42 People Killed, 754 Arrested Amid Military Uprising in Turkey
As dawn broke in Turkey on Saturday, it remained unclear whether a military attempt to wrest control from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been successful….
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PM Yıldırım confirms a coup attempt in Turkey, says the attempt will not be successful
Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım late Friday said a group within Turkey’s military was engaged in what appeared to be an attempted coup. Yıldırım said…
Military coup in Turkey – updating news
11:13pm Several reports of gunfire as protests grow There is now shooting at Istanbul airport apparently. The Turkish parliament building is surrounded by tanks. 11:03pm Erdogan…
Turkey condemns Nice terror attack, calls for unity against terrorism
Turkey has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that killed at least 84 people in Nice during the French National Day celebrations, offering solidarity with France…
Assad must go before Syria can change, Yildirim says
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim reiterated that Turkey’s Syrian policy will not change while Bashar al-Assad remains in power in comments broadcast Thursday. In an interview…
Turkey is Somalia’s enemy – Shabaab
The leader of Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorist group, Ahmed Diriye, described Turkey as “the enemy of the nation” and accused foreign peacekeeping forces of plundering the…
Lavrov hopes there will now be less disagreements on Syria with Turkey
The normalization of relations between Turkey and Russia will help both countries find effective new ways to solve the Syrian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…
Turkey says no plans to normalise ties with Egypt
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus declared that Turkey would like to restore ties with Egypt – relations ruptured three years ago after the military…
Up to 300000 Syrian refugees could get Turkish citizenship
Up to 300,000 Syrian refugees living in Turkey could be given citizenship under a plan to keep wealthy and educated Syrians in the country, a…
50 Turkish aid trucks reach Gaza: Palestinian official
Around 50 trucks bearing Turkish humanitarian aid arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday via Israel’s Kerem Shalom border crossing, according to a Palestinian border official….