TEHRAN, July 09 -Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in for a new term that would see him enjoy sweeping powers, which his opponents say will be used to consolidate his control over the country.
TEHRAN, July 09 -Turkey has removed a clause, which stipulated a five-year term for the central bank governor, in an emergency decree published shortly before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as the country's first president under the new executive presidency system.
TEHRAN, July 09 - Turkish ground forces and military aircraft have killed more than two dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group when they carried out a string of counter-terrorism operations in the country’s southeastern province near the border with Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in the past week.
TEHRAN, July 09 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi offered condolences to the Turkish people and government over a train crash in the country that led to the killing of two dozen people and injuring of more than 300 others.
TEHRAN, July 09 - A passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey, killing two dozen people and injuring more than 300 others, officials said Monday.
TEHRAN, July 08 - Israel is reportedly planning to limit the activities of a Turkish aid agency in occupied territories, including Jerusalem al-Quds, amid concerns over Ankara's growing influence among Palestinians.
TEHRAN, July 07 - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated Turkey’s determination to eradicate the threat of “terror”, saying Ankara will continue its military operation in northern Iraq until the elimination of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
TEHRAN, July 06 - Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to turn the new executive system in the country into a more efficient government compared to the old system.
TEHRAN, July 06 -Turkish prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for nearly 350 people, including soldiers, on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
TEHRAN, July 06 - Turkey's state-run news agency said authorities have issued detention warrants for 271 soldiers over their suspected links to U.S.-based opposition who is blamed by Ankara for a failed coup attempt in 2016.
TEHRAN, July 06 - President Tayyip Erdogan promised on Friday to make government more efficient when Turkey's new executive presidency is inaugurated next week, saying the new cabinet would include ministers not from his AK Party.
TEHRAN, July 05 -Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli says Ankara has won a tender to build four corvettes for the Pakistan Navy, describing the deal as “the largest defense export of Turkey in one agreement.”
TEHRAN, July 05 -Another Turkish soldier from a group of eight officers who fled Turkey after a failed coup two years ago has been granted asylum in Greece by an independent committee.
TEHRAN, July 05 - A Greek committee granted asylum on Thursday to a Turkish soldier who fled to Greece with seven other officers after a failed coup attempt against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in 2016, judicial sources said.
TEHRAN, July 04 -Turkish military aircraft have killed nearly a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group when they separately carried out a string of airstrikes against terrorist hideouts in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region as well as southeastern Turkey.
TEHRAN, July 04 - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will on Monday be sworn in for a second mandate as Turkey's head of state after his election triumph last month.
TEHRAN, July 04 -Turkey issued a decree on Wednesday transferring some powers to the president, in line with the country’s move to an executive presidential system brought about by last month’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
TEHRAN, July 01 - Turkish military aircraft have “neutralized” eight members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group when they separately carried out a string of airstrikes against terrorist hideouts in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region as well as southeastern Turkey.