Sunday, July 31, 2016

Turkey’s dangerous crossroads

Turkey’s dangerous crossroads

The cancellation of this week’s commemorations to mark the 101st anniversary of the Battle of Lone Pine at Gallipoli would matter little to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But it is indicative of mounting Western anxiety over events in the country with the second largest army in NATO, which is also a strategic bastion in the battle against Islamic State and in halting most of the flood of migrants from the Middle East to Europe. Confidence in Mr Erdogan and the stability of Turkey’s secular democracy is being severely tested by the extremist post-coup purge he has launched. As Germany’s Angela Merkel has warned, punishing the coup leaders is legitimate but the “principle of proportionality must be respected”.

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Let’s talk Turkey about Turkey | TheCable

Let’s talk Turkey about Turkey

I was shocked by the trenchant reaction to my piece on the July 15 attempted coup in Turkey from at least two persons. The piece titled “Nigerians and the Failed Coup in Turkey” (The Guardian, Sunday, July 17) had fetched a mail and direct messages from a concerned Nigerian who objected to my description of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a bad guy- an intolerant, arrogant, temperamental dictator who after July 15 could become even more authoritarian. The fellow praised Erdogan and spoke glowingly about how well the Turkish economy has fared under his watch. I also got a list of current economic indicators on Turkey sent to me.

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Erdogan must look in the mirror - The Nation

Erdogan must look in the mirror

The Nation July 31, 2016 1:00 am
Instead of fuming about the coup, turkey’s president must introspect his own conduct
It is easy to point fingers at other people and not look at your own conduct. This is the story of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has been lashing out at foreign leaders, especially those from Western countries, for failing to show solidarity with his government over the recently failed coup attempt.

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Turkey angered by German ban on Recep Tayyip Erdogan speech | Latest News & Gossip on Popular Trends at India.com

Turkey angered by German ban on Recep Tayyip Erdogan speech

Germany is home to Turkey's largest diaspora and the rally scheduled for later today was expected to attract tens of thousands of people opposed to the failed July 15 putsch.

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Saturday, July 30, 2016

Erdogan seeks control of Turkey spy agency, chief of staff after coup

Erdogan seeks control of Turkey spy agency, chief of staff after coup
Stuart Williams and Raziye Akkoc•July 30, 2016

Ankara (AFP) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said he wanted to introduce constitutional changes to bring the Turkish spy agency and military chief of staff directly under his control as he seeks to tighten his grip on the country after the failed coup.

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Erdogan’s purge was too big and too organised to be a mere reaction to the failed coup

Erdogan’s purge was too big and too organised to be a mere reaction to the failed coup

There is a specific word for the melancholy of Istanbul. The city is suffering a mighty bout of something like hüzün at the moment.

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Istanbul court releases hundreds of conscripts under arrest | Fox News

Istanbul court releases hundreds of conscripts under arrest
Published July 30, 2016 Associated Press

ISTANBUL – An Istanbul court has released hundreds of enlisted conscripts under arrest as part of the investigation into the July 15 abortive coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency says.

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Turkey's President Forgives People Facing Court Cases For Insulting Him - BuzzFeed News

Turkey’s President Forgives People Facing Court Cases For Insulting Him

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he would withdraw the cases as a “gesture” following this month’s failed military coup.

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Dozens suspended from Turkey’s highest court in coup probe - The Washington Post

Dozens suspended from Turkey’s highest court in coup probe

ISTANBUL — Dozens of employees at Turkey’s highest court have been suspended from their jobs as part of the government crackdown in the wake of a failed military coup, authorities said Saturday.

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Turkey: 35 killed as army foils attempt of Kurdish militants to raid base

35 killed after Turkish army foils PKK militants' attempts to raid base

Officials said Turkish army launched air operations to target Kurdish militants in southeastern Hakkari province.

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EU releases €1.4 billion for Turkey to care for Syrian refugees - KCW Today

EU releases €1.4 billion for Turkey to care for Syrian refugees
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The European Commission has released €1.4 billion to help Turkey to care for its population of Syrian Refugees, specifically financing health and education.

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The Brussels Times - EU on diplomatic offensive against Turkey

EU on diplomatic offensive against Turkey
Friday, 29 July 2016 17:06

Turkey’s clampdown on media and civil society prompted EU´s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to speak to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

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Thinking Gülen is a peaceful scholar is a huge mischaracterization - EZGİ BAŞARAN

Thinking Gülen is a peaceful scholar is a huge mischaracterization

Approximately two months ago, I was sitting across a table from two British academics who pin themselves as Turkey experts. The conversation became heated when I tried to point out the machinations of the Gülen movement in the high profile Ergenekon and Sledgehammer cases and its attempts to sabotage the latest Kurdish peace process.

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Sympathy for the Turks - GÜVEN SAK

Sympathy for the Turks

After the attack on Istanbul Atatürk Airport, there was sympathy for Turks. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was draped in our crescent and star and reporters talked about how heroic airport guards stopped the shooters. It felt a little bit like what the French received after attacks in Paris and Nice. As simple as that sounds, it means something to people. We felt like we were part of a community.

There was none of that after the attempted coup. There was an official condemnation of the heinous act, but Turks could feel that it came from a place of concern rather than elation.

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Turkey's Authoritarian Erdogan Condemns West For Failing to Show Solidarity Post Coup

Turkey’s Authoritarian Erdogan Condemns West For Failing to Show Solidarity Post Coup

ANKARA/ISTANBUL, July 29 (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan condemned Western countries on Friday for failing to show solidarity with Turkey over the recent failed coup, saying those who worried over the fate of coup supporters instead of Turkish democracy could not be friends of Ankara.

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Friday, July 29, 2016

Turkey-US Relations Strained by Coup Attempt

Turkey-US Relations Strained by Coup Attempt

Steve Herman

Last updated on: July 28, 2016 6:45 PM
STATE DEPARTMENT—

The strategically critical U.S.-Turkey relationship is coming under increasing strain as authorities in Ankara crack down on alleged coup plotters and sympathizers.

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Turkey was planning anti-Gulen army purge before coup: minister

Turkey was planning anti-Gulen army purge before coup: minister
Stuart Williams•July 27, 2016

Ankara (AFP) - Turkish authorities were planning a major shake-up of the military to remove elements linked to US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen just ahead of the failed coup, a key minister said Wednesday.

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Real and imagined threats: the shared past of AKP and the Gülen movement | World | DW.COM | 27.07.2016

Real and imagined threats: the shared past of AKP and the Gülen movement

Behind Turkey's failed July coup lies a power struggle between Erdogan and the shadowy network of his former ally. The intra-Islamic and nationalist power struggle is shaping the future of the country.

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Turkey’s Erdogan Cleans House to Form a More Perfect Islamic State | The Fiscal Times

Turkey’s Erdogan Cleans House to Form a More Perfect Islamic State

By Riyadh Mohammed

The failed coup in Turkey on July 15-16 has done exactly what many experts predicted: It’s given Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a green light to implement the next stage of his plan to turn the country into an Islamic state. After quelling the insurgent military rebels, Erdogan did the following in short order:

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Turkey’s Other Crackdown | Foreign Policy

Turkey’s Other Crackdown

The aftermath of the coup is getting all the headlines. But Turkey's war against the Kurds continues in the shadows.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

It’s the will of the Turkish people, Erdogan says. But which people? | Ayça Çubukçu | Opinion | The Guardian

It’s the will of the Turkish people, Erdogan says. But which people?
Ayça Çubukçu
Fear abounds amid the president’s purge ‘in defence of democracy’. Yet there’s still resistance in the streets

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APA - Ankara to mark anti-coup resistance by renaming Kızılay square

Ankara to mark anti-coup resistance by renaming Kızılay square

Baku-APA. The mayor of Turkey's capital Ankara on Tuesday announced the renaming of the city's main public square to mark the resistance against the July 15 attempted coup, APA reports quoting Daily Sabah.

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Turkey shuts down dozens of media outlets as government continues its broader crackdown

Turkey shuts down dozens of media outlets as government continues its broader crackdown

The government of Turkey has reportedly shuttered dozens of media outlets, as the country's president continues to crackdown on opposition in the wake of an attempted coup.

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American involvement - YUSUF KANLI

American involvement

Obviously it was normal for the nationalist party leader of the country to declare “Turks have no friends but Turks.” That obsessive belief has been perhaps the cornerstone of nationalist politics. Such an obsession, however, cannot be rhetoric frequently visited by a serious government.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Erdogan’s Purges Threaten Future of Turkey’s Secular Society

Erdogan’s Purges Threaten Future of Turkey’s Secular Society

Luis Ramirez

July 26, 2016 12:00 AM
ISTANBUL—

Watchers see Turkey's failed coup and the subsequent purge carried out by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as part of a battle among Islamists whose ultimate vision is to allow for a greater role of religion in public life. To others, that vision runs counter to the secular society established in the 1920s by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish republic.

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Monday, July 25, 2016

The Battle For Turkey’s Soul | The Indian Express

The Battle For Turkey’s Soul

The aborted coup reveals the fragile relationship between Islam and democracy.

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Turkey’s Erdogan Is Mounting a Countercoup

Turkey’s Erdogan Is Mounting a Countercoup

The purge after a failed coup is extending to state-owned businesses.

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Firefighters battle massive blaze near Turkey NATO base after 'sabotage attempt' | World | News | Daily Express

Firefighters battle massive blaze near NATO base in Turkey after 'sabotage attempt'

A HUGE fire has broken out near the NATO base in Turkey in what officials fear may be a sabotage attempt.

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Turkey’s Erdogan is due for a ‘reality check,’ says Mohamed El-Erian

Turkey’s Erdogan is due for a ‘reality check,’ says Mohamed El-Erian
Tom DiChristopher

"It's all outflows, so he's going to have a reality check with the balance of payments pretty soon, and that's going to have some consequences beyond Turkey," he said.

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The fate of Turkey lies in Erdogan’s hands — FT.com

The fate of Turkey lies in Erdogan’s hands

His priority is not Isis but the Gulenists and Kurdish insurgents, writes David Gardner

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Turkey Stocks Rise Most in World as Lira Beats Emerging Peers - Bloomberg

Turkey Stocks Rise Most in World as Lira Beats Emerging Peers
Tugce Ozsoy
@Daphniful
July 25, 2016 — 10:06 AM CEST

The lira depreciated to a record low against the dollar last week and the worst equity selloff since 2008 wiped about $36 billion from the stock market as investors fretted over the fallout from the coup attempt. While thousands have been arrested since the failed putsch on July 15, the purge of those allegedly implicated in the upheaval is almost over, Yildirim said in an interview on Sunday. The government plans to invest billions of dollars in infrastructure to keep growth on track, he said.

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The West fails the 'coup test' in Turkey - Al Jazeera English

The West fails the 'coup test' in Turkey

Many in the Western media and their analyses failed to show respect and extend credit to the society of Turkey.

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Erdogan meets opposition leaders in historic huddle | TRT World

Erdogan meets opposition leaders in historic huddle

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited leaders of Turkey’s main opposition parties to the presidential palace in Ankara on Monday to thank them for their stance against the coup attempt on July 15, according to the semi-official Anadolu Agency.

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Rebecca Harms: ‘Possibility of Turkey sanctions has to be considered’ – EurActiv.com

Rebecca Harms: ‘Possibility of Turkey sanctions has to be considered’

By Albrecht Meier | Der Tagesspiegel | Translated By Samuel Morgan

Jul 25, 2016

The leader of the Green-European Free Alliance group spoke to EurActiv’s partner Der Tagesspiegel about the EU’s refugee deal with Turkey and its current chances of EU membership in the aftermath of the attempted coup.

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Turkey issues warrants for 42 journalists after failed coup: report - Hartford Courant

Turkey issues warrants for 42 journalists after failed coup: report

Turkey on Monday issued warrants for the detention of 42 journalists suspected of links to the alleged organizers of a failed military uprising, intensifying concerns that a sweeping crackdown on alleged coup plotters could target media for any news coverage critical of the government.

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Coup in Turkey Leads to Erdogan Power Grab - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Erdogan's Putsch: Turkey's Post-Coup Slide into Dictatorship

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking advantage of last week's failed coup to consolidate his power. As the country slides into a dictatorship, there is a lot at stake for the West. But the effects in Turkey itself promise to be far greater. By SPIEGEL Staff

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Turkish Airlines fires 211 employees following coup attempt - WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 -

Turkish Airlines fires 211 employees following coup attempt

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish Airlines says it has terminated the contracts of 211 employees, joining a government purge of people suspected of links to a U.S.-based cleric whom authorities accuse of orchestrating Turkey's failed coup.

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More arson attacks on Dutch Turkish organisations in wake of failed military coup - DutchNews.nl

More arson attacks on Dutch Turkish organisations in wake of failed military coup
Society
July 25, 2016

Netherlands turkeyThere have been at least two more arson attacks on Turkish organisations in the Netherlands in recent days as the impact of the failed military coup continues to be felt.

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This is the biggest witch-hunt in Turkey’s history | Can Dündar | Opinion | The Guardian

This is the biggest witch-hunt in Turkey’s history
Can Dündar

Power’s always swung between mosques and military. But the brutality of this clampdown is at a new level – and I’ve been jailed before. We need Europe’s help

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Thousands In Istanbul Put Aside Political Differences For Anti-Coup Solidarity Rally

Thousands In Istanbul Put Aside Political Differences For Anti-Coup Solidarity Rally

“Political ideologies don’t mean anything today,” said one Turkish man. “We are here for our nation.”

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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Turkey Coup: Stories from women who protested on the frontline — Quartz

Stories from the women on the front lines of Turkey’s coup

Zeynep Jane Louise Kandur
July 24, 2016

PDuring the coup attempt on July 15, Turkey witnessed many heroic actions. People lay down in front of tanks. Others stood in front of them only to be shot down. Some disarmed members of the forces leading the coup. Others made futile attempts to show how angry they were, hurling stones at F16s flying overhead, dropping bombs.

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Turkey to Appoint State-approved Teachers to Replace Fired Staff - Turkey - Haaretz

Turkey to Appoint State-approved Teachers to Replace Fired Staff

Turkey announced plans to appoint 20,000 state-approved teachers to fill the void left by mass firings.

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Saturday, July 23, 2016

Turkey's economy after the coup - Al Jazeera English

Turkey's economy after the coup

Will the Turkish economy remain resilient in the face of political upheaval?

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Turkey's Military Disconnect - Harvard Political Review

Turkey’s Military Disconnect
By Henry Sullivan Atkins

In an April 2013 interview with The Atlantic, Jordanian King Abdullah II told the world how he really felt about Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then the prime minister of Turkey. According to Abdullah, “Erdogan once said that democracy for him is a bus ride … ‘Once I get to my stop, I’m getting off.’” Indeed, to many it has seemed that Erdogan is steadily and inevitably consolidating power, turning a secular democracy into a theocratic autocracy with himself at its center.

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Turkish court documents reveal new details about IS operations

Turkish court documents reveal new details about IS operations

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Diyarbakir was the venue of two important events linked to the Islamic State (IS) in the past 12 months.

On June 5, 2015, a bomb blast at a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) rally killed four people.

On Oct. 26, security forces raided 17 addresses used by IS. In a clash at one of them, two police and seven IS militants were killed; many people were detained.

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The Brussels Times - “We are monitoring the situation in Turkey”

“We are monitoring the situation in Turkey”

At a press conference today (22 July), the European Commission Chief Spokesperson Margaritis Schinas told an audience of journalists that the Commission is closely monitoring the situation on the ground in Turkey with its partners in UN, the Council of Europe, Greece and Turkey.

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APA - Turkey: 28 arrested in search for Twitter whistleblower

Turkey: 28 arrested in search for Twitter whistleblower

Baku-APA. Twenty-eight suspects were arrested on Friday on suspicion of being involved with a prominent anonymous Twitter user believed to be linked to the FETO terrorist organization, frequently referred to in Turkey as the "parallel state", according to a local source, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.

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How Turkey feels about the failed coup, one week on - CNN.com

How people in Turkey feel about the failed coup one week on

By Ian Lee, CNN

"Editor's note: Some of the people interviewed by CNN did not want to appear on camera. "

Istanbul (CNN) A week on from the dramatic and bloody events of last Friday, when a faction of the military launched a failed coup in Turkey, the country is in a state of emergency.

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Erdogan hits out at EU's 'biased' attitude towards Turkey as 1,200 soldiers freed | Middle East Eye

Erdogan hits out at EU's 'biased' attitude towards Turkey as 1,200 soldiers freed
#TurkeyCoup

Turkish president responds to Brussels' criticism over the country's post-coup crackdown and threats to reinstate the death penalty

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Erdogan in (elder) Trudeau's shoes - Winnipeg Free Press

Erdogan in (elder) Trudeau's shoes

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke for many this week when he asked the Turkish government to respect the civil rights of its political opponents in the current wave of repression following an aborted military coup. As a friend of Turkey and an alliance partner in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Canada has some standing to speak up for democratic values when they are under attack. Mr. Trudeau and other Canadians should, however, show due deference to Turkey’s difficult circumstances.

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Erdogan Will Need to Liberalize Turkey to Survive - Bloomberg View

Erdogan Will Need to Liberalize Turkey to Survive
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July 22, 2016 2:00 AM EDT
By
Leonid Bershidsky

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey seems to be taking increasingly extreme measures in reaction to the thwarted coup last weekend. Yet Turkey may be forced to democratize following the attempted military takeover and Erdogan's purges. Coups, both successful and failed, have been shown to increase the likelihood of democratization in authoritarian countries.

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Germany expects Turkish brain drain following Erdogan crackdown | Germany | DW.COM | 22.07.2016

Germany expects Turkish brain drain following Erdogan crackdown

Germany is expecting a new influx of refugees from Turkey following President Erdogan's authoritarian crackdown. Even conservative politicians have suggested politically persecuted Turks should be offered asylum.

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News.Az - Turkey detains 283 presidential guards

Turkey detains 283 presidential guards

Fri 22 July 2016 19:07 GMT | 21:07 Local Time

The guard are members of the special forces regiment stationed at the presidential palace in Ankara.

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Turkey spy chief Hakan Fidan survives despite Erdogan criticism - Firstpost

Turkey spy chief Hakan Fidan survives despite Erdogan criticism

AFP Jul 23, 2016 16:23 IST

Ankara, Turkey: Turkey's powerful spy chief Hakan Fidan is to stay on in his job after presiding over an intelligence failure that allowed the botched coup, but his position is under review, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview broadcast Saturday.

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Turkey's Erdogan shuts schools, charities in first state of emergency decree - SWI swissinfo.ch

Turkey's Erdogan shuts schools, charities in first state of emergency decree
Politics Law and order Religion Conflict

Jul 23, 2016 - 17:38

By Gareth Jones and Ercan Gurses

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on Turkey on Saturday, ordering the closure of thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions in his first decree since imposing a state of emergency after the failed military coup.

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Erdogan’s about-face on freedom of expression, all in the name of democracy

Erdogan’s about-face on freedom of expression, all in the name of democracy

Turkey’s president embraced social media in his efforts to put down an attempted coup last week. But the easing of internet restrictions didn’t last long — blink and you may have missed it.

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Friday, July 22, 2016

Dutch government calls on Turkish community to report threats - NL Times

Dutch government calls on Turkish community to report threats
Posted on Jul 22, 2016 by Janene Pieters

The government is calling on Turkish-Dutch citizens to report if they are threatened by supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs wrote in a letter to parliament on Thursday, NU.nl reports.

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US could extradite Gulen quickly: Turkish minister - News from Al Jazeera

US could extradite Gulen quickly: Turkish minister

Foreign minister urges US to speed up consideration of whether businessman blamed for failed coup should be extradited.

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Erdogan’s revenge | The Economist

Erdogan’s revenge
Turkey’s president is destroying the democracy that Turks risked their lives to defend
Jul 23rd 2016

MUCH is unknown about the attempted military coup in Turkey on the night of July 15th. Why was it botched so badly? How far up the ranks did the conspiracy reach? Were the putschists old-style secularists, as their initial communiqué suggested; or were they followers of an exiled Islamist cleric, Fethullah Gulen, as the government claims?

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Turkey faces risk of institutional collapse — FT.com

Turkey faces risk of institutional collapse

Erdogan must avoid confrontation and work to rebuild unity

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Anger and paranoia grip Turkey after the coup attempt — FT.com

Anger and paranoia grip Turkey after the coup attempt

The putschists counted on support from AKP opponents — they were mistaken, says Elif Shafak

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Bonner County Daily Bee - World News, Analysis: Is Turkish leader transforming a nation?

Analysis: Is Turkish leader transforming a nation?
AP

July 21, 2016 at 10:20 am | By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

ISTANBUL (AP) — The stunning sweep of Turkey's crackdown following an attempted coup last week forces questions about how far President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go in a tense, conspiracy-fueled country. While the purges may be designed to derail any future insurrections, there are increasing concerns that Erdogan is seizing the moment to transform Turkey, steering it from its secular roots toward a more pious Muslim model and cementing personal power at the expense of democratic ideals.

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How Recep Tayyip Erdogan Made Turkey Authoritarian Again - The Atlantic

How Erdogan Made Turkey Authoritarian Again

It wasn't so long ago that the Turkish leader was seen as a model democrat in the Islamic world. What happened?

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Europe’s Turkey Problem | TIME

Europe’s Turkey Problem

Ian Bremmer @ianbremmer

6:07 AM ET

Earlier this year, the E.U. reached a deal with Turkey to slow the flow of refugees. As a condition, the E.U. promised to allow Turks visa-free travel to Europe in exchange for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s promise to observe principles of democracy and human rights. So far the deal remains in place, but Erdogan says it can’t continue unless Europe keeps its promises on travel. The E.U. says the offer is valid only when Erdogan enacts changes.

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Can Turkey’s ‘Republic’ Survive Erdogan’s Purge? - Bloomberg

Can Turkey’s Republic Survive Erdogan’s Purge?

Keeping an independent newspaper in business is hard enough. Try doing it in Istanbul.

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What Does Erdogan’s State of Emergency Mean For Turkey?

What Does Erdogan’s State of Emergency Mean For Turkey?

The Turkish president said it would not represent a threat to the country's democracy.

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God′s gift to Erdogan

Turkey and the failed coup
God′s gift to Erdogan
The military coup in Turkey only strengthens Erdogan's power – and weakens democracy in the country, writes Christiane Schloetzer in her commentary

There are Turks who welcomed the news on Friday night that the military had launched a coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They didn't dare utter loud cries of joy, however, but only rejoiced inside – after all, publicly flaunting opposition to this President has been dangerous up to now.

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Why Europe can’t afford Turkey’s slide into authoritarian chaos - BARÇIN YİNANÇ

Why Europe can’t afford Turkey’s slide into authoritarian chaos

It wasn’t surprising to hear the conspiracy theories from the opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: “The failed coup played into the hands of Erdoğan so it must have been plotted by him.” But it was surprising to see this claim, which was not backed by any empirical evidence, voiced by Western colleagues.

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Other countries might be involved in coup attempt: Tayyip Erdogan - The Financial Express

Other countries might be involved in coup attempt: Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that other countries might be involved in July 15 coup attempt.

The Turkish president said he was informed about the attempt first by his brother-in-law and his initial reaction was disbelief. The Turkish president said he was informed about the attempt first by his brother-in-law and his initial reaction was disbelief.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that other countries might be involved in July 15 coup attempt.

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Erdoğan may be divisive, but a coup in Turkey would have been devastating | Fawaz A Gerges | Opinion | The Guardian

Erdoğan may be divisive, but a coup in Turkey would have been devastating

A successful uprising would have plunged the country into prolonged crisis – and provided a boost for Isis. Yet the president seems to be stoking the unrest

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Istanbul calm as first day of state of emergency in Turkey begins

Istanbul calm as first day of state of emergency in Turkey begins
21.07.2016

Turkey woke up to its first full day under a state of emergency on Thursday, imposed by the government the previous night. "Everything is looking normal" in the streets of Istanbul, a resident told journalists at 8 am (0500 GMT), with people commuting to work or taking coffees in the city's cafes.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Turkey declares three-month state of emergency - CNN.com

Turkey declares three-month state of emergency

By Isil Sariyuce and Angela Dewan, CNN

Istanbul (CNN)Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the nation is imposing a three-month state of emergency in the aftermath of last week's bloody coup attempt.

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Turkish president declares 3-month state of emergency

Turkish president declares 3-month state of emergency
Oren Dorell, USA TODAY 6:19 p.m. EDT July 20, 2016

Turkey's government declared a three-month state of emergency and dismissed thousands of educators Wednesday, expanding a crackdown that followed the weekend failed coup.

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Erdogan Says Europe Shouldn’t Interfere With Turkish Crackdown - Bloomberg

Erdogan Says Europe Shouldn’t Interfere With Turkish Crackdown
Gregory Viscusi and Onur Ant
July 20, 2016 — 10:55 PM CEST

European criticism won’t stop Turkey taking steps it deems necessary after last week’s failed coup, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. He projected a more conciliatory tone toward the U.S. and Russia.

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Turkey's Troubling Turn | Foreign Affairs

Turkey's Troubling Turn
Terrorism and Security After the Attempted Coup
By Soner Cagaptay

Before the failed military coup on July 15, Turkey was struggling to recover from a bombing and shoot-out that killed 45 people at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on June 28. Although the attempted takeover complicates the country’s crackdown on terrorism, its security problems began long before this summer’s turmoil. The three jihadists who planned the attack had been in Turkey for quite some time, having traveled over 750 miles from Syria, rented an apartment in Istanbul, and then assembled bombs for a month. They did so without raising alarm for a simple reason: Turkey itself is radicalizing and the jihadists blended in.

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After the coup, Turkey is losing its checks and balances — FT.com

After the coup, Turkey is losing its checks and balances

Erdogan is using the putsch as an excuse for blanket repression and constitutional vandalism

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Erdogan and social media: use and abuse | Digital Culture | DW.COM | 19.07.2016

Erdogan and social media: use and abuse

After using social media to publicly quash the coup, Turkey's government is cracking down on news sites and purging state institutions again. Here is how censorship works in the country - and how Turks react to it.

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Lira falls after university purge in Turkey | Europe | BDlive

Lira falls after university purge in Turkey
by Agency Staff July 19 2016, 19:44

ANKARA — Turkey on Tuesday ordered faculty heads at all the country’s universities to resign, a day before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes an "important announcement" and as authorities expanded their roundup of thousands of soldiers with alleged links to the weekend’s failed coup.

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If the Turkish Coup Had Succeeded, Would Washington Have Played Along? | Foreign Policy

If the Turkish Coup Had Succeeded, Would Washington Have Played Along?

The United States has a bad record on supporting democracy in Turkey — but it’s never too late to change.

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Turkey demands extradition of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen — FT.com

Turkey demands extradition of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen

by: Mehul Srivastava in Ankara and Laura Pitel in Istanbul

Tensions between the US and Turkey reached a new post-coup high on Tuesday over a Pennsylvania-based Islamic cleric Ankara blames for masterminding the failed putsch as a crackdown on alleged plot sympathisers tears through the nation.

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Turkey cancels TV, radio licences linked to cleric Fethullah Gulen: Watchdog | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

Turkey cancels TV, radio licences linked to cleric Fethullah Gulen: Watchdog

Turkey considers Gulen responsible for the failed coup attempted by a section of the military last week.

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Turkey Cuts Interest Rates After Failed Coup

Turkey Cuts Interest Rates After Failed Coup

July 19, 2016 11:51 AM
ANKARA—

Turkey's central bank cut a key interest rate for the fifth month in a row Tuesday, days after an attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan triggered concerns over the country's economic outlook.

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Turkey Coup is Erdogan’s Warning - Fair Observer

Turkey Coup is Erdogan’s Warning

By Nathaniel Handy • July 18, 2016

The Turkish coup attempt may have collapsed almost before it started, but its blunders hide dangerous contests for control of the state.

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'Turkey has changed': Women on the failed coup - BBC News

'Turkey has changed': Women on the failed coup

Friday night's attempted coup shocked Turkey, a country that has seen four governments toppled by the military since 1960

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Turkey Coup: Why Did the Public Defend Authoritarian Erdogan?

Turkey Coup: Why Did the Public Defend Authoritarian Erdogan?

Turkey's deepening authoritarianism allowed Erdogan to galvanize public support against the attempted coup.

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Turkey Coup: Why Did the Public Defend Authoritarian Erdogan?

Turkey Coup: Why Did the Public Defend Authoritarian Erdogan?

Turkey's deepening authoritarianism allowed Erdogan to galvanize public support against the attempted coup.

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Turkey coup: Purge widens to education sector - BBC News

Turkey coup: Purge widens to education sector

More than 15,000 education staff in Turkey have been suspended after last week's failed coup, as a purge of state officials widens still further.

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It looks like nearly everyone was wrong about a key aspect of Turkey's military coup | Business Insider

It looks like nearly everyone was wrong about a key aspect of Turkey's military coup
Natasha Bertrand
Jul 19, 2016, 8:01 AM

Asked why the US hadn’t seen the attempted Turkey coup coming, US Secretary of State John Kerry responded that the uprising that left over 200 dead by Saturday morning did “not appear to be a brilliantly planned or executed event.”

Two days later, a much more detailed picture of the plotters’ effort has come into focus and suggested a different view.

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Energy Is The Reason Europe Is Still Backing Erdogan | OilPrice.com

Energy Is The Reason Europe Is Still Backing Erdogan
By Irina Slav - Jul 18, 2016, 5:03 PM CDT Turkey European Energy Relations

A lot of people in Europe are wondering why political leaders on the continent seem to be ready to agree with whatever Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says, and do anything he demands. Many resent Erdogan’s hand-twisting approach to the migrant crisis and worry about Turkey turning into a dictatorship, plain and simple.

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Turkish Interior Ministry fires 9,000 and detains more

Turkish Interior Ministry fires 9,000 and detains more

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's Interior Ministry has fired nearly 9,000 police officers, bureaucrats and others and detained thousands of suspected plotters following a foiled coup against the government, Turkey's state-run news agency reported Monday.

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Monday, July 18, 2016

After the coup, Turkey turns against America | The Economist

Conspiracy theories in Turkey
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After the coup, Turkey turns against America
Turkish media and even government officials accuse America of being in on the plot
Jul 18th 2016 | ISTANBUL | Europe

SINCE the 1960s, whenever Turkey’s meddlesome generals have seized power, Turks have accused America of being responsible. After the botched coup attempt on July 15th by a cabal of mid-ranking generals and junior officers, the old reflex appeared again. Turkey’s labour minister, Suleyman Soylu, declared that America was behind the attempt to overthrow the country’s Islamist president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (He vaguely cited the “activities” of unnamed American magazines as proof.) Pro-government media outlets teemed with conspiracy theories. In a column in Yeni Safak, a daily newspaper, Aydin Unal, an MP from Mr Erdogan’s Justice and Development party (AK), suggested that American army officers took part in the fighting. In previous decades such rants could be shrugged off. But this time they are part of an increasingly severe diplomatic crisis.

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Turkish diaspora in EU divided over Erdoğan following failed coup | World news | The Guardian

Turkish diaspora in EU divided over Erdoğan following failed coup

Series of violent incidents lay bare the level of acrimony between supporters and critics of Turkish president

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Dutch-Turks threatened for not supporting Erdogan: Report - NL Times

Dutch-Turks threatened for not supporting Erdogan: Report
Posted on Jul 18, 2016 by Janene Pieters

Turkish-Dutch are facing death threats, vandalism and boycotts for not supporting Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Telegraaf reports. Erdogan supporters in the Netherlands are targeting supporters of Fethullah Gulen, because Erdogan believes he was behind an attempted coup in Turkey last week, according to the newspaper.

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Turkey's Economy Could Slump In Aftermath Of Failed Coup - Forbes

Turkey's Economy Could Slump In Aftermath Of Failed Coup

Dominic Dudley ,

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems intent on using the failed July 15 coup as a springboard to go after his opponents, both in the country and beyond its borders. Some 6,000 people are reported to have been arrested to date and the ultimate finger of blame has been pointed at Fetullah Gülen, a preacher who these days lives in exile in the US but was once a close ally of Erdoğan (he denies any involvement).

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Turkey Faces Its Iran 1979 Moment - WSJ

Turkey Faces Its Iran 1979 Moment

Empowered by surviving a coup, Erdogan may be tempted to encourage an Islamist counterrevolution.

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Alleged Turkey coup leaders appear in court in Ankara - MarketWatch

Alleged Turkey coup leaders appear in court in Ankara

Published: July 18, 2016 1:53 p.m. ET

ISTANBUL -- The former commander of Turkey’s air force appeared in televised footage from an Ankara courthouse on Monday with a visibly bruised faced and bandaged ear, as Turkey’s state news agency reported he had confessed to organizing the weekend’s failed coup.

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If the Turkish press cannot criticise Erdoğan, then foreign media must speak out | Voices | The Independent

If the Turkish press cannot criticise Erdoğan, then foreign media must speak out

For the media in this country to give Erdoğan a free pass would be a gross failing, not least in the eyes of independent Turkish journalists whose work has been hampered by the serious erosion of press freedom in their homeland

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Turkish coup plotters’ cyber fail: Not turning off Internet | Ars Technica

Turkish coup plotters’ cyber fail: Not turning off Internet
Plotters, including an army cyber expert, got tripped up by social media.

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Turkish cleric Gulen says Erdogan behind coup, willing to be extradited | Reuters

Turkish cleric Gulen says Erdogan behind coup, willing to be extradited

U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose followers Turkey blames for a failed coup, said on Sunday that he would obey any extradition ruling from the United States but said that President Tayyip Erdogan had staged the putsch.

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Turkey coup: How mobiles beat tanks and saved Erdogan - BBC News

Turkey coup: How mobiles beat tanks and saved Erdogan
By Thom Poole BBC News

Hours after the attempted coup began, Turkey's defiant president appealed to supporters to take to the streets and confront the rebels.

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NATO, US, EU warn Turkey on coup crackdown - Channel NewsAsia

NATO, US, EU warn Turkey on coup crackdown

BRUSSELS: The United States, the European Union and NATO on Monday (Jul 18) warned Turkey to respect the rule of law after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government launched a massive crackdown following the failed coup.

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Erdogan's appeal to Islamists in wake of failed coup spurs fears for Turkey's future | Fox News

Erdogan's appeal to Islamists in wake of failed coup spurs fears for Turkey's future
Published July 18, 2016 FoxNews.com

Shouts of “Allahu Akbar” and sermons blaring from speakers continue to echo throughout the cosmopolitan districts of Istanbul in the wake of Friday’s failed military coup, creating a “surreal” scene and stoking fears a nation that remained proudly secular for the last century could be hurtling down the path to full-blown Islamic rule.

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Turkey crackdown on rebels goes to heart of Erdogan’s inner circle — FT.com

Turkey crackdown on rebels goes to heart of Erdogan’s inner circle

US denies involvement in failed coup as almost 6,000 dissidents detained

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

First the Turkey Coup, Now the Economic Crash - Breitbart

First the Turkey Coup, Now the Economic Crash

by Chriss W. Street17 Jul 2016

Turkey’s currency exchange rate suffered a 4.6 percent crash versus the U.S. dollar, as international investors interpreted the failed military coup and retaliatory political purge as the end of strong growth and beginning of a period of protracted economic instability in the NATO ally.

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Atatürk Versus Erdoğan: Turkey’s Long Struggle - The New Yorker

Atatürk Versus Erdoğan: Turkey’s Long Struggle
By Elliot Ackerman , July 16, 2016

Turkey has weathered five successful military coups since the founding of the Republic, in 1923, and what happened on Friday, with soldiers surging against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P., marks an attempt at the sixth. Turkey is a constitutionally secular state, though one that is more than ninety-five per cent Muslim and which was once the seat of an Islamic empire. The Turkish military has often served as the nation’s firewall against encroachments on secularism and the Constitution, guarding the aspirations of its founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The tension between secularism and religious fundamentalism is as essential to understanding today’s Turkish political life as is the tension between federalism and states’ rights in America.

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Erdogan promised to bring true democracy to Turkey. Instead, he’s held it hostage — Quartz

Erdogan promised to bring true democracy to Turkey. Instead, he’s held it hostage

Elmira Bayrasli
July 17, 2016

Military men with guns are one of my earliest memories of Turkey. I had come to the country from New York City as an 8-year old in 1979. The country was undergoing a period of tremendous violence. To “protect” the country, the military flexed its muscle. It marched through the streets and imposed martial law. A year later the military seized power, as it had twice before in 1960 and 1971, replacing the democratically elected leader of the country and scrapping the Turkish constitution.

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Chris Trotter: Erdogan lives – and secular Turkey dies | Stuff.co.nz

Chris Trotter: Erdogan lives – and secular Turkey dies

OPINION: 'When you strike at a king, you must kill him." This, the first and most important rule of regime change by force, is the rule which the military units rebelling against Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, failed to follow. It was their biggest, but very far from their only, mistake. Observing the unfolding debacle through the all-seeing eyes of CNN, an old CIA hand informed viewers that it had all the appearance of a "colonels' coup" – not one planned and executed by those at the summit of the military hierarchy. The relative ease with which civilian and military forces loyal to the President crushed the uprising proved him right.

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For Europe, Erdogan’s Value Trumps Its Own Values - WSJ

For Europe, Erdogan’s Value Trumps Its Own Values

Leaders fear Turkish president will use foiled coup for tighter clampdowns, but they need him to help with migrant crisis

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Turkey was already undergoing a slow-motion coup – by Erdoğan, not the army | Opinion | The Guardian

Turkey was already undergoing a slow-motion coup – by Erdoğan, not the army
Andrew Finkel

What happens in Turkey matters. It is a G20 economy in a sensitive part of the world, sharing borders with Iraq, Iran and Syria. Turkey is an asset to its Nato partners when it is able to exercise a leadership role. It can be a liability when its own problems – like the tension with its Kurdish population – spill over those frontiers. And it can be a millstone around the world’s neck when it decides, as it did on Friday, to self-harm.

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Turkey Convulsed By Failed Coup: Turkish Voters, Not Soldiers, Should Toss Erdogan - Forbes

Turkey Convulsed By Failed Coup: Turkish Voters, Not Soldiers, Should Toss Erdogan

Doug Bandow ,

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled Turkey for more than a decade. He should be enjoying his time of triumph. He towers above the political system, able to create and dismiss governments at will.

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Turkish coup fugitives political hot potato for Greece - Al Jazeera English

Turkish coup fugitives political hot potato for Greece

Turkish military officers who participated in failed coup become a source of tensions between Greece and Turkey.

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Why Turkey’s Coup d’État Failed | Foreign Policy

Why Turkey’s Coup d’État Failed

And why Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s craven excesses made it so inevitable.

By Edward Luttwak

Rule No. 2 in planning a successful military coup is that any mobile forces that are not part of the plot — and that certainly includes any fighter jet squadrons — must be immobilized or too remote to intervene. (Which is why Saudi army units, for example, are based far from the capital.) But the Turkish coup plotters failed to ensure these loyal tanks, helicopters, and jets were rendered inert, so instead of being reinforced as events unfolded, the putschists were increasingly opposed. But perhaps that scarcely mattered because they had already violated Rule No. 1, which is to seize the head of the government before doing anything else, or at least to kill him.

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Controversies and allegations against Turkish President Erdogan | Pakistan | thenews.com.pk

Controversies and allegations against Turkish President Erdogan
July 17, 2016

LAHORE: During the last one decade or so, numerous controversies and scandals have haunted the 62-year old Turkish President Recap Erdogan, his family members and his cabinet loyalists, both within and outside Turkey.

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Saturday, July 16, 2016

Turkey coup: Conspiracy theorists claim attempt was faked by Erdogan | World | News | The Independent

Turkey coup: Conspiracy theorists claim attempt was faked by Erdogan

Social media users claim Erdogan will use the attempted coup in the same way Hitler used the Reichstag Fire to suppress all opposition

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'Sultan' Erdogan regarded by many as Turkey's most divisive modern ruler | The Japan Times

‘Sultan’ Erdogan regarded by many as Turkey’s most divisive modern ruler

ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen as the most divisive Turkish leader in the history of the modern republic.

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You thought Erdogan was bad before? The worst of Turkey's leader is yet to come 

You thought Erdogan was bad before? The worst of Turkey's leader is yet to come

David Blair Chief Foreign Correspondent David Blair

16 July 2016 • 4:25pm

Vengeful, irascible, authoritarian, obdurate. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was all of these things even before a cabal of Turkish generals tried to cast him into oblivion. Now that he has survived their machinations, his worst instincts will be redoubled and reinforced.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demands the US extradite the Muslim cleric he blames for attempted coup - The Washington Post

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demands the US extradite the Muslim cleric he blames for attempted coup
By Associated Press July 16 at 1:39 PM

ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demands the US extradite the Muslim cleric he blames for attempted coup.

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Turkey coup: Tourists trapped in airports across country after failed power grab | Europe | News | The Independent

Turkey coup: Tourists trapped in airports across country after failed power grab

Over 2.5 million British nationals visit Turkey every year

Tourists have been trapped at airports across Turkey after Friday night's failed military coup.

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Defiant mood in Turkey after coup fails | euronews, world news

Defiant mood in Turkey after coup fails

16/07 15:53 CET

Thousands of Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s supporters took to the streets of Istanbul after he urged them to resist the coup attempt against him on Friday night.

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What Caused the Turkish Coup Attempt - POLITICO Magazine

What Caused the Turkish Coup Attempt

President Erdogan’s uncompromising approach to rule was bound to produce a violent backlash—but this wasn’t the way to go.

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Turkey rounds up plot suspects after thwarting coup against Erdogan | Reuters

Turkey rounds up plot suspects after thwarting coup against Erdogan
ISTANBUL/ANKARA | By David Dolan and Gulsen Solaker

Turkish authorities rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters on Saturday and ordered thousands of judges detained after thwarting a coup by rebels using tanks and attack helicopters to try to topple President Tayyip Erdogan.

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Analysis: Why the Turkey coup failed and what's likely to come next - International - Jerusalem Post

Analysis: Why the Turkey coup failed and what's likely to come next

The failed coup is not likely to change Turkey-Israel relations, but Jerusalem would not have shed a tear had Erdogan been ousted.

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EU source says Turkey coup bid looks substantial, 'not just a few colonels' | Reuters

EU source says Turkey coup bid looks substantial, 'not just a few colonels'

A coup attempt in Turkey involves a substantial part of the military and "not just a few colonels", a European Union source monitoring events in the EU candidate country said on Friday.

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Turkish president returns to Istanbul to face down attempted military coup | VICE News

Turkish president returns to Istanbul to face down attempted military coup

By VICE News
July 15, 2016 | 10:25 pm

A faction within Turkey's military attempted to overthrow the country's government Friday night, though as the sun rose over the country on Saturday morning, every indication was that the revolt had been unsuccessful.

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Dutch PM calls Turkish coup very, very worrying: Dutch Turks take to streets - DutchNews.nl

Dutch PM calls Turkish coup very, very worrying: Dutch Turks take to streets
Europe
July 16, 2016

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said on Friday evening he is extremely concerned about the situation in Turkey following the attempted military coup. ‘We don’t yet know exactly what is going on but I am very, very worried,’ Rutte told broadcaster RTL. Rutte is currently in Mongolia for a summit.

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A military coup is not Turkey’s solution - The Globe and Mail

A military coup is not Turkey’s solution

Doug Saunders

The Globe and Mail

The soldiers storm the presidential palace, kick out the increasingly autocratic leader and quickly restore constitutional rights and democracy: That is the popular dream of the military coup. For some Turks, though not most, that is the hazy memory of the last time the military seized power, in 1980; for others, it is what they think was attempted Friday night.

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One-time ally who became Erdogan enemy — FT.com

One-time ally who became Erdogan enemy

Preacher Fethullah Gulen denies masterminding attempted coup against the Turkish president

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Turkey Coup: Who Is Behind It and Why?

Turkey Coup: Who Is Behind It and Why?
At least 90 people have died as the Turkish military attempted to oust President Erdogan.

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The tragedy of Turkey's coup attempt - CNN.com

The tragedy of Turkey's attempted coup

By Jenny White



(CNN)Until Friday afternoon,
Turkey remained a competent and stable, if problematic, country that
served as a buffer between Europe and the imploding Middle East and a
partner for the United States. It suffered from terrorist attacks like
European countries, and shared a world where solidarity could be
demonstrated by Facebook posts and projecting the Turkish flags on national monuments.

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Night of gunfire, explosions and death in Ankara | News | DW.COM | 16.07.2016

Night of gunfire, explosions and death in Ankara

An attempted coup in Turkey led to a night of gunfire and explosions, with residents waking up to an uncertain future. DW correspondent Diego Cupolo reports from Ankara.

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Attempted coup reflects growing tension in Turkey | World news | The Guardian

Attempted coup reflects growing tension in Turkey

Military action comes amid terrorist attacks and alarm over president’s increasingly authoritarian views

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Turkey’s Erdogan always feared a coup. He was proved right. - The Washington Post

Turkey’s Erdogan always feared a coup. He was proved right.
By Ishaan Tharoor July 15 at 9:05 PM

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- the most significant ruler in the republic's history since its founder Mustapha Kemal Ataturk -- is obsessed with Egypt. Three years ago, a military coup there ousted the democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi, arrested him and his allies, ruthlessly cracked down on his Muslim Brotherhood, and installed a regime that remains in place to this day.

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In Turkey, a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan | The Economist

In Turkey, a failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Regardless of the outcome, Turkish politics will change for the worse
Jul 15th 2016 | ISTANBUL | Europe

Timekeeper

IT BEGAN in the evening. Military vehicles took over the two bridges over the Bosporus; helicopters clattered and military jets roared overhead. Soon came the news, familiar to an older generation of Turks but forgotten by the current one: soldiers had staged a coup. They declared in a statement: “To restore the constitutional order, human rights and freedoms, the rule of law, and public order, the Turkish armed forces have taken complete control of the country.”

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Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounces coup attempt - BBC News

Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounces coup attempt

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced a coup attempt as an "act of treason" and insisted his government remains in charge.

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Sleepless in Istanbul: Turks take to street to resist, cheer coup attempt

Sleepless in Istanbul: Turks take to street to resist, cheer coup attempt

ISTANBUL — It was a sleepless night for Turks around the country as they poured into the streets to protest a military coup or watched television to learn if the attempted takeover succeeded in ousting the government of President Recep Erdogan.

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This Is What Istanbul Was Like As Turkey’s Attempted Coup Played Out | TIME

This Is What Istanbul Was Like As Turkey’s Attempted Coup Played Out

Jared Malsin/Istanbul @jmalsin

The jets came in low, screeching over Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Then there was the sound of a blast. The protesters scattered and the sound of gunfire rattled through the air.

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Lira Drops Most in 8 Years as Stock Futures Sink on Turkey Clash - Bloomberg

Lira Drops Most in 8 Years as Stock Futures Sink on Turkey Clash

Turkey’s lira plunged the most in eight years, an exchange-traded fund tied to the country’s shares declined and U.S. Treasuries ticked higher after Turkey’s army said it seized power and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asserted that he remains in control. U.S. stock futures slipped.

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Erdogan Has Nobody to Blame for the Coup But Himself | Foreign Policy

Erdogan Has Nobody to Blame for the Coup But Himself

After years of broken promises and deepening paranoia, the Turkish president earned his comeuppance.

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Attempted Coup Sets Off Fight for Control of Turkey - WSJ

Attempted Coup Sets Off Fight for Control of Turkey

Rebellious Turkish military factions tried to seize control of the government late Friday in a stunning attempt to oust Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but the longtime leader’s forces said they were close to putting down the attempted coup.

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Turkey military coup threatens world peace | World | Newshub

Turkey military coup threatens world peace
By Tony Wright

Saturday 16 Jul 2016 2:19 p.m.

The military coup in Turkey could have major ramifications for stability in Europe and the Middle East, and indeed world peace.

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Turkish military coup fails and hundreds are arrested as Erdogan vows revenge | Daily Mail Online

'They will pay a heavy price for their treason': Turkish soldiers surrender after their military coup fails, ending with 90 dead, 1,500 security forces detained and President Erdogan vowing revenge

Turkish troops launched an unsuccessful military coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government
At least 1,000 are wounded in the bloody uprising as Erdogan supporters clashed with the military rebels on Friday
The Turkish parliamentary building was bombed and both police and citizens were gunned down in the streets
President Erdogan has sworn revenge on those responsible as he blamed Fethullah Gulen in Philadelphia
'What is being perpetrated is a rebellion and a treason,' he said warning there would be a 'heavy price' to pay
Martial law and a curfew was imposed during conflict as U.S. citizens were warned to seek shelter and stay there

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Turkey in crisis: A coup with sweeping consequences - Middle East - Jerusalem Post

Turkey in crisis: A coup with sweeping consequences

Turkish coup bid crumbles as crowds answer call to streets, Erdogan returns

In the coming hours, narrative ownership will be critical, as both sides claim to be fighting to protect democracy and the rule of law in Turkey.

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Friday, July 15, 2016

Turkey coup: President Erdogan asks people to take to streets - CNN.com

Erdogan asks Turkish people to thwart coup attempt

By Steve Almasy, CNN

(CNN)The Turkish military has taken over the government and imposed martial law, according to an announcement read by an anchor on state broadcaster TRT.

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Turkey: Journalists' association presents award to press freedom groups - Index on Censorship | Index on Censorship

Turkey: Journalists’ association presents award to press freedom groups

By Index on Censorship / 15 July 2016

Index on Censorship is delighted to be one of the nine groups honoured by the Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) with this year’s Press Freedom Prize.

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Turkey is suddenly making friends, not enemies | The Economist

Turkey is suddenly making friends, not enemies

President Erdogan’s attitudes to Israel, Russia and Syria have undergone a sudden reset

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Turkey opposition leader fined 17,000 dollars for insulting Erdogan | EUROPE ONLINE

Turkey opposition leader fined 17,000 dollars for insulting Erdogan
Europe
14.07.2016

Istanbul (dpa) - The leader of Turkey‘s largest opposition party has been fined 50,000 liras (17,250 dollars) for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this year, reports said Thursday, the latest in a string of similar cases.

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

Dailytimes | Turkey needs to wake up

Turkey needs to wake up

The capacity of militants in Turkey is set to grow as long as the country allows political Islam to grow unfettered. No matter what Turkey does, it would be hard to stop the Islamic State in the short term

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Turkey issues unexpected olive branch to heal rift with Syria - The New Indian Express

Turkey issues unexpected olive branch to heal rift with Syria

By The Daily Telegraph

Published: 14th July 2016 09:09 AM

ISTANBUL: TURKEY'S prime minister has suggested his country will normalise diplomatic ties with Syria, hinting at a reversal in Ankara's hardline stance on its neighbour's five-year conflict.

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Turkey’s Geostrategic Context and Calculus | The Diplomat

Turkey’s Geostrategic Context and Calculus

Insights from Sinan Ulgen
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By Mercy A. Kuo
July 14, 2016

The Rebalance author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into the U.S. rebalance to Asia. This conversation with Sinan Ulgen – visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, founding partner of Istanbul Economics, a Turkish consulting firm that specializes in public and regulatory affairs, and chairman of the Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies, author of Governing Cyberspace: A Road Map for Transatlantic Leadership, Handbook of EU Negotiations, and The European Transformation of Modern Turkey with Kemal Derviş, and served in the Turkish Foreign Service in several capacities: in Ankara on the United Nations desk (1990–1992); in Brussels at the Turkish Permanent Delegation to the European Union (1992–1996); and at the Turkish embassy in Tripoli (1996) – is the 51st in “The Rebalance Insight Series.”

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Syrian refugees express mixed feelings over Turkish citizenship offer | Europe | DW.COM | 14.07.2016

Syrian refugees express mixed feelings over Turkish citizenship offer

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's announcement that Syrian refugees living in Turkey could receive citizenship sparked controversy. Syrians themselves hold mixed views on the matter.

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Turkish authorities tighten security across Istanbul: media | Reuters

Turkish authorities tighten security across Istanbul: media

Turkish authorities have stepped up security across Istanbul, CNN Turk and other local media reported on Thursday, a day after France said it was closing its diplomatic missions in both Istanbul and the capital Ankara over security fears.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Turkey sees red over euro parliament's Kurdish photo exhibit | Reuters

Turkey sees red over euro parliament's Kurdish photo exhibit

Turkey accused the European Parliament of encouraging terrorism on Wednesday by exhibiting photographs from Kurdish-controlled northern Syria, highlighting the challenges Ankara and Brussels face in trying to finalize a migrants-for-visas deal.

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Turkey condemns EU Parliament show on Kurdish militia force
Exhibition in Brussels contains images from Syria of YPG, which West sees as allies in fight against ISIS in Syria.

ANKARA - Turkey has condemned as unacceptable an exhibition at the European Parliament on a Kurdish militia force in northern Syria, accusing the EU body of showing propaganda for a "terrorist" group.

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Turkey toughens security measures | ChristianNewsToday.com

Turkey toughens security measures

Turkish police have detained 13 people, including three foreigners, in connection with the triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s main airport which killed 42 people, a Turkish official said on Thursday.

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Istanbul was not enough

Istanbul was not enough
July 13, 2016

Istanbul was not enough.
Dhaka was not enough.
Baghdad was not enough.
And Madinah will not be enough.
Each worse than the last.
The loss of life in Madinah is fortunately much less.
But this was meant to be a symbolic assault.
The numbers do not matter.
They finally came.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Construction of world’s first golf course on artificial island in Turkey almost finished - Daily Sabah

Construction of world’s first golf course on artificial island in Turkey almost finished

The construction of the world's first golf course on an artificial island in Turkey's Samsun province located in the Black Sea region is almost finished, according to the Samsun Metropolitan Municipality.

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Erdogan’s citizenship offer fans flames of anti-Syrian sentiment in Turkey

Erdogan’s citizenship offer fans flames of anti-Syrian sentiment in Turkey

Thanks to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the plight of the 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey has once again become the subject of an acrimonious debate. Erdogan announced on July 2 that the government was working on offering citizenship to Syrians. He did so while addressing a crowd of Syrians in the southeastern town of Kilis, near the Syrian border, which has borne the brunt of the Syrian conflict more than any other place in the country. “I want to give you good news tonight,” Erdogan said. “There are those among our brothers and sisters who I believe want to become citizens. Our Interior Ministry is taking steps for this.”

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Split within far-right party could hold key to future of Turkish politics | Middle East Eye

Split within far-right party could hold key to future of Turkish politics

Meral Aksener, a challenger within the Nationalist Movement Party, hailed as possible threat to Erdogan's rule

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Does Erdoğan need more enemies than friends at home? - SEMİH İDİZ

Does Erdoğan need more enemies than friends at home?

The decision by Ankara to move toward normalizing its foreign policy - under the banner of “increasing the number of our friends and reducing the number of our enemies” - has raised the hopeful question in many minds as to whether this also heralds a period of normalization in domestic politics.

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Turkey's artists face growing government pressure

Turkey's artists face growing government pressure

At a graduation ceremony in June, students of Istanbul’s Bilgi University unfurled a banner targeting the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). It read, “They hate arts and science, but say nothing to rape and theft.”

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Turkey: Killed Daesh terrorist ‘planned Ankara attack’ | ChristianNewsToday.com

Turkey: Killed Daesh terrorist ‘planned Ankara attack’

As of now, no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

“It’s no secret that the AKP prefers to concentrate on fighting the Kurds rather than attacking the real terrorists”, he said.

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Turkish Policy Changes May Mean Bigger Defense Business

Turkish Policy Changes May Mean Bigger Defense Business
Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News 7:31 a.m. EDT July 12, 2016

ANKARA, Turkey — In May, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan replaced Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, an Islamist romantic, with Binali Yildirim, a pragmatist like the president. That move has paved the way to reshuffle Turkey’s foreign policy calculus — from assertive, neo-Ottomanism to a realist approach.

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Monday, July 11, 2016

The Turkish authorities support the aquatic tourism

The Turkish authorities support the aquatic tourism

By Anda Robescu | 2016-07-11 05:43:19

The Turkish authorities have submerged an Airbus A300 nearby Kusadasi (Aydin province) on the Aegean Sea to encourage tourism linked to underwater diving. The plane, with a wingspan of 44 meters and a length of 54 meters, was lowered to the seabed, announced Dogan and Cihan news agency, retrieved by AFP.

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OEM strategy: Ford in Turkey - Automotive World

OEM strategy: Ford in Turkey

July 11, 2016
Ford Otosan exemplifies Turkey's quest to position itself as a high-tech R&D location, as well as an ideal manufacturing base. By Xavier Boucherat

With its highly skilled, low-cost labour force, Turkey has long been hailed as an ideal manufacturing location for OEMs and Tier 1s. But now the country wants to forge itself a new reputation as a haven for cutting edge research and development. It’s a plan with ambition that reflects its rapid growth in recent years.

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‘Iraq syndrome’ can change Erdoğan’s presidential targets - MURAT YETKİN

‘Iraq syndrome’ can change Erdoğan’s presidential targets

Analyzing Turkish-American relations, Tolga Tanış wrote in daily Hürriyet on July 10 that the flexibility capability in Turkey’s foreign and security policies has been hampered by an “Iraq syndrome.” Actually the expression he used in Turkish was a “motion syndrome.”

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Why stay home when it’s cheaper in Greece? - MELİS ALPHAN

Why stay home when it’s cheaper in Greece?

Mehmet İşler, the president of the Aegean Touristic Enterprises and Accommodation Union (ETİK), expressed his resentment to those saying “the Greek islands are cheaper.”

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Erdoğan details dual citizenship for Syrians - LOCAL

Erdoğan details dual citizenship for Syrians

Verda Özer – WARSAW

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detailed his plans to offer citizenship to nearly 3 million Syrians taking refuge in Turkey during his return trip from a NATO summit in Warsaw, suggesting that dual citizenship may be granted to applicants.

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New foreign policy delusions - NURAY MERT

New foreign policy delusions

I am afraid the president and his party, once more, are getting it wrong in terms of international relations. I understand that the aim of the recent discourse on “diplomatic victories” and the rosy picture on foreign relations is to convince the public that the government has not taken a step back from its earlier stance and that it is not making a U-Turn, but is rather improving relations with yesterday’s foes as part of a great diplomatic achievement.

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Double game? Even as it battles ISIS, Turkey gives other extremists shelter - The Washington Post

Double game? Even as it battles ISIS, Turkey gives other extremists shelter

To his Turkish hosts, Rifai Ahmed Taha was a tiny, elf-like man with an oversize beard and colorful past. To U.S. officials, he was a dangerous terrorist who would be tracked and targeted — if ever he left his Turkish sanctuary.

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Politics of Islamic finance in Turkey | New Straits Times | Malaysia General Business Sports and Lifestyle News

Politics of Islamic finance in Turkey
By Mushtak Parker - 11 July 2016 @ 11:11 AM

FOR over three decades successive Turkish governments did not dare speak its name for fear of being branded radical or fostering creeping Islamisation or simply because of insecurity. Instead, governments led by Turgut Ozal in the 1980s through to Recep Tayyip Erdogan today, conjured a motley of euphemisms to keep the country’s secular establishment at bay and its once politically powerful armed forces in the barracks.

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Saturday, July 09, 2016

The Creeping Pakistanization of Turkey? - The Globalist

The Creeping Pakistanization of Turkey?

The dangerous effects of Erdogan’s ill-fated strategy toward ISIS.

By Aykan Erdemir, July 9, 2016

The ISIS attack on Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport hit Turkey at a difficult, yet hopeful time. The bombing came in the immediate aftermath of the Turkish government’s diplomatic U-turn, that is the rapprochement with both Israel and Russia.

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Merkel, Erdogan meet, can′t mend fences | News | DW.COM | 09.07.2016

Merkel, Erdogan meet, can't mend fences

German Chancellor Merkel and Turkish President Erdogan have met on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Poland. The leaders, however, made little ground resolving the disputes that divide them.

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Turkish citizens of Syrian origin - GÜVEN SAK

Turkish citizens of Syrian origin

There are two industrial countries in our region: Israel and Turkey. Israel has been transforming through external migration. Turkey has been transforming through internal migration. Both of those transformations have far-reaching economic and political dimensions.

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Turkey and the EU should deepen their trade relations - CONTRIBUTOR

Turkey and the EU should deepen their trade relations

Erdal Yalçın*

Up to now, the Customs Union between the EU and Turkey has been a win-win situation; it allowed a continuous increase in mutual trade and contributed to economic gains on both sides. But this productive collaboration may be approaching a turning point. New EU trade agreements, such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), would be clearly disadvantageous for Turkey as a non-EU member. The Customs Union that has been so successful up to now could turn into a one-way street for Ankara. Because of the Customs Union, Turkey would be forced to lower its duties on imports from new EU trade partners, like the U.S. Since Ankara is not an EU member, however, the Turks could not expect equivalently-lowered duties for their exports to these countries. One way out might be to expand the EU-Turkish Customs Union.

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Friday, July 08, 2016

The Real Challenge to Turkey’s Economy Isn’t Terrorism

The Real Challenge to Turkey’s Economy Isn’t Terrorism

H. Akin Unver

July 08, 2016

Three attackers armed with machine guns and strapped with explosives conducted a frontal assault on Istanbul Atatürk Airport on June 28. The brutal attack left dozens dead and hundreds injured. Excluding smaller-scale bombing attacks of police and military targets, the airport bombing has been the 11th mass civilian casualty terrorist incident in Turkey since June 2015, leaving more than 250 civilians dead.

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Turkey grants work permits to 5,500 Syrians in 2016, ministry says | EUROPE ONLINE

Turkey grants work permits to 5,500 Syrians in 2016, ministry says
Europe

Istanbul (dpa) - Turkey has granted work permits to 5,502 Syrian refugees in the first six months of the year, according to data from the Ministry of Labour published by local media on Friday.

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Erdoğan Silences the Opposition in Turkey

Erdoğan Silences the Opposition in Turkey

by Selahattin Demirtaş

Turkish politics took another step towards the abyss on 20 May when the immunity of several dozen MPs was retroactively lifted by a temporary amendment to the constitution (1). The article adopted by the parliament is itself in violation of the constitution, and contrary to the universal principles of law and democracy.

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Meral Aksener: the only Turkish politician who rattles Erdogan — FT.com

Meral Aksener: the only Turkish politician who rattles Erdogan

by: Mehul Srivastava in Istanbul

To divine their country’s shifting politics, Turks have learnt over the past decade to watch President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — his daily utterances, his mood, his health and even the clothes he chooses to wear

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Thursday, July 07, 2016

Renowned Turkish football veteran dies in Istanbul

Renowned Turkish football veteran dies in Istanbul

Turgay Seren, who passed away aged 84, played only with Istanbul-based Galatasaray during his 18-year career

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Why Have Terrorist Attacks Increased In Turkey?

Why Are There So Many Terror Attacks In Turkey?

In June 2016, terrorists detonated three bombs at Turkey's main airport. With terror on the rise, why is Turkey victim to so many attacks?

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