Business Insider | The US is underestimating the one thing that could destroy its relationship with Turkey Business Insider Turkey's president on Tuesday accused the West of "supporting terror and standing by" those who plotted last month's attempted coup, just 24 hours after the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff traveled to Ankara in an attempt to diffuse tensions ... Europe|The Scale of Turkey's Purge Is Nearly Unprecedented He's 77, frail and lives in Pennsylvania. Turkey says he's a coup mastermind. Erdogan says Turkey's coup script was 'written abroad' |
BBC News | Europe rights official urges Turkey to heed rule of law BBC News The most senior European official to visit Turkey since last month's attempted coup has urged Turkey to act according to the rule of law. Thornbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, is meeting key government figures. He said he ... Turkey sees swift overhaul of intelligence agency, gendarmerie after coup EU-Turkey refugee deal hinges on Greece Turkey's Tilt Toward Moscow |
The Guardian | Turkey coup plotters' use of 'amateur' app helped unveil their network The Guardian Turkey blames followers of US-based exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen for the 15-16 July attempted coup. Gülen denies any connection to the plot. “The ByLock data made it possible for us to map their network – at least a large part of it,” a senior ... |
New York Times | In an Effort to Maintain US Ties, Turkey Softens Its Tone New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — In the two weeks since a failed coup, Turkish officials and the pro-government media have whipped up anti-American sentiment by suggesting that the United States played some role in the botched conspiracy to topple the government. How the US military scrambled in Turkey to keep working during the coup attempt Turkey: US Air Base, Nuclear Bombs Surrounded By Citizens, Troops & Trucks US Base In Turkey On Lockdown, As Rumors Of Another Coup Swirl |
The Guardian | Free speech groups condemn Turkey's closure of 29 publishers after failed coup The Guardian The crackdown on freedom of expression was already a continuing concern. The coup now appears to be an opportunity for Erdoğan to purge Turkey of his opponents, including his former allies, the Gülenists and anyone alleged to be affiliated with them.” ... |
New York Times | A Coup, Terrorists and Inflation, Yet Investors Rush to Turkey New York Times On the face of it, this might not seem the right time to be investing in Turkey. Terrorists attacked the main airport in Istanbul, a foiled coup raised questions about political stability, and the country's debt is being downgraded by rating agencies ... |
Turkish Cypriots Protest Turkey's 'Religious' Influence ABC News Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against what they say is Turkey's attempt to mold their secular culture into one that's more in tune with Islamic norms. Some 1,500 mostly young people blew whistles and raised ... |
Turkey: Response to President Erdoğan's speech challenging ... Amnesty International Response to a speech today by Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in which he criticized Amnesty International's findings that some people detained in ... |
Bloomberg | EU Says Committed to Making Europe-Turkey Refugee Agreement Work Bloomberg “The commission has a Plan A and that is to make the EU-Turkey deal work successfully,” commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday. “It is not a plan that we have been pursuing just since yesterday. We have had a ... |
TIME | Lessons From an American Mom in Turkey | TIME TIME I recently returned to the U.S. after living in Turkey since early 2014. I think often of the parents I met while I was there. |