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Saturday, August 2, 2025
TopicRecep Tayyip Erdogan

Topic: Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Erdogan’s opponent accuses Russia of spreading conspiracies, interfering in Turkey elections

Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused Turkey’s ‘Russian friends’ of responsibility for ‘the release’ of montages, plots, ‘deep fake’ content ahead of Sunday’s ballot.

‘Nothing but hunger’: Cost-of-living crisis threatens Erdogan’s re-election in Turkey

The Turkish president's unorthodox economic programme over the past 1-1/2 years has eroded his popularity, posing the biggest electoral challenge to his 20-year hold on power.

People in Turkey ask how a metropolis shattered beyond repair

Nurdagi’s population swelled in recent years to some 25,000 driven in part by increasingly flexible regulations allowing apartments to reach eight stories, from a limit of three.

Turkey introduces regulations for earthquake rebuilding work, reports Official Gazette

Over 160,000 buildings collapsed or were severely damaged as a result of earthquakes. Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan pledged to rebuild housing within one year.

Turkey President Erdogan vows to rebuild after quake, rescue work winds down

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Clodagh Kilcoyne ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press on with rescue and recovery efforts more than a week after a powerful quake ripped

Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 29,000; Turkey moves against some builders

Antakya: Rescuers pulled more survivors from rubble on Sunday, six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish...

Modi, Erdoğan bury Kashmir hatchet for now, discuss trade during bilateral meet in Uzbekistan

PM Modi and Turkish President Erdoğan met on the margins of the SCO summit in Samarkand and discussed bilateral trade and investment, while keeping politics aside.

Payback? Turkey’s Erdogan keeps Putin waiting ‘awkwardly’ in front of media

The clip, which has now gone viral, shows Putin fidgeting uncomfortably as he waits for Erdogan. The Turkish media wondered if it was revenge by Turkish leader for a 2020 meeting.

Church, museum & UNESCO heritage site, mosque — Turkey’s Hagia Sophia has been all that & more

Built as a cathedral, it was made a mosque in 1453 by Ottomans. In 1934, it became a museum, but was redisgnated a mosque in 2020. On Saturday ‘taraweeh‘ prayers were held here after 88 years.

Is Putin a keeper? The crucial question for Erdogan as he burns bridges with US

The Sochi summit between Erdogan and Putin was meant to represent the next step in Turkey’s uncoupling from US. But judging by the post-summit spin, no important decisions were reached.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.