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20 December 2016 by AFP
US says shooting outside US embassy in Ankara, mission shut as precaution The United States on Tuesday closed its missions to Turkey for the day after a shooting incident overnight outside the American embassy in Ankara that followed the assassination of the Russian ambassador in the Turkish capital. "A [...]
19 December 2016 by AFP
Turkey policeman assassinates Russia envoy at art show A Turkish policeman crying "Aleppo" and "Allahu Akbar" shot dead Russia's ambassador to Turkey at an art exhibition in Ankara on Monday, in what Moscow branded a "terrorist act" that would be punished. Andrei Karlov died of his wo [...]
17 December 2016 by AFP
Protesters storm pro-Kurdish party local HQ after Turkey attack Dozens of nationalist protestors on Saturday stormed the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the central Turkish city of Kayseri after an attack that left 13 soldiers dead, images showed. The protest [...]
18 July 2016 by AFP
Western alarm as Turkey sacks 9,000 officials in post-coup purge Turkey launched fresh raids and sacked almost 9,000 officials Monday in a relentless crackdown against suspects behind an attempted coup that left over 300 people dead, as Western allies warned against reinstating the death penalt [...]
18 July 2016 by AFP
West voices alarm as Turkey presses post-coup purge Turkey launched fresh raids Monday in a relentless crackdown against suspects behind a coup bid that left over 300 people dead, as its Western allies warned against any move to reinstate the death penalty.  President Recep Tayyip [...]
18 July 2016 by AFP
Turkey dismisses almost 9,000 officials after failed coup: interior ministry Turkey has dismissed almost 9,000 officials including a massive number of police officers after a failed coup targeting the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the state-run Anadolu news agency said citing the interior m [...]
17 July 2016 by AFP
Turkey's media reels after 'nightmare' of coup Forced at gunpoint to read a statement by coup plotters and raided by rebel military forces, Turkey's media organisations were bruised by the drama of a coup but also played a role in ensuring it did not succeed. A presenter with [...]
17 July 2016 by AFP
Thousands rally for Turkey president after coup fails Thousands took to the streets of Turkey Saturday in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after authorities crushed a military coup that claimed at least 265 lives. After facing down the bloodiest challenge to his 13-year rul [...]
16 July 2016 by Aileen Kimutai, Correspondance de Nairobi
Situation 'under control' after deadly Turkey coup bid Turkish authorities said they had regained control of the country on Saturday after thwarting an attempt by discontented soldiers to seize power from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that claimed more than 250 lives. After the blood [...]
16 July 2016 by AFP
Erdogan seeks control after coup attempt in Turkey A Turkish army faction backed by tanks and fighter jets was waging a coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday, but the strongman returned to Istanbul defiantly claiming to have regained control.  Soldiers an [...]
16 July 2016 by AFP
Anger, protests and bloodshed in coup-hit Istanbul Troops filed into Taksim Square uncertain of how they would be received. Before long, angry crowds had gathered to denounce them. In the famous square where anti-government protests took hold in 2013, a huge crowd chanted against [...]
13 July 2016 by AFP
France cancels July 14 celebrations in Turkey over security threat France on Wednesday said it had cancelled its planned traditional July 14 events at diplomatic missions in Turkey for security reasons after receiving intelligence of a "serious" threat. France's consulate in Istanbul, its embassy [...]
1 July 2016 by AFP
Organiser of Ankara suicide attack killed: Turkish official An organiser of a deadly suicide attack in Ankara in February that left at least 28 people dead has been killed in counter-terror operations in Kurdish-majority southeast Turkey, a Turkish official said on Friday. "Mehmet Sirin Ka [...]
30 June 2016 by AFP
13 detained over Istanbul airport attack   Turkey on Thursday detained 13 suspected Islamic State jihadists over the deadly Istanbul airport attack, as chilling details emerged of how suicide bombers launched their assault. The death toll from Tuesday's gun and suicide b [...]
2 June 2016 by AFP
Key facts on the Armenian genocide German lawmakers vote Thursday on a resolution branding the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide, drawing angry warnings from Turkey that it could harm relations. Here are the key facts and background on the 1915-191 [...]
6 May 2016 by Ben Parker, IRIN
MSF pulls out of World Humanitarian Summit The UN expects 6,000 people at a historic humanitarian conference in Istanbul later this month. But one prominent participant has dropped out. The international medical organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or Doctors Withou [...]
5 January 2016 by Pierre Hazan, JusticeInfo.net editorial advisor and assistant professor at Neuchâtel University
Turkey, Israel, Russia and the age of “Realjuridik” In the mid- nineteenth century, German writer and politician Ludwig von Rochau coined the term Realpolitik to describe the clash between the Age of Enlightenment’s aspirations for progress and the power play between the new nation [...]
15 October 2015 by AFP
Turkish politician had right to deny Armenia genocide: Europe court The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that a Turkish politician should not have been prosecuted for denying that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turkey in 1915 was a genocide.In a landmark free speech rulin [...]
15 October 2015 by AFP
The armenian genocide Armenia and Turkey are at odds over whether the World War I massacres and deportations of Armenians between 1915 and 1917 by their Ottoman rulers should be described as "genocide".The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg i [...]