Turkish coup
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No Protests After Dark in Ankara as Erdogan's Crackdown Deepens
EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s capital banned “all acts of protest” after dark, including press events and group singing, deepening a crackdown on dissent triggered by last year’s coup attempt against…
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Turkey to Suspend Plan to Sell $10 Billion of Seized Firms
EghtesadOnline: Turkey put on hold a plan to sell almost 600 companies worth about $10 billion that were seized in the aftermath of a failed military coup, according to two people with knowledge…
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German spy agency chief says does not believe Gulen behind Turkey coup attempt
EghtesadOnline: The Turkish government has failed to convince Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency that U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind last summer's failed coup in Turkey,…
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Turkish Sources: CIA Chief to Visit, Discuss Security Issues
EghtesadOnline: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo will visit Turkey on Thursday in his first overseas visit to discuss security issues, including Turkey's fight against a…
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Turkey seeks to arrest 55 people suspected of financing Gulen - NTV
EghtesadOnline: Turkish authorities issued arrest warrants for 55 people, including businessmen, suspected of giving financial support to the network of the U.S.-based cleric Ankara accuses of…
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Erdogan Renews Putsch Purge With Targets in Media, Academia
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed efforts to root out opposition to his rule since July’s failed coup, with officials arresting the top editor of a major paper and…
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Turkish opposition paper vows 'will not surrender' after staff detained
EghtesadOnline: Turkey's secularist Cumhuriyet newspaper vowed "we will not surrender" in a front-page headline on Tuesday, a day after its editor and a dozen top staff were detained on accusations…
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Turkey sacks more than 10,000 civil servants over links with failed coup
EghtesadOnline: Turkish authorities have dismissed more than 10,000 civil servants over their suspected links with U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating the failed…
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Turkish Government Aims to Spend Its Way Out of Growth Slowdown
EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s government is seeking to overcome an economic downturn fanned by terrorism attacks and a failed military takeover by investing more and expanding budget deficits.
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Turkey says suspends 12,801 police over alleged links with cleric Gulen
EghtesadOnline: Turkish authorities have suspended 12,801 police officers from duty, police headquarters said on Tuesday, over their suspected links with U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and…
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Erdogan Signals Preference for Longer Turkey Emergency Rule
EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the government to extend the state of emergency, saying that “even 12 months” won’t be long enough to finish a crackdown following…
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Turkey Issues Warrants for 121 People Linked to Gulen
EghtesadOnline: Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have issued detention warrants for 121 people as part of an ongoing investigation into the July 15 failed coup.
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U.S. network of Turkish cleric facing pressure as those at home seek help
EghtesadOnline: A network of more than 150 U.S. charter schools linked to followers of Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based Muslim cleric the Turkish government blames for instigating July’s…
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Turkey Cut to Junk as Moody’s Concludes Its Post-Coup Review
EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s sovereign credit rating was cut to junk by Moody’s Investors Service, which concluded a review initiated after an unsuccessful coup attempt on July 15.
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Halley’s Comet Is Proof of Central Bank Gulen Links, Says Turkish Prosecutor
EghtesadOnline: Turkish prosecutors say the country’s central bank is dominated by people loyal to the cleric accused of orchestrating the July 15 coup attempt, the first suggestion the regulator…
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Turkey Eases Reserves Rules for Third Time Since Failed Coup
EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s central bank lowered reserve requirements for banks, the third time since July’s attempted coup that the regulator has acted to boost lira and foreign-exchange liquidity.
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Erdogan Says Turkish Officials to Deliver Coup Evidence to U.S.
EghtesadOnline: President Barack Obama told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the U.S. would continue its investigation into July’s attempted coup, as Ankara vowed to provide evidence to…
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Obama: U.S. to help Turkey ensure coup plotters brought to justice
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Barack Obama told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday that his administration would work with Turkey to help ensure that those responsible for an attempted…
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Banks Make Biggest Loan Since Turkish Coup to Back Port Project
EghtesadOnline: Six Turkish banks lent 1.02 billion euros ($1.14 billion) to a venture run by companies owned by billionaire Ferit Sahenk and businessman Serdar Bilgili for the development of…
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Biden Met by Snubs as He Seeks to Mollify Turkey’s Angry Erdogan
EghtesadOnline: From the minute he stepped off the plane on Wednesday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Turkey seemed ill-fated.
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Erdogan to Complain to U.S. Over Gulen Extradition Delay
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to complain to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden about the delay in extraditing an Islamic cleric accused by Turkish authorities of mastermindi…
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U.S. Risks Losing an Ally and This Jailed Prosecutor Knows Why
EghtesadOnline: If Joe Biden wants to know why so many Turks are infuriated by the hesitant U.S. response to last month’s failed military coup, he could talk to Ilhan Cihaner.
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Turkish Foreign Ministry recalls 300 diplomats over suspected Gulen links
EghtesadOnline: The Turkish Foreign Ministry has recalled 300 diplomats as part of ongoing investigations into possible affiliation to the network of US-based opposition leader Fethullah Gulen.
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U.S. Harboring Gulen Is Destroying Turkey Ties, Premier Says
EghtesadOnline: U.S. failure to extradite Fethullah Gulen, the Islamic cleric blamed by Turkish authorities for the failed military coup last month, is “destroying” Turkish-American relationships,…
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Erdogan Links Coup Suspects, PKK to Bomb Attacks
EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused followers of a US-based Islamic cleric he blames for last month’s coup attempt of being complicit in attacks by Kurdish…
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U.S. Justice Department to Dispatch Team to Turkey for Gulen Probe
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Justice Department will dispatch a team to Turkey in coming days to pursue allegations by the Turkish government of criminal activity by Fethullah Gulen, an Obama administrati…
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Turkey seeks arrest of coup suspects as focus turns to business
EghtesadOnline: Turkish police issued 187 arrest warrants and raided some 200 homes and workplaces on Thursday as their investigation into last month's failed military coup shifted towards the…
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Turkey set to release 38,000 prisoners, makes space in jails after coup
EghtesadOnline: Turkey will release some 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday as the arrests of tens of thousands of people suspected of links to last month's attempted…
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Fired Turkish Air CFO Sues Carrier as Link to Gulen Denied
EghtesadOnline: Former Turkish Airlines Chief Financial Officer Coskun Kilic said he’s suing to be reinstated to the job following a “completely unfair” mass firing at the carrier last month…
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Turkey says no compromise with Washington on cleric's extradition
EghtesadOnline: Turkey will not compromise with Washington over the extradition of the Islamic cleric it accuses of orchestrating a failed coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday,…