Turkeys
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Sweden to Become Nato Member as Turkey’s Erdogan Drops Objection
Turkey will endorse Sweden’s bid to join Nato, the military bloc’s chief Jens Stoltenberg has said. The development comes more than a year after Stockholm launched its bid to join…
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Turkey’s ‘Genius’ Central Banker Faces High Expectations
Turkey’s new central bank boss Hafize Gaye Erkan has had major roles at Goldman Sachs, First Republic Bank and Greystone AFP “Brilliant Turk” or “the genius”: Turkish media are gushing…
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Turkey’s Erdogan To Take Oath, Name New-look Cabinet
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters following early exit poll results for the second round of the presidential election in Istanbul, Turkey May 28, 2023. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout…
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Erdogan: Turkey’s Undisputed Titan Enters Third Decade Of Rule
Recep Tayyip Erdogan maintained strong support in areas destroyed by this year’s earthquake AFP Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cemented his status as the most important figure in modern Turkish history,…
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Turkey’s Erdogan Urges Voters To Turn Out, Rival Sees ‘Last Exit’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a rally, ahead of the May 28 presidential runoff vote, in Istanbul, Turkey May 27, 2023. Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sought to build on…
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Erdogan Is ‘Family’ In Turkey’s Conservative Heartland
Bayburt voters roared into life for Erdogan in the first round of Turkey’s presidential election AFP Old Fiat cars and yellow tulips dot the eastern Turkish town of Bayburt, the…
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Ten Years After Turkey’s Gezi Protests, Some Say Vote A Chance For Justice
Begum Ozden Firat poses for a picture at Gezi Park, where in the summer of 2013 protests started and expanded into a nationwide anti-government movement that was met with a…
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Turkey’s Opposition Woos Erdogan’s Vast Housewife Vote
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cultivated the support of conservative women during his two-decade rule AFP A feminist voice rings out from behind the mounds of strawberries and olives…
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Turkey’s Third-place Candidate Endorses Erdogan In Runoff
Sinan Ogan, presidential candidate of Turkey’s right-wing nationalist Ata Alliance in the May 14 Turkish presidential elections, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, May 15, 2023. Reuters…
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Turkey’s Third-place Finisher Endorses Erdogan
Ultra-nationalist Sinan Ogan helped force Turkey’s first presidential runoff AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday secured the endorsement of an ultra-nationalist whose third-place finish helped force Turkey’s first election…
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Turkey’s Third Candidate Open To Endorsement Talks
Sinan Ogan, a little-known nationalist, helped push Turkey’s presidential election to a second round AFP A little-known nationalist who helped push Turkey’s election to a runoff told AFP on Tuesday…
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How Turkey’s Election Went Wrong For Erdogan’s Rival
Turkey’s opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu entered Sunday’s election leading most opinion polls AFP Turkey’s biggest election of its post-Ottoman era confounded pollsters and threw up surprises that underscored the difficulty…
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Erdogan: Turkey’s Irresistible Election Force Set For Final Test
Erdogan’s ability to stare down a 2016 coup attempt became the watershed moment of his rule AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has assumed an aura of invincibility after a surprisingly…
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Turkey’s Presidential Poll Goes to Likely Runoff With 93% of Votes Counted
Turkey was heading toward a likely runoff presidential election as vote count showed neither of the candidates above the 50-per cent threshold of the votes to win outright, according to…
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Turkey’s Upbeat Kilicdaroglu Says Election Will Bring A New Spring
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu addresses his supporters during a rally to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a popular…
