Turkey detains educators over ‘Gulen links’
Press TV- Police in Turkey have arrested dozens of people working at a now-shuttered university over suspected involvement in an attempted coup…
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7 journalists of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet released, 4 still in jail
Press TV- Seven Turkish journalists of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet have been released after nine months in jail as calls increase on authorities…
Why US rejects Turkish calls for Gulen extradition?
Alwaght– A year after the failed coup in Turkey, the US government has declined to respond to the Turkish calls urging extradition…
Turkey’s divisions on display on ‘Day of National Unity
Al Monitor | Cengiz Candar: July 15 marked the first anniversary of last year’s botched military coup in Turkey. The date has been…
Amnesty slams Turkey for keeping six rights activists in custody
Press TV- Amnesty International slams Ankara for keeping six rights activists, including the director of its Turkey branch, in pre-trial custody on…
Turkey coup staged with government knowledge: Opposition leader
Press TV – The main Turkish opposition party has accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of having prior knowledge of the…
Turkish FM: Ankara appreciate Iran’s support against coup attempt
IRNA – Turkish foreign minister said his government and people appreciate Iran’s support against the attempted coup on July 15th last year…
Turkey hopes Trump administration will extradite Gulen: PM
Press TV- Turkey has voiced optimism regarding bilateral relations with the US under President Donald Trump, saying it primarily expects the new…
Turkey issues arrest warrants for 243 military personnel in post-coup crackdown
Press TV- Turkish prosecutors have ordered the arrest of as many as 243 staff with the country’s military over their alleged use…
6,000 more ‘unreliable’ Turks lose jobs amid extended post-coup state of emergency
RT– After extending its state of emergency this week, Turkey has issued three decrees that have resulted in the dismissal of over…
Turkey detains 1,682 for questioning over links to failed coup, militants
Press TV- Hundreds of people have been detained for questioning by Turkish authorities in the course of last week over suspected links…
President Erdoğan says he does not care about being called dictator
Turkish Minute– Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he does not care about being portrayed as a dictator in the Western…
Istanbul court orders imprisonment of 9 Cumhuriyet journalists
Press TV- A court in the Turkish city of Istanbul has ordered the imprisonment of nine of 13 journalists and staffers of…
Is Erdogan really serious about bringing back death penalty?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to respond to calls from his supporters for the plotters of the July 15 attempted coup to…
An identity-based foreign policy in post-coup Turkey
It seems that explaining Turkey’s regional actions following the recent failed coup staged by part of the country’s military would not be…
Gulen mulls fleeing US to avoid extradition: Turkish minister
Turkey’s justice minister says intelligence shows that Pennsylvania-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is blamed for the mid-July failed coup, is seeking to flee the US following Ankara’s…
Era of coups over: Iranian minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi hailed the Turkish people for backing their government in a…
Kurds not a priority for Iran
During past weeks and following the failed coup attempt in Turkey, Ankara has taken new actions at domestic and regional levels, which…
Zarif’s public diplomacy in Ankara
The recent failed coup attempt in Turkey has turned into a turning point in relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and…
Dispute over Kurds and Coup attempt threatens U.S.-Turkey alliance
I call the US public to be understanding of what Turkey has been going through. The US-Turkey friendship should not be made…
Obama says US to help Turkey bring coup plotters to justice
US President Barack Obama says his administration will help Turkey bring to justice those who attempted to overthrow the government of President Recep…
Erdogan says post-coup crackdown boosts judiciary
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended Ankara’s massive post-coup crackdown on thousands of judges and prosecutors, saying the measure will bolster…
Turkish interior minister resigns after attacks, coup attempt
Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala has quit his post in the wake of apparent intelligence failures and public criticism over a string…
The problem of continued strategic shift in Turkey’s foreign policy
Turkey has been implementing ambitious plans in order to turn into a regional power since 2009. One decade of successful economic performance…
Security threats in Turkey: Which is more dangerous, PKK or Gulen?
During recent weeks, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has launched new attacks in a number of locations in Turkey’s Kurdish regions and…
What’s behind Turkey’s selective clampdown on Gulen community?
More than a month after the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, the crackdown on suspected members of the Gulen community, the…
A more resilient chapter opening in Middle East
Turkey’s foreign policy has been undergoing relative changes following last month’s botched coup d’état and it seems that the period of inflexibility…
Turkish prosecutors demand two life sentences for Gulen
Turkish prosecutors have demanded two life sentences and an additional 1,900 years in prison for US-based cleric, Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames…
The future outlook for Iran-Turkey relations
Iran and Turkey have opened a new chapter in their bilateral relations as a result of a number of developments, which include:…
The attempted coup d’état made Turkey band together
Several weeks passed since one of the darkest days in world history. Many details related to the attempted coup in Turkey came…
Over 81,000 sacked, suspended over failed coup: Turkey PM
The Turkish prime minister says more than 81,000 people have been dismissed or suspended from work over suspected links to US-based opposition…
Iran lifts ban on tourism visits to Turkey
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi says the country has lifted the ban on tourism visits to Turkey after Ankara vowed to ensure…
Zarif: Iran to continue support for democracy in Turkey
Ankara, Aug 12, IRNA – Iran is going to continue its support for democracy in Turkey, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said…
Turkey-EU relations in tailspin after coup attempt
Turkey’s ties with Europe, already strained over a host of issues, are heading for a nosedive after the failed July 15 coup attempt…
US needs to choose either Gulen or Turkey: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the United States to extradite US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen blamed by Ankara for…
Turkey’s approach toward Kurds after failed coup
Alwaght- The Halkların Demokratik Partisi led by Selahattin Demirtaş within the past months has made some big mistakes, the government has made…
US and the failed Turkish coup
In the aftermath of the July 15th failed military coup in Turkey, which has resulted in extensive purge of the Turkish military…
Turkey has formally arrested over 16,000 over failed coup: Minister
Turkey says it has formally placed upwards of 16,000 people under arrest on the suspicion that they played a role in the…
‘US denial of involvement in Turkish coup attempt rings hollow’
America’s denial of involvement in the failed Turkish coup d’état attempt rings hollow, as the track record of the US-sponsored coups spans…
Turkish government’s approach to Kurds following July 15 coup attempt
The recent coup attempt against the Turkish government failed due to a host of factors and reasons, including theoretical and practical weakness…