afrin had to be cleared of “terrorists,” days ahead of a summit meeting with Russia and Iran on Syria’s future. Erdogan has repeatedly threatened to launch a military operation on Afrin, which is controlled by the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG), considered by Turkey to be aRead more

NATO chief apologises to Turkey over Norway 'incident'

Brussels - Muslimchronicle

The head of NATO apologised Friday over a training exercise in Norway after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew troops in protest at an incident he deemed offensive. "I apologise for the offense that has been caused. The incidents were the result of an individual's actions and do not reflect the views of NATO," alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said,Read more

Turkey withdraws troops from NATO drills in Norway

ANKARA, Turkey - Muslimchronicle

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Turkey has withdrawn 40 soldiers from a NATO military exercise in Norway, after the country’s founding leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Erdogan himself were allegedly depicted as “enemies.” In an address to his ruling party’s provincial leaders on Friday, Erdogan said his and Ataturk’s names were placed on a “table” listing “enemies” duringRead more

Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani to hold Syria summit next week in Sochi: Turkish state media

Ankara - Muslimchronicle

Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week host Turkish and Iranian counterparts Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani for summit talks on Syria, Turkish state media said Thursday. The three presidents will meet at Putin's official residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi for talks on developments in Syria and the region on November 22, the Anadolu news agencyRead more

Turkey asks US for news on jailed businessman Zarrab

london - Muslimchronicle

Turkey on Wednesday asked the United States for information regarding the situation of a Turkish-Iranian businessman who is due to go on trial later this month in a case that has angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reza Zarrab, 34, who holds both Turkish and Iranian citizenship, was arrested in Miami in March last year en route to Disney World onRead more

Russia-backed Syrian 'peace congress' postponed after Turkey's objection to Kurdish participation

Istanbul - Muslimchronicle

A Russian-sponsored Syrian peace congress scheduled for Nov. 18 has been postponed and the main Syrian Kurdish group will not be invited if it is held later after objections raised by Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Sunday. Asked for comment, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman referred to her regular weekly briefing on Thursday in which she said MoscowRead more