Kurds to stop Erdogan’s ‘constitutional dictatorship’
The top leader of Turkey’s main Kurdish party has vowed that his movement will not allow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to go…
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Erdogan to visit Iran early April
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would visit Iran early April, said Iranian Minister of Communications Mahmoud Vaezi. Iran and Turkey…
Turkish president planning to visit Iran after Nowruz celebrations
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to pay an official visit to Tehran after Nowruz (Persian New Year) celebrations, a…
Turkey’s Erdoğan to visit Iran to negotiate boosting ties
TEHRAN, Feb. 03 (MNA) – Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi has announced the upcoming visit of Turkish president to…
Iran’s speaker, Turkey’s president stress stronger bilateral ties
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian parliament speaker and Turkey’s president, in a meeting on Wednesday, underlined that raising the value of trade exchange…
Iranian press: Erdoğan’s visit to Tehran postponed
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Iran, which was scheduled to take place in January, has been postponed to late February, according…
Erdogan to visit Iran in January
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to visit Iran in January, a Turkish daily reported. Erdogan is scheduled to visit…
Turkey arrests student for anti-Erdogan criticism
Turkey has apprehended a 16-year-old high school student for offending the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by accusing him of corruption. According…
Iran’s coverage: Turkish president due in Iran next month
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Turkish FM: Erdogan to visit Iran in January Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut…
Turkish FM: Erdogan to visit Iran in January
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would visit Iran in January 2015 for the second…
Turkish police raid TV station close to former Erdogan ally
Turkish police have raided a television station and a newspaper close to a self-exiled US-based cleric, detaining some people, media reports say.…
Turkey’s president is to meet Russian counterpart in Ankara
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an attempt to boost ties. The talks…
Iran’s coverage: President Rouhani invites Turkish counterpart to visit Iran
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Rouhani invites Turkish counterpart to visit Iran Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in…
Rouhani invites Turkish counterpart to visit Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a message to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan invited him to pay an official…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Nov. 29
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 16 of them. IFP has…
Iranian economy minister confers with Turkish president
Istanbul, Nov 28, IRNA – Iranian Economy Minister, Ali Tayyebnia, conferred with with Turkish President Recep Teyyib Erdogan on latest developments in…
Iran daily: Rouhani warns of economic problems with “oil revenues down 30%”
President Rouhani put out a stark warning for Iran’s fragile economy on Wednesday, telling Parliament that oil revenues are down 30% amid…
Rouhani: Expansion of Tehran-Ankara ties will guarantee durable peace in region, world
Tehran, Oct 29, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that expansion of relations between Tehran and Ankara will guarantee durable…
Turkey prolonging war in Syria: FM official
Tehran, Oct 28, IRNA – A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official said Turkey’s interference has prolonged the war in Syria. In…
Erdoğan: A fickle friend of Iran slurs the Supreme Leader
“We consider Iran to be our second home.” — Recep Tayyip Erdoğan[1] On Monday 13 October 2014, in a speech at Istanbul’s…
Turkey to allow 200 Iraqi Kurds to enter Kobani
Turkey says it will allow 200 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters from Iraq to cross its border into Syria’s restive border town of Kobani…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 21
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian dailies on Tuesday and picked headlines from 30 of them. The…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 19
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian dailies on Sunday and picked headlines from 19 of them. A…
U.S. VP apologizes after riling Turkey’s Erdogan
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday called and apologized to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over comments suggesting Ankara had financed…
Turkey’s Erdogan attacks Biden claims it funded extremists
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted angrily on Saturday to comments by US Vice President Joe Biden that Turkey and others in…
Rouhani: $30bln level of Iran-Turkey annual trade both nations’ right
New York, Sept 24, IRNA – Iranian president said in a meeting with his Turkish counterpart here Tuesday that 30 billion US…
Report: as many as 1,000 Turks fighting among ISIS
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is attracting a steady stream of recruits among Turkish youth and an estimated 1,000…
Kerry in Ankara talks as Turkey refuses bases for strikes on IS
Ankara (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry is to fly to Ankara Friday for urgent talks after Turkey refused to…
Erdogan wishes speedy recovery of Supreme Leader
Ankara, Sept 10, IRNA – Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan in a message released on Wednsday wished the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah…
Erdogan sworn in as new Turkey president
Ankara (AFP) – Turkey’s outgoing premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as president on Thursday to extend his more than decade-long…
Zarif leaves Tehran to attend Erdogan inauguration
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif heads for Turkey to attend the inauguration ceremony of the country’s President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The…
Iran’s Zarif to attend Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will attend the inauguration ceremony of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the new Turkish President…
Iran’s Zarif invited to Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkey extended an invitation to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to take part in the inauguration ceremony of the…
Turkey’s Davutoglu expected to be a docile premier
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, hand-picked by president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan to succeed him as prime minister, is…
FM congratulates Erdogan on election victory
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham on Tuesday congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his government and nation on Erdoganˈs…
Rouhani, Erdogan discuss bilateral ties, regional developments
Tehran, Aug 11, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a telephone conversation with Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated him on…
President Gul condoles with Rouhani over plane crash
Ankara, Aug 11, IRNA – Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Monday extended his condolences to the Iranian government and nation on the…
Polls open in Turkey’s first direct presidential poll
Millions of Turks have begun casting their ballots across Turkey in the country’s first presidential election by popular vote. Turkish citizens are…
Iran’s Rouhani becomes first president to visit Turkey in 18 years
Relations between Iran and Turkey have long been defined by mutual suspicion and competition, despite a 312-mile border that has remained unchanged…