Politics of Turkey

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 in the...

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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...

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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 260 people died...

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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 again...

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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 wake of...

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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...

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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 year's...

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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...

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Questions Linger One Year On

Just before midnight on July 15, 2016, a tear-stained anchorwoman, clearly under duress, appeared on Turkish state...

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Turkey Since Attempted Coup

A year ago, a faction in the Turkish army staged a failed coup bid against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prompting a...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 of an...

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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...