Jailing of Journalists Hits Record High In 2017
The number of journalists imprisoned across the globe for their work has hit a record high in 2017, the annual ...
Tag: Politics of Turkey
Pentagon Alarm Over Turkey Plan To Buy Russian Missiles
The Pentagon on Monday criticized Turkey's plans to purchase a Russian air-defense system instead of investing in NATO technology. Turkish ...
Trump Taps New Ambassador To Afghanistan
John Bass has been posted in Turkey since 2014, and has steered US-Turkey relations through an unsuccessful coup attempt and ...
Gulen ‘not Worried’ About Extradition To Turkey
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for a failed coup attempt a year ago, told French TV Tuesday ...
Fethullah Gulen’s Message On the Anniversary of Turkey Coup Attempt
Saturday is a sad moment in Turkish history as it marks one year since the deplorable coup attempt that resulted ...
Erdogan Hails ‘defenders of Nation’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given emotional speeches to tens of thousands of people a year after a coup ...
Turkey To Mark Anniversary of Coup Attempt
Events will be held in Turkey later to mark the first anniversary of a failed coup in which at least ...
Gulen Blasts ‘despicable’ 2016 Turkey Coup Bid, Subsequent ‘witch…
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the man blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt a year ago, on Friday ...
Hunger-Striking Pair Become Symbols of Turkey Purge
An Ankara academic and teacher who have been on hunger strike for over four months after being sacked in the ...
Report Reveals Turkey’s Coup Orchestrated By President Erdogan
Last year’s failed coup attempt in Turkey is nothing but a false flag orchestrated by Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayip ...
Shadowy App Turkey Says Was Key To Coup Bid
It's the app Ankara says provided the messaging hub for many of the suspected plotters who took part in last ...
President Erdogan Tells BBC: EU Wastes Turkey’s Time
Turkey will find it “comforting” if the EU says it cannot be accepted as a member, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
Questions Linger One Year On
Just before midnight on July 15, 2016, a tear-stained anchorwoman, clearly under duress, appeared on Turkish state television to announce ...
Turkey Since Attempted Coup
A year ago, a faction in the Turkish army staged a failed coup bid against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prompting ...
Failed Coup Takes Toll On Turkey’s Foreign Policy
The consequences of the failed July 15 coup in Turkey increased Ankara's international isolation, exposing shortcomings in the government's sometimes ...
Turkey Opposition Chief Meets Jailed MP After Mass Rally
Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Monday visited a jailed MP in an Istanbul prison, a day after finishing a ...
Austria Bars Turkish Economy Minister Over Rally Plans
Austria said Monday it had barred Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci from entering the country to attend a rally marking ...
Turkey Marks Failed Coup That Changed Country
Turkey marks one year on July 15 since a coup attempt aiming to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that failed ...
Turkish Opposition Chief To Hold Mass Rally After ‘justice’ March
The leader of Turkey's main opposition party was on Sunday to address a mass rally in Istanbul at the culmination ...
Qatar’s Defence Minister To Visit Turkey Amid Base Controversy
The defence minister of Qatar is to visit its ally Turkey on Friday, state media reported, as Ankara resists pressure ...