Los Angeles Times | Turkey marks anniversary of failed coup attempt Los Angeles Times Millions of people gathered across Turkey in observance of one year since civilians poured into the streets and confronted rebel soldiers, thwarting what would have been the country's fourth military coup. At least 250 people were killed and more than ... Erdogan's speech on anniversary of coup attempt highlights Turkey's divisions Erdoğan backs death penalty on Turkey coup attempt anniversary Turkey coup anniversary: Emotional Erdogan hails 'defenders of nation' |
LA Daily News | The Latest: Erdogan honors those killed opposing coup Washington Post ISTANBUL — The Latest on the first anniversary since Turkey quashed last summer's coup attempt (all times local):. 11:45 p.m.. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has opened a hollow, globe-shape monument in Istanbul honoring some 250 people who were ... Turkey marks 1 year since coup attempt quashed with unity marches Turkey, a year after the attempted coup, is defending democratic values Turkey to the EU: Let's talk membership |
The Guardian | Turkey sacks more than 7000 civil servants one year on from failed coup The Guardian “It has been exactly one year since Turkey's darkest and longest night was transformed into a bright day, since an enemy occupation turned into the people's legend,” Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Saturday in a special parliamentary session ... |
ESPN | Former Tennessee guard Diamond DeShields to play in Turkey ESPN DeShields made the announcement on her Instagram account and said she'll be joining Cukurova basketball. Tennessee announced in June that DeShields was leaving the school to pursue to play professionally. DeShields, a redshirt junior who transferred ... |
Turkey Uses Coup Attempt Anniversary To Justify Continued Crackdown NPR The Turkish government is using today's anniversary of the failed coup attempt one year ago to continue calls for vigilance and the sweeping purge led by the country's president. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A year ago today, people in Turkey watched elements of ... |
The Guardian | A year on, families of 'martyrs' who resisted Turkey coup count cost ... The Guardian More than 250 people were killed and 2000 injured as soliders tried to oust Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last July. |
The Guardian | In the year since Turkey's failed coup, democracy has become near dictatorship The Guardian 'If this attempted coup was to give way to a true democracy Turkey needed to elucidate properly what happened on the night of 15 July.' Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a ceremony marking the last year's failed coup. Photograph: ... |
New Statesman | How Syrians in Turkey are coping with a polarised political climate New Statesman Turkey has become home to the biggest number of refugees in the world. This is a remarkable turnaround for a country that, upon signing the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, insisted it only be legally obliged to take those fleeing “events occurring Europe”. |
BBC News | Turkey's trauma after night of the tanks - BBC News BBC News Sabri Unal bears the scars of Turkey's failed coup - quite literally. On the night of 15 July last year, he joined thousands on the streets to resist the rogue soldiers ... |
euronews | The journalists who fled to Greece to escape Turkey's crackdown euronews Because if the coup was successful or not all the democrats in Turkey were going to be arrested. So that is why when we heard, we started to worry about my family and myself. Two days after the attempt the Twitter trolls of the ruling AK party began to ... |