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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP/File Photo)

March 12th, 2018 - 02:00 GMT

Rohingya Baby Named After Erdogan

A Rohingya baby born at a Turkish field hospital in Bangladesh was named after the Turkish president on Friday.

Doctor of Gynecology and Obstetrics Naim Unsal called the birth a 'miracle' (Shuttestock/File Photo)

October 1st, 2017 - 09:11 GMT

Syrian Mother and Daughter Give Birth at the Same Time

Turkey has announced an overhaul of more than 170 topics in the country's school curriculum, including removing all direct references to evolution from biology classes. (AFP/File)

September 18th, 2017 - 08:13 GMT

Turkey's Regression Continues: Evolution Scrapped From School Textbooks

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gives flowers to his supporters upon his arrival at the Extraordinary Congress of the ruling AKP (AFP)

May 22nd, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Turkish President Re-appointed as AKP Leader

Turkish protesters who supported "no" in the country's constitutional referendum demonstrate in Istanbu;, April 17 2017. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

April 18th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Turkey’s Erdogan rejects European observers’ criticism of referendum

Supporters of Turkish President Erdogan wave Turkish national flags and flags reading "yes" as they celebrate during a rally on April 16, 2017 in Istanbul after the results of a nationwide referendum. (AFP/Ozan Kose)

April 17th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Narrow win has Erdogan supporters concerned, but convinced vote was legitimate

Left: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's hand. (AFP); Right: Baby (AFP/LEO RAMIREZ)

March 18th, 2017 - 12:07 GMT

Erdogan, Turkish babies are "Europe's future"

The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a northern base in preparation for operations to retake the Islamic State (IS) group's hub of Mosul

October 18th, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Protestors outside Turkish embassy in Baghdad demand withdrawal of troops

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivering a speech (AFP/Adem Altan)

October 12th, 2016 - 11:52 GMT

Twitter weighs in on Abadi and Erdogan’s war of words

Can Dundar, former editor in chief for Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, stood trial for reporting on arms shipments to Syria. (AFP/File)

October 5th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Exiled Turkish journalist sets up shop in Germany, aims to hire reporters sacked in Turkey

The Turkish government has accused the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of orchestrating the July coup attempt and has requested his extradition to the US. (AFP/File)

September 23rd, 2016 - 03:00 GMT

Gulen speaks out, says Erdogan is to blame for Turkish coup attempt

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (R)and US Vice President Joe Biden (L) hold a joint press conference following their meeting on August 24, 2016 at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara. (AFP/Adem Altan)

August 25th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Joe Biden: US working with Turkey to process extradition request for Gulen

A photo taken on July 16, 2016 shows a Turkish military helicopter at Alexandroupolis airport, after landing there carrying eight officers seeking asylum after a failed coup in Turkey the night before. (AFP/Sakis Mitrolidis)

July 18th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Turkish coup plotters charged in Greece