President Erdoğan, AK Party win Turkish elections again
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL MAY 15, 2023 – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and first lady Emine Erdoğan greet the crowd at AK Party headquarters, in the capital Ankara, Türkiye, May 15, […]
Turkey likely headed to run-off vote after closely fought poll
BBC News LiveLIV 7,8237,823 viewing this page With reporting from Paul Kirby and Orla Guerin in Ankara, Jonny Dymond in Istanbul and Anna Foster in Hatay province Summary Live Reporting […]
Türkiye heads to polls to choose next president, lawmakers
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL MAY 12, 2023 – Workers print ballots at a printing house, in the capital Ankara, Türkiye, May 8, 2023. (AA Photo) On Sunday, millions will cast their […]
Turkey elections: Has the country reached an economic breaking point?
Turkey Elections 2023 Güven Sak 13 May 2023 09:53 BST | Last update: 5 hours 6 mins ago Suffering from a large credibility gap, a victorious Erdogan would not be able to lead Turkey […]
Uncertainty prevails as critical Turkish election nears
YASAR YAKIS May 07, 2023 With less than a week left before the crucial May 14 elections in Turkiye, there is a wide range of speculation about whether President Recep […]
All eyes in the region are on Turkiye’s elections
SINEM CENGIZ May 05, 2023 ARAB NEWS With just over a week until Turks vote in the most critical elections their country’s history, all eyes are fixed on what the […]
Turkiye, Egypt may cooperate to help Libya
YASAR YAKIS April 23, 2023 Turkiye and Egypt have been at loggerheads for a prolonged period. It started with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s harsh rhetoric against the rise to […]
Erdoğan reopens iconic Blue Mosque after 5-year restoration
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL APR 21, 2023 – DAILY SABAH The newly reopened Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Türkiye, April 21, 2023. (AA Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reopened Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque […]
Kurds to play kingmakers as Turkiye prepares to vote
ZAID M. BELBAGI March 28, 2023 Last month’s earthquake and the subsequent flooding are a somber reflection of the sad state of Turkiye’s Kurds. However, the natural disaster has the […]
Qatari emir heads to Türkiye, first leader to visit after earthquake
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL FEB 12, 2023 – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) receives Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul, Türkiye, Feb. 12, 2023. […]
Türkiye ready to support Serbia-Kosovo dialogue process: Erdoğan
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL FEB 03, 2023 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti shake hands at the Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul, Türkiye, Feb. 3, 2023. […]
Turkiye’s trio of preelection foreign policy challenges
SINEM CENGIZ January 31, 2023 In the past few months, much of the focus in terms of Turkish foreign policy was on the Middle East, as Ankara engaged in normalization […]
Swedish newspaper offers 1,000 euros in Erdoğan insult contest
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL JAN 17, 2023 One of the men behind the hanging of Erdoğan’s effigy stands against the backdrop of City Hall, in Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 16, 2023. […]
Headscarf amendment to secure women’s right to choose: Erdoğan
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL JAN 09, 2023 – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (C), the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) chairperson, speaks at the “Marching to Great Türkiye with Women: Women […]
The Turkish-Egyptian rapprochement and Libya
YASAR YAKIS January 01, 2023 Egypt last month announced that it had redefined the border of its exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Libya. Bearing in mind […]
Why now is the time to connect the Caspian to the world
LUKE COFFEY December 23, 2022 DAILY SABAH Short Url The presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan — Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ilham Aliyev, and Serdar Berdimuhamedov — met last week in […]
Erdoğan hails unity at time of anti-Semitism in Hanukkah message
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DEC 18, 2022 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attends a meeting with representatives of the Jewish community of Türkiye and rabbis from abroad at the Presidential Complex, in […]
‘Necessary to reestablish ground for Russia-Ukraine negotiations’
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA DEC 02, 2022 – DAILY SABAH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Türkiye, Dec. 1, 2022. (IHA Photo) It is in the […]
Sudden U-turn in Turkiye-Egypt relations
YASAR YAKIS November 27, 2022 Short Url A sudden U-turn occurred last week in Turkiye-Egypt relations when Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met in […]
Türkiye as a diplomatic bridge between Russia and the West
BY IHSAN AKTAŞ NOV 05, 2022 – DAILY SABAH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul for peace talks, March 29, 2022. (AA Photo) ‘Türkiye’s versatile […]