Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Istanbul cemetery vandals caught on camera

July 15, 2022, 1:44 pm

Five children arrested after Jewish graves desecrated in Istanbul cemetery

Authorities said the suspects, aged between 11 and 13, lived closed to the cemetery on the city's European side

By Michael Daventry

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaking at the G20 summit in Rome in October 2021 (Photo: Arce/NurPhoto)

November 5, 2021, 3:10 pm

Turkish man fined for calling Erdoğan ‘a Jew pretending to be a Muslim’

A court agreed with the president's lawyers that the remarks were an 'insult' against the Turkish leader

By Michael Daventry

Erdoğan appeared to say Israeli prime ministers enjoy “sucking blood', but he may have been referring to Jews

May 20, 2021, 2:06 pm

Turkey’s Jewish community defends Erdoğan against antisemitism charge

The country’s Chief Rabbinate said a US State Department condemnation of the president’s speech was ‘unfair’

By Michael Daventry

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Ankara last month. There was no deal (Photo: Turkish Presidency)

April 15, 2021, 9:38 am

ANALYSIS: Turkey could send its Uyghurs back to China at any moment

World Jewish Relief's charity appeal comes as Turkey mulls over an extradition treaty with Beijing

By Michael Daventry

October 27, 2020, 11:19 am

Turkey’s president invokes Shoah in berating France’s crackdown on Islamism

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: 'Relocations, inquisitions and genocides towards members of different religions is not a practice that is foreign to Europe'

By JTA

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters after polls for Israel's general elections closed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

July 22, 2019, 12:33 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu is now Israel’s longest-serving prime minister

Incumbent surpassed the number of days at the helm, previously held by the Jewish state's first leader, David Ben-Gurion

By JTA

November 27, 2018, 10:08 am

Turkey’s Erdogan blames ‘famous Hungarian Jew’ Soros for funding ‘terrorists’

UK Jewish leaders react with anger after the Turkish president accused the philanthropist of helping “to divide and destroy nations”

May 16, 2018, 10:05 am

Theresa May calls for ‘independent transparent investigation’ into Gaza deaths

Prime Minister addresses media with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as she calls Palestinian casualties 'tragic and concerning'

By Jewish News Reporter

December 14, 2017, 9:43 am

Muslim nations urge recognition of East Jerusalem as capital of Palestine

Mahmoud Abbas tells the Organisation of Muslim Cooperation to support Palestinians following U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

By Jewish News Reporter

December 7, 2017, 12:58 pm

Hamas leader urges uprising after Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem

Ismail Haniyeh brands American policy an act of 'aggression on our people and a war on our sanctuaries'

By Jewish News Reporter

May 9, 2017, 9:28 am

Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Israel of massacring Palestinians

President condemns the international community for not acting against Israel's 'massacres'

By JTA

March 6, 2017, 12:38 pm

Germany condemns Turkey for ‘absolutely unacceptable’ Nazi comparison

Chancellor Angela Merkel's office calls Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statements "absolutely unacceptable"

By Jewish News Reporter

March 6, 2017, 9:52 am

Turkey’s president Erdogan accuses Germany of ‘Nazi practices’

Erdogan hit out after a local authority in south-west Germany prevented a Turkish minister from addressing a rally

By Jewish News Reporter

New Turkish envoy Eitan Na'eh (left) presenting his credentials to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (right)

December 9, 2016, 9:57 am

New Turkish envoy on carrying Jerusalem’s hopes from London to Ankara

Eitan Na’eh speaks exclusively to Jewish News about the challenges of his new role in the Turkish capital

By Stephen Oryszczuk

December 5, 2016, 11:08 am

Turkish president: Israel restricting Muslim worship

Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised Israeli legislation proposing a limit on the volume of the Muslim call to prayer

By JTA

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