Politics of Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has received war veterans at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara, on Sept. 19, the national Veterans Day.

A Turkish court on Sept. 18 remanded in custody more than 100 active-duty personnel over their links to the FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup, according to a judicial source.

Adnan Menderes, Turkey's first democratically elected prime minister, is being commemorated 58 years after he was executed following a coup in 1960, an event marking a dark era in Turkish history.       

A meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US President Donald Trump has been set for September 24, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported on Monday, citing sources.

A meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York at the end of the month is "very likely," government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday.

Speaking to Skai TV, Petsas said that the details for such a meeting are currently under discussion and no date has been set.

Undaunted, Turkey will continue its fearless struggle against terrorism, said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 13.       

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned on Sept. 12 the bloody 1980 military coup which detained thousands of people, executed tens, and claimed some 300 lives due to torture and prison conditions.         

Some foreign intelligence organizations give support to FETÖ - the group blamed for the July 2016 failed coup attempt in this country, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sept. 12.

Egemen Bağış, Turkey's former minister for EU affairs and later a chief negotiator for EU accession, will be appointed as the country's ambassador to Prague, a Turkish official has told Hürriyet Daily News. Bağış was a close aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan when he was prime minister. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke on Sept. 11 to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the phone, according to Turkey's Presidential Communications Directorate.