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Turkish leaders on Tuesday stepped up their calls for the United States to punish Fethullah Gulen, the reclusive cleric living in Pennsylvania whose organization is said to be behind the failed July 15 coup attempt that sought to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government. Officials in Ankara insist that Gulen had a direct […]
Night had fallen and the weekend had begun, but the head of Turkey’s spy agency remained at work in the main security compound in Ankara, struggling to track reports of strange military activities across the country. Suddenly, a roar of gunfire erupted as a fleet of choppers blasted the gates of the compound. As guards fired […]
Turkish authorities issued warrants on Monday for the detention of 42 journalists and took 31 academics into custody, official media reported, as the government pressed ahead with a crackdown against people allegedly linked to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric following a failed coup. The state-run Anadolu news agency said the list of journalists wanted for questioning […]
SAS troops are on standby to evacuate British holidaymakers from Turkey amid fears of another military coup.
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan said intelligence officials were well aware of strains within Turkey and sizable opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but he wouldn’t say whether they foresaw an attempted coup last week. Mr. Brennan, speaking Tuesday evening to an audience at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, described the setting U.S. officials were in Friday night when the attempted coup was […]
Sandwiched between ISIS held and Kurdish held Syria, lays a city under siege. Manbij is a medium sized city south of Kobani and North West of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa. While many civilians have already fled the city, thousands more are trapped inside. With coalition airstrikes backing up the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces […]
The Turkish military has a long history of meddling in the nation’s politics, including no fewer than four coup d’états. In 1960, young officers toppled the democratically elected government amid socio-political turmoil and economic hardship, forcing 235 generals and more than 3,000 commissioned officers into retirement. In 1971, convinced that the government lost control amid spreading […]
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Thursday that there were significant failures in intelligence ahead of last Friday’s attempted military coup and that the armed forces would quickly be restructured. In his first interview since declaring a state of emergency following the abortive coup, Erdogan said a new coup attempt was possible but would […]
Turkey’s president on Wednesday declared a three-month state of emergency following a botched coup attempt, declaring he would rid the military of the “virus” of subversion and giving the government sweeping powers to expand a crackdown that has already included mass arrests and the closure of hundreds of schools. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was […]
The commander of the Turkish navy has not been heard from since the failed coup
In Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said talks on Turkey’s bid to the join EU would end if Ankara restores the death penalty.
Following a failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the government moved swiftly Sunday to shore up his power and remove those perceived as an enemy, saying it has detained 6,000 people. The crackdown targeted not only generals and soldiers, but a wide swath of the judiciary that has sometimes blocked Erdogan, raising concerns […]
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