by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 10, 2016 | Middle East
Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would expand the president’s powers, party officials said, in a move that could potentially see President Tayyip Erdogan rule until 2029. Erdogan...
by Thair Abbas | Jul 17, 2013 | Middle East
Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey has called for the immediate release of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, a step that the new government in Cairo has condemned as “blatant interference” in Egypt’s domestic affairs. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 12, 2013 | World
Ankara, AP—Police and protesters retrenched Wednesday after punishing overnight clashes in Istanbul’s Taksim Square—an uncertain hiatus before officials were to hold talks aimed to end Turkey’s biggest anti-government protests in decades. Nearly two weeks...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 6, 2013 | World
Tunis/Istanbul, Reuters—Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan condemned the “burn and destroy” tactics of some of those involved in days of violent protests on Thursday, and promised to press ahead with plans for an Istanbul park which triggered the...
by Thair Abbas and Lahcen Makneaa | Jun 4, 2013 | World
Istanbul/Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused “foreign” parties and “extremists” of being behind the ongoing protests in Turkey. Speaking before his departure on an official state visit to Morocco, Erdoğan told journalists:...
