Turkey sentences 24 to life in ‘coup leaders’ trial
- 20-Jun-2019
A Turkish court gave life sentences to 24 people including senior military officers in one of the biggest trials over the 2016 failed bid to overthrow Erdogan
Turkey seeks arrest of Gulen over Russian envoy’s killing
- 02-Apr-2018
ISTANBUL: A Turkish court issued arrest warrants today for eight people, including the alleged mastermind of the 2016 failed coup, Fethullah Gulen, over the murder in Ankara that year of the Russian ambassador. The warrants were issued a day ahead of a visit to Ankara by President Vladimir Putin for talks with Turkish counterpart Recep […]
Turkey dismisses over 2,700 in post-coup purges
- 24-Dec-2017
ANKARA: Turkey on Sunday ordered the dismissal of over 2,700 people working in public institutions over alleged links to “terror” in the latest round of purges since last year’s failed coup. A total of 2,756 people were removed from different bodies including the interior, foreign and defence ministries, according to the official gazette. After the […]
Istanbul changes street names ‘to remove Gulen links’
- 14-Dec-2017
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s largest city Istanbul has resolved to change the names of almost 200 streets in a mass renaming campaign, largely to remove any association with the alleged mastermind of the 2016 failed coup Fethullah Gulen, a report said on Thursday. The move was agreed by the city’s municipal council, the state-run Anadolu news agency […]
Germany investigates 20 for alleged spying for Turkey
- 06-Apr-2017
BERLIN: Germany is investigating 20 people for allegedly spying on followers of an exiled preacher targeted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. “At the moment, a total of 20 accused and persons unknown are under investigation over suspicions that they worked as secret service agents on the orders of the Turkish government, and spied […]
Russian envoy’s killer remembered as lonely boy, not angry militant
- 23-Dec-2016
SOKE, TURKEY: Those in the small Turkish town of Soke who knew Mevlut Altintas, the smartly dressed, clean-shaven young man who shot dead Russia’s ambassador this week, recall a lonely taciturn boy twice rejected by university before leaving home and joining the police. Altintas was 22 when he shot Andrei Karlov in the back at […]
Erdogan targets over 50,000 in purge after failed Turkish coup
- 20-Jul-2016
ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkey vowed to root out allies of the US-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police and judiciary on Tuesday to universities and schools, the intelligence agency and religious authorities.
Erdogan leading Turkey to 'totalitarianism': arch-foe Gulen
- 03-Feb-2015
ISTANBUL: Turkey's leaders are taking the country on a path towards totalitarianism, US-based preacher and arch-enemy of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Fethullah Gulen, wrote in an article published Tuesday.