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Turkey Launches Mass Arrests of Alleged ‘Gulenist’ Military Officers
A Turkish flag in the city of Istanbul, May 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN
The arrests came after prosecutors in the city of Izmir on Tuesday ordered the detention of 238 serving and former military officers including high-ranking soldiers.
A total of 218 of the suspects are still serving in various branches of the Turkish Armed Forces and Gendarmerie.
Hrant Dink remembered 14 years after murder
Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist, was remembered on Jan. 19 14 years after he was assassinated.
Born in Turkey's eastern Malatya province in 1954, in 1996 Dink established the Agos newspaper in Istanbul, a publication that since has been published in both Armenian and Turkish. He also acted as the paper's editor-in-chief.
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Biden seeking to turn the page in ties with Turkey, says Kalin
Incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden wants to turn the page in Washington's relations with Ankara, Turkey's presidential spokesman has said according to reports.
Turkey, Albania upgrade ties to strategic partnership
Turkey and Albania on Jan. 6 signed an agreement to upgrade bilateral ties to a strategic partnership level.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama following meetings in the capital Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan highlighted the historic ties between the two countries.
Turkey’s top court rejects Kavala’s appeal, rules his rights not violated
The Constitutional Court has rejected civil society activist and businessman Osman Kavala's appeal for his release pending trial on the grounds that his detention since late 2017 did not violate his right to liberty and security.
Top Turkish court rules jailing of businessman Osman Kavala lawful
The General Assembly of Turkey's Constitutional Court, the country's highest, ruled on Dec. 29 that businessman Osman Kavala's detention did not violate his rights to liberty and security.
Kavala, 63, has been jailed since late 2017.
President Erdoğan files lawsuit against CHP lawmaker
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 21 filed a lawsuit for mental anguish against the Republican People's Party (CHP) Group Deputy Chair Özgür Özel amounting to 250,000 Turkish Liras.
Erdoğan filed the lawsuit for "insulting" him at the speech that Özel delivered at the parliament last week.
Court extends detention of businessman Kavala
A criminal court in Turkey extended the detention of businessman Osman Kavala as part of a probe into the 2016 defeated coup.
The court also renewed the arrest warrant for fugitive Henri Barkey, who was a former CIA advisor.
Kavala and Barkey are both accused of "violating the constitution" and conducting "political or military espionage activities."
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Turkey Detains 304 Troops in Operation Against Alleged ‘Gulenists’
People shout slogans as they hold Turkish flags during a rally marking the third anniversary of the failed coup attempt in Istanbul, Turkey, 15 July 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN
Prosecutors in the city of Izmir ordered the arrests because of the suspects' alleged of links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused by Ankara of mounting a failed coup in 2016.
Turkey Detains 116 Police and Army Officers over Alleged Gulen Links
Arrested soldiers who participated in the 2016 attempted coup d'etat in Turkey, are accompany by Turkish soldiers as they arrive at the court inside of the Sincan Prison before trial in Ankara, Turkey, 01 August 2017. Photo: EPA/TUMAY BERKIN