Erdogan wins Turkish election, extending rule to third decade
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s presidential election, defeating opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s runoff vote and stretching his rule into a third decade. With 99.43% of the votes counted, preliminary official results announced by Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) on Sunday showed Erdogan winning with 52.14%
TURKEY’S GROWING INFLUENCE IN SENEGAL AND AFRICA
Senegal in particular President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had planned a three-nation tour in Africa between Feb. 20 and Feb. 23; however, the visit to Guinea-Bissau was canceled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine while the other two visits to Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
ERDOĞAN CALLS ON EU TO SHOW SENSITIVITY ABOUT TURKEY’S MEMBERSHIP
Turkey appreciates the European Union’s efforts to include Ukraine in the bloc, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday and urged Brussels to show the same sensitivity for Turkey’s accession process. Asked about Ukraine’s bid for European Union membership at a joint news conference with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani
QUEEN ELIZABETH II GIVES THE GHOST
Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Prime Minister Liz Truss said the Queen was the rock on which modern Britain was built, and the new King
THE BIGGEST WINNER IN UKRAINE SO FAR: TURKEY’S ERDOGAN
Against a backdrop of Russian bombs falling indiscriminately on civilians in Kharkhiv and Kyiv, Ukrainian and Russian delegations met for an initial round of ceasefire talks – and Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reiterated that Turkey could not cut off ties with either Russia or Ukraine. Since the