All news on the topic: Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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Europe's 'biggest theme park' that's been left as an abandoned wasteland
Wonderland Eurasia cost around £650million and was once hailed as one of Turkey's 'symbols of pride' - but it shut one year after its grand opening and has been left in decay since 2020
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Brutal attack on Champions League referee sees football matches suspended
The Super Lig match between MKE Ankaragucu and Caykur Rizespor ended with referee Halil Umut Meler - one of Turkey's leading officials - approached on the pitch and punched by Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca
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Major politician accused of sex assault but says he 'doesn't remember' accuser
After reports of a legal filing against NYC Mayor Adams by an undisclosed party accusing the politician of sexual assault in 1993, City Hall has responded with a statement denying all allegations, with Adams claiming he 'doesn't remember' his accuser
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Rishi Sunak urges NATO allies to pump more cash into defence
The PM also took a swipe at the alliance's 'out of date' spending reports showing the percentage spent by Britain is due to drop from 2.16% in 2022 to 2.07% in 2023
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Turkey links EU membership bid to row over Sweden joining NATO as summit looms
Ankara is refusing to allow Stockholm to join the Western military alliance - and has now urged NATO countries to back its bid to join the exclusive Brussels bloc
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NATO chief orders Turkish and Swedish leaders for crunch talks before summit
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will hold negotiations with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as they try to break the deadlock over Sweden's NATO membership bid
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Swedish police 'riot' warning as Quran burning protest to go ahead by mosque
A member of public has applied to be allowed to burn Islam's holiest book, the Quran, outside a mosque in Stockholm which will have a large number of worshippers there for an Eid celebration at 1.30pm today
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NATO chief heading to Turkey to stop it blocking Sweden from joining alliance
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, is under pressure to make progress on Stockholm's application before a crunch summit of world leaders in Lithuania next month
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Turkey's Erdogan poised to claim victory as election goes to another round
As neither candidate in the Turkey election has more than the required 50% of the vote, the election will head to a second round on May 28 between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu
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UEFA clarify Champions League final plans after uncertainty over Istanbul
The Champions League final is due to be staged at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul for the first time since Liverpool's remarkable 2005 victory over AC Milan
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Survivors of Turkey earthquake tell amazing stories of survival two months on
The first tremor, in the early hours of February 6, had a Richter magnitude of 7.7, while the second was 7.6. They killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and over 7,000 in northern Syria
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Traumatised child earthquake victims laugh with pals as experts help them forget
Astonishing photographs from earthquake-hit Turkey show how psycho-social support workers encourage youngsters to jump and laugh to protect them from traumatic memories of the disaster horrors
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Miracle as five family members found alive after days under earthquake rubble
Rescue workers extricated the family of five from among a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdagi, in Gaziantep province, where they had been surviving under the rubble for five days
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Dog saved after spending 90 hours buried under collapsed building in earthquake
Rescuers used their hands to scrape rubble away from around the trapped dog, also bending metal wires away as the pooch yelped in fear in Hatay, Turkey
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Baby just 10-days-old rescued from Turkey earthquake rubble after 90 hours
According to the latest official figures, the 7.7-magnitude earthquake - branded the "disaster of the century" by Turkish leader Recept Tayyip Erdogan - has claimed the lives of at least 17,674 people and another 3,377 in Syria
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Heartbreaking images show 16 babies flown to safety from devastating earthquake
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's plane was used to carry 16 orphaned babies from Kahramanmaras to the Turkish capital following the devastating double-blow 7.8 and 7.5-magnitude quakes
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Up to 10,000 feared dead in devastating earthquake as death toll increases
Rescue teams across the region are working day and night desperately trying to get those trapped to safety. Some of those beneath the rubble were using social media to guide rescuers
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Olympic champion's urgent plea as '30-40 wrestlers' trapped in Turkey earthquake
Olympic freestyle wrestler Taha Akgul has pleaded for "urgent help" after the building where his wrestling club is based was "demolished" by a massive earthquake leaving 30-40 wrestlers trapped "under the rubble"