By ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkey’s interior minister, who said he was stepping down in the wake of a short-notice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies.Slideshow Authorities declared the 48-hour curfew in dozens of cities shortly before 10 pm on Friday, giving millions of people just two hours’ notice and prompting a wave of desperate last-minute buying.“The incidents that occurred ahead of the implementation of the curfew were not befitting the perfect management of the outbreak,”...…By ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkey’s interior minister, who said he was stepping down in the wake of a short-notice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies.Slideshow Authorities declared the 48-hour curfew in dozens of cities shortly before 10 pm on Friday, giving millions of people just two hours’ notice and prompting a wave of desperate last-minute buying.“The incidents that occurred ahead of the implementation of the curfew were not befitting the perfect management of the outbreak,”...WW…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comANKARA, April 26 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Joe Biden to swiftly reverse his declaration that 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, an action he said was upsetting and diminished bilateral ties.Biden's historic declaration on Saturday infuriated its NATO ally Turkey, which has said the announcement had opened a "deep wound" in relations already strained over a host of issues. In his first comments since Biden's statement, Erdogan said "the wrong step" would hinder...…Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comANKARA, April 26 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Joe Biden to swiftly reverse his declaration that 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, an action he said was upsetting and diminished bilateral ties.Biden's historic declaration on Saturday infuriated its NATO ally Turkey, which has said the announcement had opened a "deep wound" in relations already strained over a host of issues. In his first comments since Biden's statement, Erdogan said "the wrong step" would hinder...WW…

By ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkey’s interior minister, who said he was stepping down in the wake of a short-notice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies.Slideshow Authorities declared the 48-hour curfew in dozens of cities shortly before 10 pm on Friday, giving millions of people just two hours’ notice and prompting a wave of desperate last-minute buying.“The incidents that occurred ahead of the implementation of the curfew were not befitting the perfect management of the outbreak,”...…By ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan rejected the resignation on Sunday of Turkey’s interior minister, who said he was stepping down in the wake of a short-notice coronavirus lockdown which sent people rushing to shops to stock up on supplies.Slideshow Authorities declared the 48-hour curfew in dozens of cities shortly before 10 pm on Friday, giving millions of people just two hours’ notice and prompting a wave of desperate last-minute buying.“The incidents that occurred ahead of the implementation of the curfew were not befitting the perfect management of the outbreak,”...WW…