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Erdoğan or not, presidential poll results will impact Turkey-NATO relations: Here’s how
If Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins the presidential election, he will continue to get closer with Russia, China and Iran in the international arena
Despite Turkey earthquake, Erdogan prepones elections by a month
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally set Turkey's parliamentary and presidential elections for May 14
Why has Turkey blocked its most popular social media site Ekşi Sözlük?
The top telecommunications watchdog in Turkey abruptly blocked the Ekşi Sözlük website. Many users speculated if it might have something to do with comments made against the government’s response to the twin quakes
'I apologise for not working the way we wanted': Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on earthquake response
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is seeking another term as president after two decades in power, has received strong criticism from earthquake survivors in Adiyaman in the southeast
Not just smart diplomacy, HADR to Turkey & Syria reflects India’s inevitable rise as a great power with a difference
The impetus for amplifying India’s HADR capacities has grown under Narendra Modi, a leader who has his roots in the ‘sewa bhav’ culture of the RSS
News channels critical of Erdogan’s admin for bad handling of quake relief banned, fined
The three media broadcasters Halk TV, Tele 1 and FOX are known for their editorial line that is critical of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Explained: How Turkey, Syria were unprepared for the deadly earthquake
The best way to prepare for an earthquake disaster, and what Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had within his power to do, is to build homes and infrastructure using earthquake-resilience techniques. That way, people are not killed during the tragedy and they still have their homes afterwards
Kurdish protestors disrupt European Parliament, shout anti-Erdogan slogans
Protesters brandished banners bearing images of Abdullah Ocalan, a Kurdish leader arrested by Turkey on 15 February, 1999 and sentenced to death in June of the same year. Now 73, his sentence was reduced to life in prison in 2002 and supporters continue to demand his release
Another 4.7 magnitude earthquake jolts Turkey
More than 33,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, officials said
Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 25,000
Turkey’s president on Saturday raised the death toll in his country to 21,848, while in Syria, the reported number of dead was 3,553 in government and rebel-held areas. Some 80,104 people have been injured in Turkey alone in the massive earthquake that hit the region on Monday
‘Pancake collapse’ of buildings in Turkey quake raises questions over construction standards
Experts say Turkey has the regulations in place to prevent such a catastrophe. But they are only applied loosely by construction companies, the largest of which are often close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Operation Dost: Big Indian assistance to Turkey testifies its humanitarian preference over politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not only exuded a sympathetic attitude, but also an empathetic attitude towards Turkey and Syria, owing to what his own home town Gujarat faced in 2001
How the Turkey earthquake is a big test for President Erdogan as elections loom
The stakes could not be higher for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is battling the massive earthquake just three months before the most important test of his political career. He also faces accusations of cronyism and corruption along with criticism for botching the response to the disaster
Twitter down in Turkey as earthquake response criticism mounts
The netblocks.org social media monitor said Twitter was being restricted “on multiple internet providers in Turkey”. The Twitter outage came as President Erdogan toured two of the hardest-hit Turkish provinces
Helping quake-hit Turkey reaffirms India’s proactive diplomacy — and PM Narendra Modi’s statesmanship
India has emerged as one of the first countries to rush in relief material to Turkey, including a specially trained dog squad, medical supplies, drilling machines and other necessary equipment
How the earthquake in Turkey may affect President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political future
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is fighting for his political future just months before a May election, faces a daunting task in the aftermath of Monday's earthquake, which was one of the deadliest and most destructive natural disasters this century
Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 7,800 as rescuers battle cold
Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people
Rescuers scramble in Turkey, Syria as quake toll rises to 4,000
Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and toppled thousands of buildings across a wide region
Erdogan says Turkey positive on Finland's NATO bid, not Sweden's
The three nations reached an agreement on a way forward in Madrid last June, but Ankara suspended talks last month as tensions rose following protests in Stockholm in which a far-right Danish politician burned a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran
Turkey indefinitely postpones NATO membership meeting with Sweden, Finland
Turkey's decision came a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sweden he would not support its bid to join the Western US-led defence alliance. Bids to join NATO must be ratified by all members of the alliance, of which Turkey is a member