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The country will stand strong against an "attempted economic coup" amid heightened tensions with the United States. (Shutterstock)

August 19th, 2018 - 08:56 GMT

Turkey to Stand Strong Against the 'Economic Coup'

“Some are threatening us with economy, sanctions, exchange rates, interests and inflation. We see your game and we challenge it," referring to US, Erdogan said at the Justice and Development (AK) Party's congress in the capital Ankara.

A billboard displays an image of President of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan reading "continue the blessed march " in Ankara, on Feb. 14, 2018, four days ahead of the party's 6th ordinary congress in the Turkish capital.
(ADEM ALTAN / AFP)

February 18th, 2018 - 08:00 GMT

Erdogan: Afrin's Operation Olive Branch 'Close to Victory'

A municipality worker walks in front of a government building in the Turkish border province of Kilis on January 24, 2018. Rockets fired from Syria killed two people and wounded 11 others on January 24 in southern Turkey on the fifth day of Ankara's offensive against a Syrian Kurdish militia which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to eliminate.
(OZAN KOSE / AFP)

January 26th, 2018 - 10:58 GMT

Erdogan: Operation Olive Branch 'Not Occupying' Syria's Afrin

“Declaring it as a capital and relocating the embassy has no validity for us” (AFP/File)

December 10th, 2017 - 03:03 GMT

Erdogan Calls Israel an 'Occupying State, a Terrorist State'

Trump's expected announcement has prompted a wave of negative reactions from governments and political groups throughout the Middle East (AFP/File)

December 6th, 2017 - 07:32 GMT

Trump Will Officially Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Shutterstock/File Photo)

October 4th, 2017 - 01:37 GMT

Turkish President Erdogan Arrives in Iran for Official Visit

Erdogan said the party had undergone a lot of changes during the last 16 years. (AFP)

August 15th, 2017 - 08:43 GMT

Erdogan ‘Ruling Party Needs Radical Change’

Turkish President Erdogan on Tuesday described the Qatar crisis as "inhumane" (file photo)

June 13th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Erdogan: Qatar Crisis ‘Inhumane’, Saudi King Should ‘Resolve Issue’

The suspects were said to have links to Syria, the officials said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media. (AFP)

June 1st, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Turkey Arrests 170 Daesh Suspects in May

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. (AFP/Adem Altan)

April 16th, 2017 - 12:47 GMT

Turkey's economy grew twice as much as Europe, despite unrest: PM

A man and a woman hold each other a child by the hand as they walk on leaflets reading "yes" thrown on the ground at the Kadikoy district, in Istanbul, after the start of the election banning, on April 15, 2017, on the eve of the constitutional referendum. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

April 16th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Some 55 million Turks expected to turn out to vote in historic referendum

Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. (AFP/File)

March 11th, 2017 - 05:16 GMT

The Netherlands bars Turkish FM from entry as tensions escalate

A group of women holds a banner as Pro-Erdogan protesters wave Turkish flags. (AFP/File)

February 23rd, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Turkish armed forces can now don the hijab in the army