Sep 29 2016
ISTANBUL/ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan suggested on Thursday that emergency rule could be extended beyond a year and rounded on rating agencies after Moody's cut Turkey to "junk" status, helping send the lira to its weakest in almost two months.
Sep 19 2016
ANKARA/ISTANBUL Turkey-backed rebels may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and are now targeting the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
Sep 08 2016
ISTANBUL Turkey's nationalist opposition has expelled a member who attempted to oust its veteran leader, the party said on Thursday, jettisoning a rebel seen by some as capable of chipping at the power of President Tayyip Erdogan.
Sep 05 2016
ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he had urged world powers at a G20 meeting to set up a "safe zone" in Syria where there would be no fighting and which could help stem migrant flows from the Arab nation.
Sep 05 2016
ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he had urged world powers at a G20 meeting to set up a "safe zone" in Syria where there would be no fighting and which could help stem migrant flows from the Arab nation.
Sep 05 2016
ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he had urged world powers at a G20 meeting to set up a "safe zone" in Syria where there would be no fighting and which could help stem migrant flows from the Arab nation.
Aug 30 2016
ISTANBUL With the summer holiday almost over, computer science student Hande Tekiner should be gearing up for a year of cram sessions and late-night homework. Instead, she may have nowhere to return to, as her university was shut after Turkey's failed coup.
Aug 09 2016
ISTANBUL Turkey on Tuesday warned of rising anti-American sentiment and risks to a migrant deal with the European Union, ramping up the rhetoric in the face of Western alarm over the scale of purges in state institutions since last month's failed coup.
Aug 04 2016
ISTANBUL Even before last month's coup attempt, Turkey's penal system was overstretched, with crowded prisons and backlogged courts. Now, it is struggling to cope with an influx of thousands who have been detained in the aftermath of the attempted putsch.
Aug 04 2016
ISTANBUL Even before last month's coup attempt, Turkey's penal system was overstretched, with crowded prisons and backlogged courts. Now, it is struggling to cope with an influx of thousands who have been detained in the aftermath of the attempted putsch.