The island of Gotland will become one of the strongholds of the Alliance, and the powerful Swedish military industry will strengthen the development of aircraft, tanks and anti-aircraft defense systems
Biden described the summit as a “historic moment” and said the United States agreed with a proposal to outline a path for Ukraine’s eventual membership.
It was the first time that the Turkish President linked his country’s ambition to join the EU with Sweden’s efforts to become a NATO member
The leaders also will discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and matters involving China
The Turkish lira has now weakened by around 20% against the dollar since the start of the year. It has raised fears of even higher prices for people already struggling to afford basics like housing and food amid high inflation
Turkey’s government accuses Sweden of being too lenient on terror organizations and security threats, including militant Kurdish groups and people associated with a 2016 coup attempt
The 69-year-old has led Turkey as prime minister or president for 20 years and already is the longest-serving leader in the Turkish republic’s history
Erdogan now faces a host of domestic challenges in a deeply divided country. He must figure out how to boost a battered economy. He is under pressure to repatriate Syrian refugees. And he has promised to rebuild after a devastating earthquake.
Economists fear there will be a balance-of-payments crisis in the upcoming months unless international confidence is restored
The divisive populist won despite the fact that his country is reeling from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that leveled entire cities
Turkey does not have exit polls, but the preliminary results are expected to come within hours of the polls closing at 5 p.m.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has parlayed his country’s NATO membership and location straddling Europe and the Middle East into international influence, is favored to win reelection in a presidential runoff Sunday
Sunday’s runoff election will decide between an increasingly authoritarian incumbent and a challenger who has pledged to restore democracy
The social network has restricted and withdrawn content critical of the ruling parties in Turkey and India, among other countries, including during electoral campaigns
The nationalist presidential candidate Sinan Ogan emerged as a potential kingmaker after neither Erdogan nor his main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, secured the majority needed for a first-round victory on May 14
The May 28 second-round vote will determine whether the country remains under the president’s firm grip or can embark on a more democratic course promised by his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu
The results, whether they come within days or after a second round of voting takes place in two weeks, will determine if the country remains under Erdogan’s control or resumes the more democratic path promised by his main rival
The vote will either grant the increasingly authoritarian president a new five-year term in office or set the NATO member country on what his opposition contender calls a more democratic path
One of the four candidates for the presidential election withdraws after the publication of a fake sex video and the Turkish president shows manipulated images on the campaign trail to link his opponent to terrorism
Air force pilot Alper Gezeravci was selected to be the first Turkish citizen in space, and will travel to the International Space Station, the president said
Erdogan sat behind a desk surrounded by Cabinet members, aides and political allies to preside at the event marking the delivery of the first fuel to the Russian-built Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in southern Turkey
President Erdoğan has pledged to build half a million homes within a year, but experts and the opposition say this promise is due to upcoming elections in May
Both Sweden and neighboring Finland applied to join the Western military alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The United Nations and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension, but neither confirmed how long it would last
Putin visited an art school and a children’s center that are part of a project to develop a historical park on the site of an ancient Greek colony
Both Finland and Swden applied to become NATO members 10 months ago in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, abandoning decades of nonalignment
An investigation should be opened into why it took a week to open border crossings for aid to flow, the commission said