Hamas had ‘almost half a billion dollars’ and Israel knew about it. Why did it not act?
Fp Explainers • 1 year agoFor years, Israel knew about Hamas’s financial network and how it reportedly received millions from companies in Sudan, UAE and Turkey. The Palestinian militant group used this money to buy weapons and strengthen its military infrastructure. Why did Israel not stop the money flows?
Erdogan urges UN to try Israel in international courts for Gaza assault
Ajeyo Basu • 1 year agoLike the United States, the European Union, and several Gulf nations, Turkey does not view Hamas as a terrorist organisation, despite the fact that it harbours some of its members. of the exception of Spain and Belgium, it has charged the West of involvement because of their backing for Israel
Turkey will aim to rebuild Gaza after ceasefire: Erdogan
Ajeyo Basu • 1 year agoErdogan demanded earlier this week that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reveal whether or not his country had nuclear weapons. He brought up the subject again when addressing reporters, urging inspections of Israel's nuclear arsenal
Erdogan pledges to facilitate Sweden's NATO membership bid
Ajeyo Basu • 1 year agoTurkey had originally objected, claiming that Sweden was providing sanctuary to groups it considered terrorist
Turkey: Erdogan slams Israel at pro-Palestine rally
Ajeyo Basu • 1 year agoErdogan, according to political commentators, is eager to highlight his criticism of Israel's shelling of the Gaza Strip and to cast a shadow over Sunday's festivities honouring Turkey's secular heritage
Turkey may part ways with EU if necessary: Erdogan
Fp Staff • 1 year agoTurkish membership in the EU has been an official candidate for 24 years, but recent stagnation in the admission process is due to EU worries about abuses of human rights and respect for the rule of law
Erdogan links Sweden's NATO membership to Turkey's EU accession
Fp Staff • 2 years agoAfter membership negotiations began in 2005, during Erdogan's first term as prime minister, Turkey's application to join the EU was put on hold for many years
Explained: What Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s victory means for Turkey and the world
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoRecep Tayyip Erdogan has secured his fifth term as Turkey’s president, after defeating rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the runoff elections. The historic win allows the 69-year-old to tighten his grip on the country. The outcome will also reverberate beyond borders – into NATO, Russia and the West
Turkey's President Erdogan extends two-decade rule in historic runoff, calls for national unity
Fp Staff • 2 years agoOn his path to his hardest election victory, the 69-year-old survived Turkey's greatest economic crisis in a generation and the strong opposition alliance to ever challenge his Islamic-rooted party
Turkey votes in runoff election, Erdogan positioned to extend rule
• 2 years agoThe election will decide not only who leads Turkey, a NATO-member country of 85 million, but also how it is governed, where its economy is headed after its currency plunged to one-tenth of its value against the dollar in a decade, and the shape of its foreign policy