118 results for Recep Tayyip Erdogan

26 April 2024

Monocle’s Hannah Lucinda Smith on Mark Rutte’s visit to Istanbul to meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he seeks to woo support to become the next Nato chief. Also in the programme: Ed Stocker sits down with Lufthansa CEO Jens…

18 July 2020

​The Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul, a Unesco World Heritage site, has been turned back into a mosque. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced the decision last week after a court annulled the site’s museum…

28 October 2020

The response of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to the murder of Samuel Paty in Paris is characteristic of his culture war on freedom of expression. Andrew Mueller explains why that is both ironic and futile.

6 April 2019

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared last weekend's local elections to be about the ‘survival of the nation’. That was until his ruling AK party suffered its biggest defeats in years. Votes are still being cou…

29 March 2025

Hundreds of thousands of protestors have poured onto Turkey’s streets after president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his authorities arrested Istanbul mayor and presidential candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Since then, thousands more…

24 March 2025

Protests continue in Turkey following the arrest of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival and Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. We get the latest from Ruth Michaelson, who reports the nation’s capital. Also on the…

16 May 2013

We discuss Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington, profile Israeli politician Yair Lapid’s fall from grace, and discuss why Barack Obama also had a bad week.

13 November 2019

We look ahead to today’s meeting of Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington and examine the changing nature of protest in Hong Kong as the city comes to a standstill. Plus: Why is it so difficult to count the…

14 October 2019

As Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens to flood Europe with migrants, we ask whether another refugee crisis is on the EU’s doorstep. Plus: why Irish PM Leo Varadkar makes an unlikely Taoiseach and the latest on the Trump-Ukraine…

26 November 2019

As Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visits Qatar, we look at Turkey’s relationship with the Gulf states. Plus: press freedom in Egypt and why Sweden questioning whether Finland should really be the official home of Santa Claus.

12 November 2019

Mary Dejevsky, Alex von Tunzelmann and Andrew Mueller discuss the day’s top news stories: Nigel Farage’s non-aggression pact with the Tories, leaders in exile and the bromance between presidents Donald Trump and Recep…

10 July 2014

In a packed show we discuss Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s political rival, French anti-terror legislation, London's polluted air and the business of books.

24 April 2014

We analyse Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s condolences to Armenians on the anniversary of the Armenian genocide, check-in for the latest from India’s general election, and pay tribute to Fela Kuti with Rikki…

31 March 2014

We assess the impact of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's big win at the Turkish local elections, profile new secretary general of Nato Jens Stoltenberg and assess Air France's rebranding strategy.

3 December 2018

Is it too late to stop climate change? Why is Qatar quitting Opec? And what’s Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan doing in Venezuela? Plus: a flick through the Asian newspapers and a presidential fire sale in Mexico.