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Türkiye has to eradicate the issue of terrorism in order to have an influential say in the global system and effectively implement the "Century of Türkiye" vision, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said.

Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry has announced the detention of six individuals, including Gubad Ibadoglu, the founding chair of the Azerbaijan Democracy and Welfare Party, in connection with an ongoing investigation against FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 coup attempt in Türkiye.

The Interior Ministry has emerged victorious in the legal battle against four defendants accused of the murder of Hrant Dink, resulting in a court order to reimburse the ministry with 158,930 Turkish Liras ($5,900) compensation originally paid to the late journalist's brothers.

A man who attempted to deceive authorities by assuming an U.S. identity during passport procedures at Istanbul Airport has been revealed to be a Turkish national named Abdullah Uzundere, wanted for his alleged involvement with FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 coup attempt.

Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç and Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz have expressed strong condemnation over the approval of a report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that criticizes Türkiye's requests for the extradition of FETÖ members from abroad.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson attend a press conference after their meeting in Ankara, 8 November 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/NECATI SAVAS

The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR in Strasbourg ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of Hidayet Karaca, who was an executive at a major media group executive affiliated with exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, for unfairly keeping him in detention for too long before his trial.

Türkiye does not ask the United States to allow Ankara to return to the F-35 fighter jet program but just wants reimbursement of its money already paid for the project, the Turkish foreign minister has said on May 7.

Former footballer Zafer Biryol, who was wanted for "being a member of an armed terrorist organization," has been caught in an operation against FETÖ's "football structure" in Istanbul's Büyükçekmece district.

He was found to attend the FETÖ's meetings, visit Fethullah Gülen, the ringleader of the organization, in 2006 and have an account in Bank Asya, a FETÖ-linked bank.

The foiled coup on July 15, 2016, constitutes a landmark for the Turkish democracy and history as the people resisted the coup plotters, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, as the nation marked the sixth anniversary of the bloody putsch at the hands of the FETÖ terrorist organization.