Erdogan articles
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'Death to Israel' in Turkish parliament during Erdogan speech
The speech of Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Parliament in Ankara on Wednesday, was cheered on from the audience with calls "Death to Israel." Erdogan claimed Israel had repeatedly attempted to topple the Turkish government in recent decades and told parliamentarians that he expects to host the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh on the weekend, calling him "leader of the Palestinian struggle." "While everyone else remained silent, we defined Hamas as a resistance movement,...
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Does the AKP’s Resounding Defeat Spell the End of Erdoğan?
Kaya Genç Social democrats prevailed in local elections in Istanbul, and as Erdoğan himself says, “Whoever wins Istanbul wins Turkey.”