Pro-gov’t daily proudly announces Gulenists put in ‘concentration camp’
Gulenists under custody as part of an investigation into Turkey’s July 15 coup attempt are kept in a “concentration camp” near Kayseri province, pro-gov’t Turkish news portal Kayseri Haber reported on...
View ArticleDeputy PM acknowledges witch-hunt against Gulen Movement
Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş acknowledged that Gulen Movement has being accused for each and every wrongdoing in Turkey, saying that witch-hunt is underway for sympathizers of the movement.“When...
View ArticleBerlin mayor accuses Turkey of waging war on Gulen supporters in Germany
Berlin's Governing Mayor, Michael Müller, has accused Ankara of extending its post-coup crackdown to Germany. The Turkish president has accused a US-based activist of initiating the coup. Müller, who...
View ArticleA Turkmen in South Africa: Heartbreak of a foreign journalist in exile
Türkmen Terzi I believe in God. I believe that life is a theatre and we are here to play our roles. Can our scripts be rewritten or are we doomed by our destinies? I am Türkmen Terzi, a journalist who...
View ArticleWhat’s it like living in Turkey one month after the failed coup?
A month has passed since the failed military coup in Turkey. The nightly demonstrations against the attempted coup culminated in pro-government rally in Istanbul a week last Sunday, where hundreds of...
View ArticleFinland: Turkey needs to return to a path that respects human rights
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and Foreign Minister Timo Soini are urging Turkey to return to a path of democracy that respects human rights. Sipilä and Soini wrote a letter to Turkish President Recep...
View ArticleWhat's behind AKP's allegations of Gulen-PKK ties?
İrfan Aktan Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which stepped up operations against the Fethullah Gulen movement after the July 15 coup attempt, is now accusing Gulenists of being...
View ArticleBulgarians Outraged at Deportation of Gulen Supporter to Turkey
Bulgaria’s extradition to Turkey of Abdullah Buyuk, a supporter of cleric Fethullah Gulen, is sparking outrage for a perceived capitulation to the increasingly authoritarian Erdogan regime. Abdullah...
View ArticleErdogan’s purge goes global
Farhad Mirza On 1 August 2016, a high-ranking Turkish delegation arrived in Pakistan to press for greater cooperation in Ankara’s international crackdown against organisations affiliated with Fethullah...
View ArticleFailed Coup Just Latest Crisis Pushing Turkey Away From West
Ilhan Tanir* The effects of the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey continue to ripple through the country, and indeed far beyond. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has placed blame for the coup...
View ArticleAftermath of Turkish coup felt by some Coloradoans
Even before an attempted coup in Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan officially designated the movement of his former political ally, cleric Fethullah Gulen, a terrorist organization. The coup only...
View Article30 astonishing questions Turkey coup attempt leaves us with
Veysel Ayhan1. There is no precedence in history of a coup which was done by blocking bridges. Rather than closing the Bosporus Bridge, the coup-plotters could have used the same military force to...
View ArticleTurkish witch-hunt against the Gulen movement lacks one thing: evidence
Ismail Sezgin* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declares that the 15 July coup attempt was orchestrated by the Islamic cleric, Fethullah Gulen. Yet, there is little concrete evidence against...
View ArticleTurkish NGO Denies Links to Terror
The Mekong Dialogue Institute (MDI), a Turkish NGO based in Phnom Penh, on Monday denied any links to terrorism, although the organization was inspired by Fethullah Gulen, the man accused by the...
View ArticleWhat does Uganda learn from Turkish coup?
Asuman Kiyingi* On July 15, 2016, a group of middle-ranking Turkish soldiers took over several institutions including bridges, airports, parliament and some police stations in an attempted coup. Aided...
View ArticleExtradition quest
Turkey has good news for inmates of its crowded prisons. A decree on August 17th made some 38,000 of them, excluding those convicted of serious crimes such as murder or rape, eligible for parole after...
View ArticleIndian Muslim scholars’ support for Turkey's Erdogan is alarming
Mohammad Bahzad Fatmi In the wake of the military coup attempt in Turkey, some prominent Indian Muslim scholars have publicly expressed overwhelming support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a...
View ArticleAre the Turkish Leader Erdogan’s Claims of Terrorist Coup Plotting to Be...
Richard W. Bulliet* Would President Obama have accepted an invitation to speak at Osama bin Laden’s birthday party? I ask because in 2013 [**] I heard Turkey’s president Erdoğan speak at a fancy...
View ArticleNigerian Federal Government ignores Turkey's request to close Turkish schools
The relations between Nigeria and Turkey have been traditionally cordial, and bilateral trade has grown over the years between them. The annual trade volume between Turkey and Nigeria was $1.2 billion...
View ArticleThe Road Ahead For Turkey Under Erdogan
Oichi Ghosh As Turkey completes a month since its failed military coup, a series of events have unfolded under the leadership of its President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bringing him under intense...
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