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Turkish President Erdogan tells Sweden: Don't expect support for Nato bid

Those who allow such disgraceful acts in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm can't expect good news from us on NATO membership: Erdogan

Updated On : 24 Jan 2023 | 7:37 AM IST

Erdogan announces Turkey's parliamentary, prez polls to be held on May 14

Turkey's president has announced May 14 as the date for the country's next parliamentary and presidential elections. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who plans to seek reelection, made the announcement during a Saturday youth conference in northwestern Bursa province. A video of the event was released Sunday. I thank God that we are destined to share our path with you, our valued youth, who will vote for the first time in the elections that will be held on May 14, said Erdogan, who had hinted at the date last week. He said in Bursa he would make the formal call on March 10, after which Turkey's Supreme Election Council would prepare for the elections. If no candidate secures more than 50 per cent of the vote, a second round of voting would be held on May 28. Erdogan, who has been in office since 2003 first as prime minister and as president since 2014 faces his most difficult election yet as Turkey's troubled economy struggles with soaring inflation. A six-party opposition allia

Updated On : 23 Jan 2023 | 7:47 AM IST

Turkish President Erdogan asks Putin to resolve Ukraine crisis via talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to engage in negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, according to a statement by the Turkish presidency.

Updated On : 30 Sep 2022 | 8:12 AM IST

Ukraine's Zelenskyy hosts talks with UN chief, Erdogan on grain export

As a potential power broker, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will use his first visit to Ukraine since the war started nearly six months ago to seek ways to expand grain exports fom Europe's breadbasket to the world's needy. U.N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres will use his visit to focus on containing the volatile situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hosting both men Thursday far away from the front lines, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where diplomatic efforts to help end the war will also be on the agenda. Meanwhile, the screams of incoming shells are still overpowering the whispers of diplomacy. At least 11 people were killed and 40 wounded in massive Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv region on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The late Wednesday attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killed at least seven people, wounded 20 others and damaged residential buildings and civilia