Erdogan jabs at Obama in calculated move - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Cengiz Candar

Cengiz Candar

Feb 13, 2015

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan gestures during a conference at the Foreign Affairs building in Mexico City February 12, 2015. Erdogan is in Mexico for an official visit. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR4PE4X — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures during a conference at the Foreign Affairs building in Mexico City, Feb. 12, 2015. — REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Couples pose for souvenir pictures in front of the Ottoman-era Ortakoy Mecidiye mosque by the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: RELIGION CITYSCAPE TRAVEL SOCIETY) - RTR4K534

Turkey's mosque-building diplomacy

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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the opening ceremony of an imam-hatip school in Ankara November 18, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS RELIGION) - RTR4ELDA

Erdogan attempts to bury policy failures by rewriting history

Pinar Tremblay

An election campaign banner of Turkey's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Tayyip Erdogan is seen near a mosque in Istanbul August 9, 2014. Erdogan is set to secure his place in history as Turkey's first popularly-elected president on Sunday, but his tightening grip on power has polarised the nation, worried Western allies and raised fears of creeping authoritarianism. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR41T1P

From Ataturk to Erdogan: Turks rewrite history

Mustafa Akyol

Cuba's former President Fidel Castro (R) and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (L) meet in Havana, Cuba, September 19, 2016. Courtesy of Estudios Revolucion/Cubadebate/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSOIH4

Castro’s death elicits mixed coverage in Iranian media

Changiz M. Varzi

Changiz M. Varzi