Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

The Republican People's Party (CHP) has called on the government to continue its fight against coup plotters within the boundaries of democracy, human rights and the rule of law as halting democracy would not help prevent future coups, in reaction to the growing number of dissidents who have been either dismissed  or detained after the failed July 15 coup. 

Istanbul should be the center of the United Nations, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said in a written statement on the 71st year of its foundation. 

Bulgaria has no ground to react to two successive remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made last week, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has said.

I recently asked Mustafa Ataş, the head of the organization of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), whether the government had run any drills for what would happen in the event of a coup d'état before the July 15 coup attempt. 

Istanbul prosecutors sought three aggravated life sentences each for 21 police officers and up to 15 years in prison for eight police officers for their alleged role in Turkey's failed military coup attempt, while 267 people were charged for alleged involvement in the attempt in another indictment in the western province of İzmir.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has lashed out at banks for making "speculative gains" through high interest rates, saying they should "have more conscience."

During his official visit to the Turkish capital, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has criticized Ankara's comparison of the state of emergency in Turkey with the state of emergency in France. 

Nasuh Mahruki, the head of the non-profit Search and Rescue Association (AKUT), has been released on probation, shortly after being referred to court with an arrest demand on Oct. 24 for allegedly "insulting" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Turkey's existing "democracy crisis" has been exacerbated by the ongoing state of emergency in the aftermath of the failed July 15 military coup attempt, former European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judge Rıza Türmen has said.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Ankara on Oct. 24 to hold talks with senior Turkish officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and to visit the parliament building that was bombed during the military coup attempt of July 15.