Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wants the armed forces and national intelligence agency brought under the control of the presidency, a parliamentary official said on Thursday, part of a major overhaul of the military after a failed coup. Erdogan’s comments came after a five-hour meeting of Turkey’s Supreme Military Council (YAS)[…]
Two days after Turkey announced its reconciliation agreement with Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went on the offensive against the IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, the organization behind the May 2010 flotilla to Gaza Strip that sparked the crisis between Jerusalem and Ankara. “Did you ask me before you set sail?[…]
Turkey has criticized Washington over its active support of the Kurdish fighting force in Syria, branding the People’s Protection Units (YPG) as terrorists despite their latest successful advances on ISIS jihadists’ positions. The US-backed Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), launched an offensive at the[…]
Turkey’s president has approved amendments to the constitution that pave the way for the trials of some 138 legislators, including several pro-Kurdish lawmakers who face terror-related charges. The state-run Anadolu Agency said Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday ratified the changes which were put forward by the ruling party and finally[…]
The German government has granted a request from Turkey to allow the possible prosecution of a German TV comedian who wrote a crude poem about its president. Turkey demanded last week to have comedian Jan Boehmermann prosecuted for insulting a foreign head of state. German law required Chancellor Angela Merkel’s[…]
Police using tear gas and water cannons raided the headquarters of Turkey’s largest-circulation newspaper, hours after a court placed it under the management of trustees. Prosecutors accused the Zaman newspaper and its affiliates of praising and helping what they called a “terrorist organisation”. “It has been a habit for the[…]
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