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Man who threw shoe at Erdoğan willing to return to Syria
Hurriet Daily News 1 day ago

Joma has spent two years in jail after throwing a shoe at Erdoğan in the Spanish city of Sevilla but could possibly be released next year, the report said. El Pais said Joma had begged not to be extradited to Syria at the time of his trial but now he...
KSA to join expo on Arab-Turkey tourism
Zawya.com 1 day ago

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will also be in attendance. Experts say Saudi Arabia's attendance is important because of its growing tourism industry. This country has 4,563 tourism and travel firms, with 1,503 catering for Haj and Umrah...
Getty Images 1 week ago

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara on February 7, 2012. Erdogan today announced a new initiative with regional players to halt months-long violence in Syria after the veto of a UN... View Photo »
If you have self-confidence as a leader, you go to the ballot boxes. Everyone heads to ballot boxes and you take over rule if these ballot boxes give you power. Then you can rule your country. But you cannot maintain your rule with tanks and weapons. You will also leave one day
– Recep Tayyip Erdogan SOURCE: Today's Zaman 2 months ago
"Treason" in Turkey: A Witch Hunt?
Newsweek 1 day ago

Think again. In both leaders’ countries, journalists who dare to criticize the government often end up behind bars. In Erdogan’s Turkey, as in Putin’s Russia, the ruling clique’s political adversaries have been hounded by courts and police and have...
AKP differs over criminal code changes
Hurriet Daily News 1 day ago

Will this shield suffice to protect MİT staff despite everything? Two views have emerged within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in regards to this issue. While some propagate that the amendment to the MİT law should suffice, others...
PM Erdoğan: Nobody should pray for crisis
Hurriet Daily News 1 day ago

“No one should harbor hopes of growing divisive and sinister seeds. No one should pray for a crisis. No one should dream of chaos and conflict. All institutions are working with harmony and motivation that has never before been seen in the history of...
AP Photo 2 weeks ago

A woman holds a placard that reads "Assasin Assad get out of Syria" as Syrians living in Turkey stage a protest outside the Syrian consulate to condemn the latest killings by Syrian regime in Syria, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Turkey's... View Photo »
Dersim is among the most tragic events in recent history. It is a disaster that should now be questioned with courage. The party that should confront this incident is not the ruling Justice and Development Party [AK Party]. It is the CHP, which is behind this bloody disaster, who should face this incide...
– Recep Tayyip Erdogan SOURCE: Today's Zaman 2 months ago
Charlie Rose - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey (FULL INTERVIEW Sept 2011) Part 01
YouTube Videos 5 months ago
Rate Tightening Bets Fade as Lira Gives Basci Room to Cut: Turkey Credit
Bloomberg.com 1 day ago

$2.5 billion in emerging-market debt at Threadneedle Asset Management in London, said in an e-mail in answer to Bloomberg questions. “The strengthening of the lira is passing through to help achieve the central bank’s objective of reducing inflation.” ...
Fallout from Syrian colonel’s abduction
Today's Zaman 1 day ago

The government had to push for an emergency legislative change in an effort to limit the fallout from the crisis and put a lid on the political firestorm. For now, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has managed to save his men, especially Hakan Fidan,...

About Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (b. February 26, 1954 in Rize, Turkey) is serving as the Prime Minister of Turkey since March 14, 2003. He is the chairman of the Justice and Development Party (Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, or AKP). Full Article

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