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Erdogan to EU: Don’t exclude Turkey from bloc
Turkish President Recep Erdogan on Thursday stepped up his rhetoric against the European Union, even as he insisted his country was still interested in...
Turkey: African Youths Against Tyranny condemns Erdogan’s clampdown on journalists, others
A human rights group, the Concern African Youth Against Tyranny (CAYAT), has condemned the President Tayyip Erdoğan-led government in Turkey for clamping down on...
Turkey formally asks U.S. to arrest Fethullah Gulen
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has formally requested the United States (U.S.) to provisionally arrest Islamic cleric, Fethullah Gulen, accused by Ankara of masterminding the failed...
Turkish Govt. discharges 820 soldiers following coup attempt
Turkish Defence Ministry said on Thursday in Ankara that as the effects of a failed coup in July continued to reverberate around the country,...
Erdogan: U.S. has ‘no excuse’ to keep coup suspect Gulen; only a court can...
President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he would tell U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that Washington had "no excuse" for not handing over the...
Turkey seizes assets of 187 businessmen in post-coup crackdown
Turkish police carried out raids on Thursday against businesses in 18 provinces, with detention orders for 187 businessmen.
The action, according to the report, was...
Turkey detains 112 businessmen in latest raids after coup
Turkish police, on Wednesday, detained 112 businessmen in several provinces, accusing them all of having links to a U.S.-based cleric the government blames for...
Gulen confident U.S. will not extradite him to Turkey, says ‘Erdogan suffering from power...
Fethullah Gulen, an exiled religious leader blamed by President Recep Erdogan for the coup attempt in Turkey, said on Friday that the United States...
Erdogan issues decree to close 2,340 schools, hospitals, charities, others in Turkey; suspends 37,500...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a decree to close 2,341 institutions - including schools, charities, unions and medical centres - in the...
Turkey detains 6,000 in failed coup
A sweeping campaign to arrest renegade military officers, soldiers and other suspects linked to a failed coup plot in Turkey showed signs on Sunday...