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Turkey's sad death signals more chaos in the Middle East
The failed coup d’état by elements of Turkey’s military signals more repression and chaos in the Middle East. We still lack important information on what motivated the attempt to overthrow...
Turkish cleric: Erdogan behind coup, not me
More than 6,000 people — including three of Turkey’s top generals — have been rounded up by forces loyal to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Friday’s failed military coup. The...
Turkey detains 6,000 after failed coup
ISTANBUL — The Turkish government accelerated its crackdown on alleged plotters of the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the justice minister saying Sunday that 6,000 people had...
Turkey’s president wants US to extradite exiled Poconos cleric
Ankara’s Public Enemy No. 1 is a reclusive 75-year-old imam from the Poconos — and Turkey’s president is demanding the United States hand him over immediately. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Turkish president says he's in control as forces fight back coup
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's president declared he is in control of the country early Saturday as loyal military and police forces fought to squash a coup attempt during a night...
Turkey's president blames coup on exiled cleric living in the Poconos
A reclusive religious cleric who lives in exile in the Poconos is behind the attempted military coup in Turkey, according to the target of the uprising, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan....
Turkish military faction's attempted coup leaves dozens dead, over 1,000 injured
The streets of Turkey descended into bloody chaos Friday as the military deployed tanks and planes in an attempt to seize control of the nation. Tanks roared into Ankara, the...
Belgian officials had advance warning of attacks yet failed to act
Belgian authorities had accurate advance warnings that terrorists planned to launch attacks at the Brussels airport and subway — yet failed to act, according to a report. Despite the knowledge,...
One of Turkey's most-wanted clerics lives quietly in the Poconos
SAYLORSBURG, Pennsylvania — The influential Muslim cleric lives quietly in a gated 26-acre compound in the Pocono Mountains, where he prays, works, meets admirers and watches from afar as terrorism...
Turkish president thinks Hitler's Germany is a model political system
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is pushing for executive powers, cites Hitler's Germany as an example of an effective presidential system, in comments broadcast by Turkish media on Friday. Erdogan...
Turkey will let US use air base to bomb ISIS
WASHINGTON — Turkey has agreed to let the US military use a key air base near the border with Syria to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State, senior Obama administration...
Turkey's strongman dashes another Obama dream
Remember the early fantasy about Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the alchemist who’d mesh political Islam and modern democracy? The one that inspired President Obama to go all-in on...
Turks may finally turn on Erdogan the Islamist
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who’s ruled Turkey for more than a decade, may finally be facing defeat at the hands of an electorate increasingly concerned about his authoritarian methods. His...
Facing genocide
Does President Obama stand with Pope Francis — or with Turkey’s Islamist president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan? One hundred years ago this month, Turkish soldiers began slaughtering Armenian Christians amid the...
Tyranny and the Web
Turkey likes to pretend it’s the beacon of democracy in the Middle East. Never mind that it regularly does things like ban YouTube and Twitter and threaten Google — most...
Former Miss Turkey arrested for 'criticizing' President Erdogan
A former Miss Turkey got a firm dressing down for quoting a satirical poem online that criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Merve Buyuksarac, 26, a model and 2006 pageant queen,...
Turkish forces ensure newspaper does not run Charlie Hebdo images
Turkish forces halted a newspaper’s delivery trucks and inspected printing presses on Wednesday, making sure the publication did not run Charlie Hebdo images that the government might deem offensive to...
Turkish president: Women are not equal to men
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off a new controversy Monday, declaring that women are not equal to men and accusing feminists of not understanding the special...
Muslims discovered America, not Columbus: Turkish president
Muslims discovered the Americas, not Columbus — or at least that's what the president of Turkey wants people to believe. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Saturday in Istanbul at a summit...
Turkey's top thug: president v. press freedoms
It must feel terrible to be the leader of roughly 75 million people yet as hypersensitive as an adolescent girl, but that touchiness has always been the personal trademark of...