Recep Tayyip Erdogan

November 17, 2023, 10:14 pm

In Berlin, Erdogan says Germany can’t criticize Israel because of the Holocaust

Leaders spar with each other over Israel-Hamas war; Scholz says terror group cannot be allowed to continue to attack Israel from Gaza

By Agencies

Turkish President and the leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, on November 15, 2023. (Adem Altan/AFP)

November 15, 2023, 3:28 pm

Erdogan blasts Israel as a ‘terrorist state’ intent on ‘total destruction’ of Gaza

Netanyahu hits back: He’s suppporting ‘the terror state of Hamas’; Turkish president claims Israel committing worst attack on women and children ‘in all of history’

By ToI Staff

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 14, 2023. (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

November 14, 2023, 4:15 pm

Days before meet, German leader casts as ‘absurd’ Erdogan’s claim Israel is ‘fascist’

Turkish president is slated to visit Berlin this week for the first time since 2020; Chancellor Scholz says Jerusalem is bound by international law and ‘acts accordingly’

By AFP

From left to right: Syria's President Bashar Assad, Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as they follow Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Front R) and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (Back R) during an emergency summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh, November 11, 2023. (Handout / Iranian Presidency / AFP)

November 11, 2023, 6:04 pm

Muslim leaders blast Israeli ‘crimes’; Iran: Solution is Palestine from river to sea

But outcome of summit also highlights regional divisions over response to war, with some nations vetoing a far harsher stance including a call to sever all Israel ties

By ToI Staff and AFP

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally organized by his AKP party in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Istanbul on October 28, 2023, amid the war between Israel and Hamas terror group. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)

November 4, 2023, 2:45 pm

Turkey recalling ambassador; Erdogan: We’ve written Netanyahu off

Still, Turkish president admits complete severing of ties with Jerusalem ‘not possible’; says Ankara’s intelligence chief trying to mediate end to war between Israel and Hamas

By Agencies and ToI Staff

File: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wearing a scarf with the Palestinian and Turkish flags, stands on the stage during a rally organised by his ruling AKP party in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Istanbul on October 28, 2023. (Handout/Turkish Presidency Press Office/AFP)

October 31, 2023, 10:38 pm

Erdogan says Israel ‘completely out of its mind’ in war with Hamas, must be stopped

Turkish president claims Jewish state will face justice over what he says are war crimes committed in Gaza, as he continues to avoid condemning Hamas for October 7 atrocities

By ToI Staff

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a pro-Palestinian rally, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, October 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

October 30, 2023, 5:14 pm

‘Jews not allowed’: As Erdogan praises Hamas, antisemitism rages in Turkey

Jewish community has seen rise in antisemitic incidents since October 7 massacre: Izmir synagogue defaced on Saturday with ‘Murderer Israel’; calls to revoke Jews’ citizenships

By David I. Klein and Matt Hanson

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks to attendees during a rally to show their solidarity with Palestinians, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

October 28, 2023, 7:36 pm

Israel pulls diplomats from Turkey to reassess ties as Erdogan blasts its ‘war crimes’

Turkish president escalates rhetoric as he tells hundreds of thousands at Istanbul rally that the West is the main culprit behind the Israeli army’s ‘massacre’ in Gaza

By Lazar Berman

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to journalists during a joint news conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, July 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

October 25, 2023, 3:58 pm

Turkey’s Erdogan: Hamas aren’t terrorists, they’re mujahideen defending homeland

President continues to blast Israel’s campaign in Gaza, leaving recent rapprochement process with Jerusalem in doubt; Jerusalem ‘wholeheartedly rejects’ comments

By Lazar Berman

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the presentation ceremony of letters of confidence to newly appointed Ambassadors at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on September 27, 2023. (Adem Altan/AFP)

October 20, 2023, 7:49 pm

Turkey’s Erdogan says Israel’s operations in Gaza ‘amounting to genocide’

After slow rapprochememt with Jerusalem, president appears to reverse course, accuses Israel of ‘attacks against civilians’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the APEC Leader's Informal Dialogue with Guests during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

October 12, 2023, 12:37 pm

In first, Saudi Arabia’s bin Salman speaks to Iran’s Raisi about Israel-Hamas war

Saudi crown prince tells Iran’s president he is communicating with ‘all international’ parties, Tehran says call focused on ‘need to end war crimes against Palestine’

By AFP and ToI Staff

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the European Campus of the French governing party Renaissance, in Bordeaux on October 7, 2023. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

October 11, 2023, 3:14 pm

EU chief says Hamas attack an ‘act of war’ that reflects ‘an ancient evil’

Ursula von der Leyen says Europe stands with Israel, supports its right to defend itself; Germany offers aid, including military if wanted; pope calls for hostages to be freed

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

September 26, 2023, 3:10 pm

Erdogan says Netanyahu may visit Turkey in coming months, then he’ll reciprocate

Turkish president, who last week sat with Israeli leader in first known meeting, says PM could make trip in October or November

By ToI Staff

Two Israeli soldiers sit beneath a road sign, with a tank in the background, somewhere in the Sinai Desert, October 8, 1973. (AP Photo/Robert Dear)

September 26, 2023, 2:03 pm

Daily Briefing Sep 26: Yom Kippur prayer leads to furor in TA; 1973 war remembered

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman gives behind-the-scenes look at United Nations trip; religion reporter Canaan Lidor on US President Joe Biden’s off-the-cuff ultra-Zionist plug

By ToI Staff

Screen capture from video shows smoke rising after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, September 25, 2023. (Twitter via AP)

September 26, 2023, 11:09 am

At least 20 dead, 200 injured in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion

Local official say victims were lining up for fuel to join thousands of others fleeing to Armenia following Azerbaijani military rout of Armenian forces in separatist region

By Agencies