... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...has announced that the withdrawal of "radical groups" had already started from a new demilitarised zone in Syria's Idlib region.
In an interview for Rooters on Sept. 25 while he was in New York for the annual United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
General Assembly meetings, Erdogan said it was impossible for Syrian peace efforts to continue with Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
in power.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sept. 24 he was hopeful
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
would release evangelical pastor Brunson this month. He was moved to house arrest in July after being detained for 21 months.
"This is a judiciary matter. Brunson has been detained on terrorism charges ... On Oct 12 there will be another hearing and we don't know what the court will decide and politicians will have no say on the verdict," Erdogan said.
If found guilty, Brunson could be nabbed
Please don't kill me!
for up to 35 years. He denies the charges.
"As the president, I don't have the right to order his release. Our judiciary is independent. Let's wait and see what the court will decide," Erdogan said.
"The Brunson case is not even closely related to Turkey's economy. The current economic challenges have been exaggerated more than necessary and Turkey will overcome these challenges with its own resources," he added.
Turkey’s central bank raised its benchmark rate by a hefty 625 basis points this month, boosting the lira and possibly easing investor concern over Erdogan's influence on monetary policy.