According to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Washington is making "miscalculations" in the Middle East. The President of Turkey criticized Donald Trump's plan to resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Erdogan argued that relocating Palestinians from this region would be "utter cruelty.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again rejected a U.S. proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and says Israel should pay for the damage it caused there and for reconstruction to begin.

According to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Washington is making "miscalculations" in the Middle East. The President of Turkey criticised Donald Trump's plan to resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Erdogan believes that relocating Palestinians from the region would be "utter cruelty.

Turkey’s government dismissed the Kurdish mayor of the eastern province of Van after he was sentenced to prison for terrorism charges, marking the latest in a wave of arrests and investigations across the country that have ensnared national politicians and journalists.

Turkish authorities have sacked another elected pro-Kurdish mayor over a terrorism-linked conviction, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Mayor Abdullah Zeydan of the south-eastern city of Van was replaced with the local governor over his conviction on "assisting an armed terrorist