Turkey will continue fighting whatever powers seek to undermine the government, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday as he addressed a massive flag-waving rally in Istanbul in the wake of the country's abortive July 15 coup.

Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the main opposition party leader to inspect the toilets in his lavish, 1,150-room palace after the politician claimed it had gold-plated toilet seats.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in as Turkey’s first popularly elected president, a position that will keep him in the nation’s driving seat for at least another five years.

Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on the fourth day of violent demonstrations as the president and prime minister took competing positions over the unrest.

Turkey’s prime minister has apologised for the first time for the killings of nearly 14,000 people to crush a Kurdish rebellion in the 1930s.