An attempted coup in Turkey was faltering on Saturday, hours after a factionof the military used tanks and helicopters in an ill-fated attempt to end the rule of PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan andPrime Minister Binali Yildirim. Erdogan and Yildirimappeared on television soon after the coup was launched, declaring that the coup attempt isover and ...

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) says a coupattemptin the country has been "repelled" and the situation has beenrestored to normal. In comments carried by Turkish broadcasterNTVon Saturday morning, the MIT spokesman said the intelligence agencys headquarters was targeted by hijacked military helicopters, but the coup attempt ...

Alwaght- During the recent years, there rose in Turkey a new movement which owed its existence to the thoughts of Said Nursi, the famous Turksih theologian who lived during the rule of Ottoman Empire.However, the movement has presented a novel model of a social group from different aspects. Mostly branded with the name of its leader Fethullah Gulen,...

[caption id="attachment_136606" align="alignright" width="190"] Turkish riot police advance during clashes with protesters in Istanbul (file photo).[/caption] Turkish police have raided a television station and a newspaper close to a self-exiled US-based cleric, detaining some people, media reports say. Police launched simultaneous operations in ...

(Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused protesters on Thursday of trying to sow chaos to influence local elections after Turkey's worst day of civil unrest since anti-government demonstrations swept the nation last summer. Late on Wednesday, a man in Istanbul was shot dead and a police officer in easternTurkey suffered a fatal heart attack....

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen to stop acts of provocation against Turkey. I was naive. I used my best endeavors to support him (Gulen), Erdogan said during an election rally in Turkeys southwestern city of Isparta, referring to his former alignment with the cleric. Two years ...