Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan angrily condemned comments from US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, saying it wasn’t up to Clapper to assess the post-coup purge and th... Read more
Earlier this month, elements of the Turkish military attempted to carry out a coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party. Since then, sp... Read more
Turkey’s Interior Minister Efkana Ala has reported that over 15,000 people have now been detained as part of the post-coup purge, including over 10,000 Turkish soldiers. This large number of... Read more
In an interview today on Haberturk TV, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned bilateral relations with the United States would be seriously impacted if the US refuses demands to im... Read more
As post-coup Turkey enters its second week, the focus of the ever-growing purge seems to be increasingly centered on private schools and charities, which the Erdogan government has accused o... Read more
Speaking today in an interview with al-Jazeera, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he believed unnamed foreign countries were involved in last Friday’s failed military coup, which h... Read more
Turkey’s effort to impose a wholesale purge on broad swathes of their society after the Friday coup attempt has shifted to the education system, with a significant chunk of the Turks employe... Read more
Signs of testy relations between Turkey’s embattled government and the United States continued Sunday, as Secretary of State John Kerry denounced any suggestion of American involvement... Read more
The first 48 hours after Friday evening’s failed coup d’etat in Turkey has seen the launching of a massive crackdown on anyone even suspected of being involved, with some 6,000 from the mili... Read more
A handful of Turkish army members who participated in a failed coup against fascist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan commandeered a helicopter and fled to Greece, authorities said on Saturday... Read more