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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan criticized the West for condemning Iran’s attack but not Israel’s strike on the embassy in Damascus, which Iran has pointed to as being the cause of their attack. He called for the condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying, “The one that needs to be condemned, cursed here is firstly...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that Israel would face “grave consequences” if it banned Palestinian Muslims from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the coming month of Ramadan.

One person died, and five others were wounded, following an alleged “terror attack” at an Istanbul courthouse on Tuesday. The two assailants, a man and a woman — reportedly part of the leftist DHKP-C militant group — were shot dead by authorities shortly after the attack, according to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

The U.S. and Britain carried out dozens of air strikes on Houthi military targets overnight on Thursday, widening a regional conflict stemming from Israel’s war in Gaza. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he believed the strikes by U.K. and the U.S. on Houthi military targets in Yemen will degrade the capability of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday for comments in which the latter compared him to Adolf Hitler. The exchange came as Israeli military officials and Netanyahu signalled there is no end in sight to the fighting with Hamas, even as hospitals in the Gaza Strip are in crisis...

On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his disappointment with the United States after it vetoed a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

During a Wednesday address to his AK Party, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for a ceasefire in the Middle East and said Israel’s bombardment of Gaza amounts to a “mental illness.” He also called on all countries to avoid provoking further conflict and warned against approaching it as a conflict between two faiths.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan condemned Israel’s response to Hamas’ attack by bombing cities in Gaza — which has destroyed infrastructure, cut off humanitarian supplies and killed civilians. “Managing a conflict using every sort of embarrassing method – is not a war, it is a massacre,” he said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the terrorists who carried out a bomb attack in front of the Interior Ministry in Ankara failed in their attempt to threaten citizens’ peace and security. Two attackers detonated a bomb in front of Turkish government buildings in Ankara on Sunday, in an assault that left both...

During the 2023 G20 New Delhi summit — and two months after Russia exited the Black Sea grain initiative — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said a new international grain deal that did not include Russia would not be “sustainable.” Russian President Vladimir Putin quit the deal in July, only a year after the deal was...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to forward to parliament Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, on the eve of a NATO summit in Vilnius. Stoltenberg declined to give a date for when Sweden’s accession would be ratified by the Turkish parliament, the grand national assembly, which...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan has taken the oath of office for a new presidential term on June 3, after winning re-election last weekend, extending his rule into a third decade.

Voters were divided after Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was declared the winner in Sunday’s runoff election, giving him the mandate to rule until 2028. Celebrations erupted among Erdogan’s supporters on Sunday evening, while a day later some Turkish residents expressed disappointment.

He has moved the country from a parliamentary system to an executive presidency. He’s survived a military coup and is the longest-serving leader in the history of the Turkish Republic. Calling the opposition coalition pro-LGBTQ, and accusing it of siding with terrorists, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to rally his base in hopes of securing...

Canadian Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced on Saturday that the country would be accepting more Turkish and Syrian residents impacted by the deadly earthquakes more than a month ago, as well as making it easier for those on a temporary stay in Canada to extend their visit.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s political leadership may now be in jeopardy amid anger over the magnitude of the devastation caused by Monday’s earthquake and his government’s response in the aftermath. Erdoğan called the election prior to the earthquake, with it scheduled for May, but now the disaster may have flipped the country’s political power...

What’s next after the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) shot down a high-altitude unidentified object, this time it was over Canadian airspace in Yukon? Following the Friday night resignation of Toronto Mayor John Tory after he admitted to a relationship with a city staffer, city councillors and the public alike were left in a...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan made his first visit to the devastated region of Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, one of the multiple sites of devastation after two massive quakes hit Turkey and Syria within hours of each other on Monday. Erdoğan acknowledged some problems with Turkey’s initial response to the earthquake that rocked the south but said...

Global’s Eilish Bonang speaks with Turkish Society of Nova Scotia president, Burcu Kaptan, about the devastating toll last week’s earthquakes have had on her home country, and what people can do to help those impacted.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan declared on Tuesday a three-month state of emergency covering the country’s 10 southern provinces hit by devastating earthquakes, and called it a disaster zone in a move meant to bolster rescue efforts.