Turkey
Turkey fires 3,900 in second post-referendum purge
Middle East
April 30, 2017
Turkey fires 3,900 in second post-referendum purge
Turkey on Saturday expelled more than 3,900 people from the civil service and military as threats to national security, in…
Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia: Monitoring group
Middle East
April 29, 2017
Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia: Monitoring group
Turkey has blocked online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the Turkish telecommunications watchdog said on Saturday, citing a law allowing it to ban…
Turkey arrests American and Briton entering from Syria
Middle East
April 29, 2017
Turkey arrests American and Briton entering from Syria
One American and one British man, allegedly members of the "Islamic State" militant group, IS, were arrested in Turkey after…
Turkey detains 800 people over suspected links to US-based cleric
Middle East
April 26, 2017
Turkey detains 800 people over suspected links to US-based cleric
Turkish authorities detained 800 people overnight suspected of links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, security sources said on Wednesday, in…
Council of Europe warns of rising media self-censorship
World
April 20, 2017
Council of Europe warns of rising media self-censorship
Journalists are increasingly resorting to self-censorship to avoid falling foul of the authorities in the face of physical and psychological…
Turkey says European rights court has no jurisdiction over referendum
World
April 20, 2017
Turkey says European rights court has no jurisdiction over referendum
Turkey's justice minister said on Thursday that any opposition challenge to a referendum that expanded President Tayyip Erdogan's powers would…
European leaders respond cautiously to Turkey vote
World
April 17, 2017
European leaders respond cautiously to Turkey vote
Germany said on Monday the close result in Turkey's referendum on expanding Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's powers was a big…
Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents plan challenge
Middle East
April 17, 2017
Erdogan declares referendum victory, opponents plan challenge
President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of…
Turks vote in historic referendum on expanding Erdogan’s power
Middle East
April 16, 2017
Turks vote in historic referendum on expanding Erdogan’s power
Turks began voting in a hotly contested referendum on Sunday that could place sweeping new powers in the hands of…
Suspect in Russia metro bombing was deported from Turkey: Turkish official
World
April 13, 2017
Suspect in Russia metro bombing was deported from Turkey: Turkish official
Akbarzhon Jalilov, the man Russian police suspect of blowing up a St Petersburg metro carriage, entered Turkey in late 2015…