Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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Turkey raises lowest pension by 66 percent

Turkey raises lowest pension by 66 percent

Public employees will get a pay rise of 30.5 percent, President Erdoğan has announced. Unions and the opposition say pay raises are not sufficient amid high inflation.

President issues decree for a new institute at Boğaziçi University

President issues decree for a new institute at Boğaziçi University

The reason for the establishment of the institute is to gain one more seat in the university senate, an academic has said.

30 December 2021

Poll: Erdoğan trails both İmamoğlu and Yavaş by over 10 points

Poll: Erdoğan trails both İmamoğlu and Yavaş by over 10 points

The opposition alliance is also ahead of the ruling People's Alliance in the parliamentary elections, according to MetroPOLL.

28 December 2021

Turkey's banking agency files complaint against journalists, politicians over forex comments

Turkey's banking agency files complaint against journalists, politicians over forex comments

Politicians and pundits have questioned whether the lira's recent fluctuations were triggered by the government on purpose.

27 December 2021

İstanbul will be key to 2023 elections, says Erdoğan

İstanbul will be key to 2023 elections, says Erdoğan

The president has urged his party organization to "win the hearts" of every citizen.

27 December 2021

Erdoğan has a new success story as small investors 'conned'

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Erdoğan has a new success story as small investors 'conned'

Ordinary people paid the price for a week of massive fluctuations in the Turkish lira • Political implications of the government's "forex-indexed deposit" tool • Burning of three refugees to death remained covered up for weeks

26 December 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Erdoğan promises a 'completely different economic climate' by summer

Erdoğan promises a 'completely different economic climate' by summer

Foreign exchange reverses of the Central Bank have exceeded 115 billion dollars, the president has said. The bank's net reserves excluding swap deals stand at minus 46 billion dollars.

24 December 2021

Erdoğan: New deposit instrument achieved goal to strengthen lira

Erdoğan: New deposit instrument achieved goal to strengthen lira

No citizen will have to move their savings from the Turkish lira to foreign currency anymore, the president has said.

22 December 2021

Fuel oil prices won't fall in Turkey: The drop in exchange rates to be levied as tax

Fuel oil prices won't fall in Turkey: The drop in exchange rates to be levied as tax

The expected reductions in the fuel oil prices due to the falls in foreign exchange rates will not affect the money paid by citizens to buy fuel oil as this amount will be levied on them as the special consumption tax.

22 December 2021

Details of Turkey's new foreign exchange-indexed deposit account system

Details of Turkey's new foreign exchange-indexed deposit account system

The Turkish lira gained about 15 percent in value against the US dollar within hours after President Erdoğan introduced the new system.

21 December 2021

Erdoğan announces new economic measures, Turkish Lira gains ground

Erdoğan announces new economic measures, Turkish Lira gains ground

Erdoğan: “If the returns made by our people on Turkish Lira at the bank is higher than the increase in the exchange rate, they will receive these returns; but if the returns given by the exchange rate is higher, the margin will be directly paid to our citizens.”

21 December 2021

Erdoğan slams business group over call to 'return to rules of economic science'

Erdoğan slams business group over call to 'return to rules of economic science'

The president cited the Quran for his advocacy of low interest rates. Another business group announced support for his "new economic model."

20 December 2021

'Minimum wage for all'

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'Minimum wage for all'

Government raises minimum wage sharply but lira is sinking faster • Is the main reason for drought in Turkey the climate crisis or wrong water policies? • Four deaths in a week put spotlight on ill prisoners’ situation

18 December 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Turkey raises minimum wage by 50 percent amid currency crisis, high prices

Turkey raises minimum wage by 50 percent amid currency crisis, high prices

The government has raised the minimum monthly wage from 2,825 lira to 4,250 lira for the next year.

16 December 2021

Erdoğan dismisses two Vice Ministers of Treasury and Finance

PRESIDENTIAL DECISION

Erdoğan dismisses two Vice Ministers of Treasury and Finance

According to a Presidential decision published in the Official Gazette, Vice Ministers of Treasury and Finance Şakir Ercan Gül and Mehmet Hamdi Yıldırım have been dismissed; Mahmut Gürcan and Yunus Elitaş have been appointed in their place.

16 December 2021

Report: Minimum wage meeting delayed due to lira's rapid slide

Report: Minimum wage meeting delayed due to lira's rapid slide

The minimum wage commission was expected to convene at the start of the week.

14 December 2021

Columnist Hasan Cemal put on trial for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan, again

Columnist Hasan Cemal put on trial for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan, again

The Press Crimes Bureau of the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation against T24 columnist Cemal for “insulting the President”. The investigation has turned into a court case, the first hearing of which is scheduled for April 12.

13 December 2021

Citizen who threw President Erdoğan’s picture to the ground arrested

Citizen who threw President Erdoğan’s picture to the ground arrested

A citizen named A.Ç. came to a sub-governor’s office in Zonguldak province and threw the photo of President and AKP Chair Erdoğan hung at the entrance of the building to the ground. Referred to the courthouse, A.Ç has been arrested.

13 December 2021

‘Are you in?’: Demirtaş responds to Erdoğan’s ‘rally’ remarks

‘Are you in?’: Demirtaş responds to Erdoğan’s ‘rally’ remarks

Jailed politician Demirtaş has responded to Erdoğan’s targeting remarks: “I will be out for 2 hours and go to the meeting site with a single megaphone. You will hold a rally at the same site a day later. The one who gathers one person less will quit politics.”

10 December 2021

‘Someone should remind Erdoğan about the difference between EU and CoE’

AHMET DAVUTOĞLU

‘Someone should remind Erdoğan about the difference between EU and CoE’

Future Party Chair Davutoğlu, also a former AKP politician, has commented on President and AKP Chair Erdoğan’s remarks of “We don’t recognize the EU’s decisions”.

10 December 2021

Erdoğan: We don’t recognize EU's decisions

Erdoğan: We don’t recognize EU's decisions

President Erdoğan: “We don’t recognize the decisions taken by the European Union about Kavala, Demirtaş, this or that… This is so simple. We assume that ‘they [decisions] do not exist’. In our eyes, these are null and void.”

8 December 2021

Turkey’s Presidential High Advisory Board discusses ‘climate change’

Turkey’s Presidential High Advisory Board discusses ‘climate change’

According to a statement released by the Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, “the members of the board have expressed their views on Turkey’s targets on tackling challenges related to climate change.”

3 December 2021

Erdoğan replaces finance minister amid currency crisis

Erdoğan replaces finance minister amid currency crisis

The president had implicitly criticized Lütfi Elvan for opposing his lower interest rate policy, which led the Turkish lira to lose 29 percent in value in a month.

2 December 2021

Erdoğan rules out agreement with IMF, confident that lira will gain value

Erdoğan rules out agreement with IMF, confident that lira will gain value

The president has explained his "new economic model" and the country's "war of economic liberation" as Central Bank intervenes in the market to bring down foreign exchange rates.

1 December 2021

Turkish lira nears 14 to US dollar as Erdoğan speaks again

Turkish lira nears 14 to US dollar as Erdoğan speaks again

"We are refusing the policy of drawing hot money flow with high interest rates," the president has said.

1 December 2021

Erdoğan insists interest rates cause inflation, cites his 'economics education'

Erdoğan insists interest rates cause inflation, cites his 'economics education'

Thanks to his low interest rate policies, the inflation rate will decrease by the next elections, the president has asserted.

29 November 2021

Stage actor Genco Erkal appears before court in 'insulting President' case

Stage actor Genco Erkal appears before court in 'insulting President' case

The 83-year-old actor was indicted for insulting Erdoğan in the tweets he posted five years ago.

25 November 2021

Opposition leaders slam Erdoğan as Turkish lira loses 10 percent in value in a day

Opposition leaders slam Erdoğan as Turkish lira loses 10 percent in value in a day

The president says the country is in an "economic independence war" after lira's plunge following policy rate cuts.

24 November 2021

Erdoğan dismisses opposition's calls for a snap election

Erdoğan dismisses opposition's calls for a snap election

Amid the opposition's pressing calls for a snap election in Turkey, Erdoğan has said, “Snap election will not happen. June 2023! They are not aware of whom they walk with. It is long gone, this is history now.”

23 November 2021

Charlie Hebdo on trial in Turkey for 'insulting the President'

COURT CASE BEGINS

Charlie Hebdo on trial in Turkey for 'insulting the President'

In the trial over the cartoon on the cover page of France-based weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the first hearing was held in the absence of defendants at the Ankara 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance today, on November 18, 2021.

18 November 2021

Erdoğan's 'chaos' remarks show 'he thinks he may lose elections'

Erdoğan's 'chaos' remarks show 'he thinks he may lose elections'

Politicians and political scientists commented on the president's recent statement that Turkey would be dragged into chaos if the opposition wins the next election.

18 November 2021

Opposition leaders call for an urgent snap election in Turkey

Opposition leaders call for an urgent snap election in Turkey

Main opposition CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu and İYİ Party Chair Akşener held a joint press conference and urged President and AKP Chair Erdoğan to call elections immediately.

18 November 2021