Sun Aug 7, 2016 By Humeyra Pamuk and Nick Tattersall ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Turks gathered in Istanbul on Sunday summoned by President Tayyip Erdogan to denounce a failed coup – a show of strength staged in the face of Western criticism of widespread purges and detentions. […]
By Mariecar Jara-Puyod August 05, 2016 JAKARTA: Dubai and Turkey are the top spenders for top-of-the-line quality halal fashion which has huge opportunities to be considered haute couture. This observation […]
Source. Asia Times. The secretary-general of the Council of Europe (CoE), Thornjorn Hoagland, gains distinction as the first high-ranking European official to visit Ankara after the abortive coup of July 15. Hoagland’s is a recce mission to fathom the mood in Ankara, which is of course very ugly. Turkish President […]
Source: Asia Times. President Tayyip Erdogan and many Turks have been frustrated by U.S. and European criticism of a government crackdown in the wake of the attempted putsch in Turkey, a country vital to the U.S.-led fight against Islamic State and to stopping illegal migration to Europe. They have accused […]
By AFP – Aug 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A woman feeds the pigeons next to the Ortakoy Mosque in Istanbul, on Monday (AP photo) ISTANBUL — Turkey admitted Monday there may have been some “unfair” treatment in its post-coup crackdown as it voiced anger at Germany for barring […]
Source. The Local As Turkish authorities on Friday widened their sweeping post-coup crackdown to the business sector, the European Union’s enlargement commissioner implicitly warned that the bloc would freeze Turkey’s accession talks if the crackdown violated the rule of law. More.
Source. The Local The magazine cover comes as tensions between Germany and Turkey are extremely high. Following an attempted coup on July 15th, skirmishes have broken out between Erdogan’s supporters and critics in Germany’s large Turkish community. And since Germany declared the massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a “genocide”, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor ISTANBUL — Turkish leaders on Tuesday stepped up their calls for the United States to punish Fethullah Gulen, the reclusive cleric living in […]
Source. The Local “All those who criticise Erdogan are immediately considered supporters of Gülen or the PKK [the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party],” said a leader of the opposition Greens party, […]
Source: Time (ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities are closing 626 private schools and other establishments following a failed coup attempt, blamed on followers of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric. Anadolu Agency says the decision was made Wednesday by the Education Ministry and that the schools were under […]
Source: Associated Press By CHRIS POST and MICHAEL RUBINKAM SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — An exiled Muslim cleric whom Turkey’s president has accused of orchestrating a failed coup denied any responsibility […]
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul ‘The ball is in the court of the government’ Over the last several years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has survived massive protests, tumult within his […]
By Zubair Khan Theory One. A self-orchestrated coup” by Erdogan, in other words a ‘false flag coup’. 1. Erdogan master minded it to further cement his ruthless and authoritarian grasp over the country. 2. Cleansing of all judges and prosecutors even remotely involved in his political posture. 3. Within hours of the collapse […]
Source. Asia Times. The Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s sensational demand on Saturday to US President Barack Obama to extradite the Islamist preacher Fetullah Gulen living in exile in Pennsylvania does not come as surprise. It had to happen sooner or later. Turkish President Recep Erdogan told his supporters on Saturday that although […]
Source: Time By Jared Malsin/Istanbul The jets came in low, screeching over Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Then there was the sound of a blast. The protesters scattered and the sound of gunfire […]
Source: Time By Tara John An attempted military coup in Turkey appeared to have failedSaturday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to the city of Istanbul, and his acting military commander and Prime Minister said the uprising had been successfully quashed. Erdogan called the attempted coup an “act of treason” […]
Source: BBC For several hours on Friday night hundreds of Turkish soldiers appeared to have taken control of key areas of the main cities of Ankara and Istanbul. There was […]
Source. BBC.Com As reported earlier that 2,745 judges have been fired in Turkey on Saturday for alleged links to Fetullah Gulen – now both the Hurriyet newspaper and Anadolu Agency are reporting that 140 arrest warrants have been issued against members of the Supreme Court. More.
Source. ATimes The outcome of tonight’s apparent coup attempt in Turkey remains unclear, but the motivation for regime change in Turkey has been building under the surface for years. Turkey faces a perfect storm of economic, political and foreign policy problems. First, Turkey’s much-heralded economic growth spurt of the 2000’s […]
Source. ET ANKARA: A Turkish army faction backed by tanks and fighter jets was waging a coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday. Here is what we know so far: Offiicials were insisting the attempted coup was falling apart. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to Istanbul airport during the […]