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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Suzan Fraser

Republican People's Party, or CHP, supporters gather to celebrate outside City Hall in Istanbul, Turkey, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
April 1, 2024, 9:50 am
In major setback to Turkey’s Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local elections
Disillusioned with economy, Turkish voters punish president’s Islamist AKP party; large gains by secularist CHP boost reelected Istanbul mayor’s aspirations to presidency
By Suzan Fraser and CINAR KIPER
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 10, 2023. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)
July 11, 2023, 12:26 am
NATO chief says Turkey agrees to Sweden joining the military alliance
Jens Stoltenberg hails ‘historic day’ following clear commitment by Ankara to drop objections, move quickly to approve bid
By Karl Ritter and Suzan Fraser
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)
July 10, 2023, 5:19 pm
Erdogan: For Sweden to join NATO, Europeans should ‘open way’ to Turkey’s EU bid
Democratic backsliding under Turkish leader’s presidency, disputes with EU-member Cyprus and other issues have held up country’s progress toward admission to European bloc
By Karl Ritter and Suzan Fraser
A man holds a copy of the Quran in a rally, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 3, 2023, against the desecration of Islam's holy book that took place in Sweden. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
July 4, 2023, 8:18 pm
Turkey says Quran-burning incident undermines Sweden’s reliability as NATO candidate
Ankara’s foreign minister lambasts Stockholm for not preventing provocative act, says it can still join alliance if it ‘completes its homework’
By Suzan Fraser
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joins legislators elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the May 14 parliamentary elections and attend their first parliamentary session to take the oath, in Ankara, Turkey, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
June 3, 2023, 4:20 pm
Turkey’s Erdogan takes oath of office, extending two-decade reign
Following election runoff win, Turkish leader leader begins third term as president after serving three stints as prime minister
By Suzan Fraser and CINAR KIPER
Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gather outside the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
May 29, 2023, 9:37 pm
With renewed mandate, Erdogan likely to maintain close ties with West and Russia
Experts suggest newly reelected Turkish president could rescind Ankara’s opposition to Sweden joining NATO, but is expected to continue engaging with Putin
By Suzan Fraser and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
In this photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Sinan Ogan, former presidential candidate from ATA alliance, in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 19, 2023. (Turkish Presidency via AP, File)
May 23, 2023, 2:21 am
Erdogan wins endorsement from third-place candidate ahead of Turkish election runoff
Sinan Ogan’s backing of incumbent could make him kingmaker after neither Erdogan nor opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu secured majority needed for a first-round victory
By Suzan Fraser and CINAR KIPER
A man reads a Turkish newspaper a day after the presidential election day, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 15, 2023. (Emrah Gurel/AP)
May 15, 2023, 6:34 pm
Turkey presidential election heads to runoff with Erdogan already claiming victory
Incumbent two-decade ruler falls just short of a majority, but sits in a good position to win second round of voting on May 28 after his alliance retains hold on parliament
By Suzan Fraser and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan light flares as they celebrate in front of the Justice and Development Party's headquarters in Istanbul, on May 14, 2023. (OZAN KOSE / AFP)
May 15, 2023, 1:08 am
Turkey’s Erdogan clings to power with high-stakes race likely headed to runoff
Longtime president says he may still beat rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu outright, though his 49.6% share falls just short of threshold needed to avoid a second round on May 28
By Suzan Fraser and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures to supporters during an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, May 13, 2023. (Emrah Gurel/AP)
May 14, 2023, 8:33 pm
With almost half of votes counted, Turkey’s Erdogan holds lead in presidential race
If neither the incumbent nor his center-left challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu receive more than 50% of the vote, the winner will be determined in a May 28 run-off
By Suzan Fraser and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Turkish rescue workers carry Ergin Guzeloglan, 36, to an ambulance after pulled him out from a collapsed building five days after an earthquake in Hatay, southern Turkey, early February 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Can Ozer)
February 11, 2023, 11:19 pm
Survivors still being found as Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll tops 28,000
Rescuers cheer and chant ‘God is Great!’ as family of 5 pulled from rubble in hard-hit town in Gaziantep; Erdogan dubs quake ‘disaster of the century’
By Justin Spike, ABDELRAHMAN SHAHEEN and Suzan Fraser
Syrian women weep next to bodies lying on the back of a truck on February 7, 2023, in the town of Jandaris, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, as a search operation continues following a deadly earthquake (Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP)
February 7, 2023, 12:13 pm
Quake toll passes 5,000 as rescue efforts in Turkey, Syria hampered by aftershocks
Teams continue to search through unstable structures, with temperatures below freezing; survivors seek shelter wherever they can; health facilities in northern Syria overwhelmed
By Mehmet Guzel, GHAITH ALSAYED and Suzan Fraser
File: People look at a site damaged by Turkish airstrikes that hit an electricity station in the village of Taql Baql, in Hasakeh province, Syria, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)
December 10, 2022, 7:19 pm
What’s at stake as Turkey threatens to escalate conflict with Syrian fighters?
After deadly blast in Istanbul last month, attributed by Turkey to illegal Kurdish groups, specter of incursion raised as Ankara responds with airstrikes against militants in Syria
By Suzan Fraser and Bassam Mroue
Fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) take part in a military parade in the US-protected Al-Omar oil field in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor on March 23, 2021, marking the second annual anniversary of Baghouz's liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
November 21, 2022, 3:18 pm
3 killed as Syrian Kurdish militants fire rockets at Turkish border town
Turkey says child and teacher among dead after high school, house and border gate struck; rights group says Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces responsible for attack
By Suzan Fraser
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, surrounded by ambassadors of different countries and UN officials, visits a port in Chornomork during loading of grain on a Turkish ship, background, close to Odesa, Ukraine, July 29, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
August 18, 2022, 4:52 pm
Zelensky to host Erdogan, Guterres for talks in Ukraine
Ukrainian president to meet with Turkish leader and UN chief in western city of Lviv, hours after at least 11 killed in Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv region
By Derek Gatopoulos and Suzan Fraser
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