Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that he will let hundreds of thousands of migrants travel on to Europe if pushed by the EU. He was reacting to a non-binding vote by the European Parliament to freeze talks on EU membership for Turkey. The MEPs were alarmed by Mr Erdogan’s “disproportionate” response to a … Read more
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Germany had become a haven for terrorists and would be “judged by history”, accusing it of failing to extradite supporters of a U. S.-based cleric Ankara blames for July’s failed military coup. He said Germany had long harbored militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged … Read more
Turkey said it had dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and U. S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup in July. More than 100,000 people had already been sacked or suspended and 37,000 arrested since the abortive putsch … Read more
Turkish authorities have dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants over their suspected links with U. S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating the failed coup in July. Thousands of academics, teachers and health workers were among those removed through a new emergency rule decree published on the Official Gazette late on Saturday while … Read more
Our government will take this (proposal on capital punishment) to parliament. I am convinced that parliament will approve it, and when it comes back to me, I will ratify it,” Erdogan said at an inauguration ceremony in Ankara. “Soon, soon, don’t worry. It’s happening soon, God willing,” he said, as attending crowds chanted: “We want … Read more
Thousands of police were also among those purged in the immediate aftermath of the failed overthrow Turkey has suspended almost 13,000 police officers for their alleged links with the US-based Muslim cleric, Fethullah Gulen. The latest wave adds to the 100,000 or so civil servants dismissed or suspended since July’s failed coup. Mr Gulen denies … Read more
Exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen on Thursday dismissed an arrest warrant issued against him by a Turkish court while denying his role in the recent failed military coup. The warrant changes neither his status nor his views, Gulen was quoted by U. S. media as saying in a statement after a court in Istanbul issued … Read more