TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of trying to punish and compromise Ankara over its refusal to act the way Washington wants it to. “They [the United States] are trying to punish, condemn and compromise us because we do not stick to their scripts, which are obvious and are […]

TEHRAN–Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t rule out possibility of cooperation with Syria’s Assad government on YPG. Ankara continues to rule out any place for the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its militia the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in any solution process in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated, after Turkey, Iran and […]

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the recent vow by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to make Saudi Arabia a bastion of “moderate Islam”. “Islam cannot be either ‘moderate’ or ‘not moderate.’ Islam can only be one thing,” Erdogan said in a speech at a program hosted in Ankara by the Organization […]

TEHRAN  – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said Turkey’s counter-terrorism operations against the terrorist PKK organization would continue. “We are going into winter season. There is no such thing [stopping the operations],” Erdogan said in Justice and Development (AK) party’s parliamentary group meeting. “The operation is continuing. We will not stop. We will […]

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Russia on Nov. 13 and to Kuwait on Nov. 14, Presidential Press Center announced Monday. According to the statement, Erdogan will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Daily Sabah reported. The two presidents are expected to discuss the Russian-sponsored Congress of […]

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan highlighted the importance of the use of national currencies in trade, noting that it will have positive repercussions for the economy. Speaking at the Developing-8 (D-8) Organization for Economic Cooperation Summit in Istanbul, Erdogan said that switching to national currencies will revolutionize trade relations, Daily Sabah reported. “There […]

TEHRAN  – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday warned about a plot hatched by Zionists and a number of foreign powers to establish a new Israel in the region. On his visit to Tehran, Turkish President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Ayatollah Khamenei. During the meeting with Turkish President Recep […]

TEHRAN– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is in Iran on an official visit, said the recent decision by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region to hold an independence referendum was taken in consultation with the Israeli spy agency Mossad. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, in Tehran on Wednesday, Erdogan […]

TEHRAN  – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on the leaders of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to make up for their wrong decisions, saying Iran, Turkey and Iraq are obligated to take “serious and necessary measures” to avert any change in the region’s political borders. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Recep […]

TEHRAN  – President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Tehran on Wednesday for a new session of strategic negotiations and for talks on the latest regional developments. Heading a high-ranking delegation, Erdogan landed in Tehran on Wednesday morning and was given a welcome by Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari and […]