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Turkey’s Erdogan says to fight back against US arrest warrants for his security

ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will fight back politically against the arrest warrants issued by United States authorities for his security personnel, broadcaster CNN Turk quoted him as saying on Thursday (June 15). Washington prosecutors have charged a dozen Turkish security and police officers with assault after an attack on protesters during Erdogan’s visit to the US capital last month, officials said. The daytime brawl outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in the […]

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Turkey’s Erdogan slams ‘inhumane’ isolation of Qatar

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed the economic and political isolation of Qatar as inhumane and contrary to Islamic values after key Gulf states broke off ties with Ankara’s ally. “Taking action to isolate a country in all areas is inhumane and un-Islamic,” Erdogan said in televised comments to his party in Ankara, after Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain broke off relations with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of […]

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Erdogan criticizes Qatar sanction; wants stronger ties

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood to defend Qatar on Tuesday, saying he intends to “develop” ties with the embattled Gulf state hit by sanction from Saudi Arabia and its allies. “Let me say at the outset that we do not think the sanctions against Qatar are good,” Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara. “Turkey will continue and will develop our ties with Qatar, as with all our friends who […]

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Turkey removed over 4,000 judges and prosecutors after coup, minister says

ANKARA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey has removed more than 4,000 judges and prosecutors on suspicion of links to United States-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara blames for orchestrating last year’s failed coup, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Friday (May 26). In a speech in Ankara, Bozdag said the investigation has been completed and the judiciary had been cleared of supporters of Gulen. More than 100,000 people in the police, judiciary, civil service and […]

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Trump, Erdogan vow friendship despite anger at US arming Kurds

by Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side by side at the White House on Tuesday and promised to strengthen strained ties despite the Turkish leader’s stern warning about Washington’s arming of a Kurdish militia. Fresh from securing his grip on Turkey with a referendum to enhance his powers, Erdogan came to the Oval Office with complaints about US support for Kurdish fighters […]

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Turkey brings back Ottoman sports to revive past glory

by Gokan GUNES Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – Brandishing their javelins and letting out a bloodcurdling war cry, the Ottoman horsemen charge at a thunderous gallop. Suddenly one is hit and thrown from his horse — making dozens of children gasp as they film the scene on their smartphones. It may be 2017, but Istanbul rolled back the years last weekend with the Ethnic Sports Cultural Festival (EKF), which aims to promote the sports […]

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President Duterte says Turkey, Mongolia could join ASEAN

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would push for the inclusion of Turkey and Mongolia in a grouping of Southeast Asian nations, dismissing concerns about their geographic location. Duterte said leaders of Turkey and Mongolia told him about their desire to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while they were in China over the weekend for a summit on a global trade infrastructure project. Duterte, whose nation holds the rotating ASEAN chairmanship […]

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Turkey detains, suspends thousands in new anti-Gulen crackdown

by Fulya OZERKAN / Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey on Wednesday detained more than 1,000 people and suspended over 9,100 police in a vast new crackdown against alleged supporters of the US-based preacher accused of orchestrating the coup bid against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Dawn raids across the country — seeking more than 3,000 suspects — were followed by a statement from police that 9,103 police officers were being suspended […]

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Turkey detains 1,000 in new anti-Gulen crackdown

by Fulya OZERKAN Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey on Wednesday detained more than 1,000 people in a huge new crackdown against alleged supporters of a cleric accused of orchestrating the coup bid against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The dawn raids across the country — seeking more than 3,000 suspects — come just over a week after Erdogan narrowly won a controversial referendum on ramping up his powers. They are the latest indication Turkey intends […]

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Turkey detains 1,000 alleged Gulen supporters: minister

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey on Wednesday detained over 1,000 suspects in a massive new crackdown on alleged supporters of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the interior minister said, a week after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a referendum on ramping up his powers. A total of 1,009 suspects have so far been detained in raids in 72 provinces across the country, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying by the official Anadolu news agency. […]

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Turkish strikes kill Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq

by Delil Souleiman with Rouba El Husseini in Beirut Agence France-Presse AL-MALIKIYAH, Syria – Turkish warplanes killed more than two dozen Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key players in the battle against the Islamic State group. Turkey said it had carried out the strikes against “terrorist havens,” vowing to continue acting against groups it links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). In northeast Syria, strikes targeting […]

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Turkey rejects referendum challenges as activists detained

by Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey’s election authority on Wednesday rejected opposition requests to cancel a referendum that boosted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authority as police detained activists over street protests following the contested poll. The narrow victory of the ‘Yes’ campaign in Sunday’s referendum handed Erdogan sweeping new powers — most of which will come into force after 2019 — but was bitterly disputed by his rivals. The […]

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