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Elon Musk looks on as US President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 9, 2025, 12:58 pm
Turkish court orders ban on Musk’s AI chatbot Grok for offensive content about Erdogan
Move comes after chatbot aimed vulgarities at Turkish president and his late mother; X earlier removed Grok posts that contained antisemitic tropes
By AP and ToI Staff
Turkey's Iyi ('Good') Party chairman Meral Aksener in her office in Ankara on December 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Adem Altan)
December 20, 2017, 4:36 am
Turkey’s ‘Iron Lady’ says she’s ready to challenge Erdogan
Meral Aksener hopes to lure conservative voters away from strongman leader in bid to become country’s first female president
By Raziye AKKOC
In this Wednesday, April 12, 2017 photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during a referendum meeting in Istanbul. (Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Press Service, Pool Photo via AP)
November 4, 2017, 12:22 am
Critics fear for Turkey’s secular foundations as religious marriage law passes
Legislation signed by Erdogan allows ‘muftis’ to perform and register weddings; critics say it will also exacerbate problem with child marriages
By Fulya Ozerkan
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enters a voting booth inside a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
April 17, 2017, 2:10 am
EU urges Turkey to seek ‘national consensus’ after vote
Erdogan made relations with Europe a key issue in referendum campaign, lambasting Brussels for failing to make progress on stalled accession talks
By AFP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Istanbul, on April 16, 2017. (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)
April 16, 2017, 11:10 pm
Turkey’s Erdogan hails ‘historic’ referendum win as opposition claims fraud
Constitutional changes include replacing parliamentary system with presidential one, granting sweeping executive powers to president; opponents to challenge vote
By Elena Becatoros, Suzan Fraser and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
In this Saturday, April 15, 2017 photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to supporters during the last rally ahead of Sunday's referendum, in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)
April 16, 2017, 10:04 pm
Turkey’s Erdogan: A popular and polarizing figure
With apparent victory in Sunday’s referendum, president set to cement his control over country’s fragile democracy
By Elena Becatoros and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
A supporter of the 'Yes' side brandishes a picture of Turkish President Recep Tayyip during a rally near the headquarters of the conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) on April 16, 2017 in Istanbul. (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)
April 16, 2017, 9:09 pm
Fireworks in Istanbul as Erdogan claims referendum win; opposition cries foul
With 97% of votes counted, president thanks supporters who backed major expansion of his authority that could keep him ruling Turkey until 2029
By Elena Becatoros and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enters a voting booth inside a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
April 16, 2017, 6:42 pm
‘Yes’ camp ahead in Turkey poll on Erdogan powers
Initial results of historic referedum show campaign awarding president more authority has 55.5% of vote, but the ‘No’ ballots are climbing
By Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan
A man waves a flag with a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on April 11, 2017 during a "yes" campaign event in Istanbul's Eminonu district. (AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)
April 12, 2017, 9:03 am
Turkey set for watershed poll on expanding Erdogan powers
Sunday’s referendum would pave the way for one-man rule and demolish country’s longstanding secular values
By Stuart Williams
People shout slogans and hold up poster pictures of victims killed in the October 10, 2015 blasts in Ankara as they mark the first year anniversary of the attacks during a demonstration on October 9, 2016 in Istanbul's Kadikoy district. (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)
October 19, 2016, 1:13 pm
Turkish forces kill suspected suicide bomber
Alleged IS activist, seen visiting sites of upcoming public events, shot dead after failing to surrender
By Sue Surkes
A man holds up a photo of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a pro-Erdogan rally in Taksim Square in Istanbul on July 22, 2016, following the failed military coup attempt of July 15. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
July 23, 2016, 5:17 pm
Turkey shuts 1,000 schools, arrests wanted cleric’s nephew
Erdogan government extends police powers as it pushes on with purge of perceived state enemies after failed coup
By Frank Zeller and Stuart Williams
Supporters stand in front of a screen displaying a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a rally at Kizilay Square in Ankara on July 20, 2016. (AFP/Adem Altan)
July 23, 2016, 9:07 am
How Erdogan’s mass appeal saved him on coup night
Using social media he previously despised and sometimes blocked, president mobilized the citizens who stopped the plotters
By Pascale TROUILLAUD
In this May 28, 1960 photo, citizens stand at a newsstand read of the capture of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes after a military coup, in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo)
July 16, 2016, 9:03 pm
A look at Turkey’s long history of military coups
Army staged 3 coups between 1960-1980, forced a premier out of power in 1997, and threatened to intervene in 2007 elections
By CHRISTOPER TORCHIA
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (C), flanked by Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag (L), Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Hulusi Akar (2nd L), Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala (2nd R) and Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik (R), gives a press conference outside the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, on July 16, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)
July 16, 2016, 3:18 pm
After 250 killed in foiled coup, Turkish PM says situation now ‘under control’
With 2,800 of the military detained, Ankara looks to the suspected culprit — Erdogan’s arch enemy Fethullah Gulen
By Fulya Ozerkan, Stuart Williams and Caroline Henshaw
The Ayasofya, or Hagia Sophia, museum in Istanbul, one of the most famous landmarks in the city and a former mosque and Byzantine church. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
April 11, 2015, 7:58 pm
Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia sees first Koran reading in 85 years
Former church and mosque-turned-museum debuts exhibit on Muhammad, raising concern among secular activists it will be repurposed as house of worship
By AFP
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