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Erdogan holds giant Istanbul rally week ahead of referendum
Tens of thousands packed one of the biggest public spaces in Istanbul as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted a giant rally seeking votes in Turkey’s largest city just over a week ahead of a nation-wide referendum. Lambasting Turkey’s enemies and
Morocco king names new government
Morocco’s King Mohamed VI on Wednesday named a new government headed by a member of the ruling Islamist party, following a six-month political deadlock in the North African country. Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othman, second-in-command of the Justice and Development
Morocco’s Islamists plays down royal tensions as poll campaign begins
Morocco’s governing Islamist party opened its campaign for the kingdom’s parliamentary election on Sunday, playing down tensions with the royal establishment. The Oct. 7 ballot will be the second since the 2011 Arab Spring-like protests that prompted King Mohammed to
Obama praises Erdogan on Turkey vote win
U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on recent elections that extended the Turkish president’s term in office. Days before traveling to Turkey for a G20 summit, Obama spoke to Erdogan to “congratulate the Turkish people on
Turkey’s main opposition: Erdogan must stop ‘meddling’
Turkey’s opposition parties should form the next government, the largest of them said Monday, and also laid out terms for joining any coalition government, including forcing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to exceed his constitutional powers. The ruling Islamic-rooted Justice
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