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Turkey’s Erdogan is sworn in as president for unprecedented third time: Strongman, 69, takes oath
Turkey’s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office, ushering in his third presidential term that followed three stints as prime minister. Mr Erdogan, 69, won a new five-year term in a runoff presidential race last week that could stretch his 20-year rule in the key Nato country that straddles Europe and Asia into a quarter-century. The country…
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With Erdoğan back, Sweden presses Turkey again on NATO bid – POLITICO
LULEÅ, Sweden — Sweden has met all of its commitments to join NATO and expects to become part of the transatlantic military alliance by July, Tobias Billström, the country’s foreign minister, told POLITICO. Speaking on the sidelines of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council summit, Billström said Stockholm had assuaged all of the concerns from Turkey, an existing NATO member…
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What Erdoğan does next – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. After two decades in power, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan consolidated his dominance over Turkish politics with victory in Sunday’s presidential election. The question now facing Turkey — and the wider world — is what the strongman leader will do next. As the head of a strategically vital NATO power, joining…
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Turkish opposition candidate accuses Erdogan's government of blocking his campaign text messages
Turkey’s opposition leader on Friday accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government of blocking his text messages to voters ahead of this weekend’s historic election runoff. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the Republican People’s Party, accused Turkey’s information and telecommunication technologies authority (BTK) of acting on Erdogan’s orders in order to hurt his campaign. In a text message dated May 25, Kılıçdaroğlu…
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If Erdogan wins again in Turkey, our world will become even more dangerous, writes OWEN MATTHEWS
With inflation running at 50 per cent, a currency that has lost nine-tenths of its value over the past decade and a tanking economy, Turkey is perilously close to becoming a failed state. Add to that abysmal record a bungled response to a catastrophic earthquake in February that killed 50,000 people, and you would surely conclude that any leader who…
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If Erdogan wins again in Turkey, our world will become even more dangerous, writes OWEN MATTHEWS
With inflation running at 50 per cent, a currency that has lost nine-tenths of its value over the past decade and a tanking economy, Turkey is perilously close to becoming a failed state. Add to that abysmal record a bungled response to a catastrophic earthquake in February that killed 50,000 people, and you would surely conclude that any leader who…
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Erdoğan leads the way into 2nd-round clash as rival disappoints in Turkish election – POLITICO
ISTANBUL — A singing, grinning President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told supporters he was ready to fight a second round in Turkey’s election on May 28, sensing he had the momentum to beat his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who undershot expectations in Sunday’s first round. With 99 percent of ballot boxes opened, Turkey’s Supreme Election Council said on Monday that Erdoğan had won 49.4 percent of…
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Fresh blow for Erdoğan, as rival pulls out of Turkey election amid sex tape scandal – POLITICO
Turkish opposition candidate Muharrem İnce announced Thursday he was pulling out of the presidential race, in a surprise move just three days before the election. İnce’s withdrawal is set to benefit the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who is currently neck and neck with longtime President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the polls — and it could even allow Kılıçdaroğlu to…
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Turkey approaches its decisive battle for democracy – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. It’s now easy to forget that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was once hailed as the paragon of a “Muslim democrat,” who could serve as a model to the entire Islamic world. In the early 2000s, hopes ran high about the charismatic, lanky, former football striker, who received only…
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Russia and Ukraine agree to extension of grain deal – but there is confusion over the expiry date
A deal allowing the safe export of Ukrainian grain was renewed on Saturday for at least 60 days – half the intended period – after Russia warned any further extension beyond mid-May would depend on the removal of some Western sanctions. The pact to allow shipments across the Black Sea was brokered with Russia and Ukraine by the United Nations…
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