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Security forces on Sunday rounded up 52 more military officers for alleged coup links and issued detention orders for 53 more judges and prosecutors, continuing the purge of judges seen as government opponents.

A failed military coup that left more than 265 dead appears to have bolstered Recep Tayyip Erdogan's immediate grip on power.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are cautioning about a perilous human rights situation in Turkey as the government continues its post-coup attempt crackdown

Turkish military forces said their attempted coup Friday was a response to the increasingly autocratic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Incredible security footage shows the moment a protester is nearly run over by two tanks during the recent coup attempt in Turkey last Friday.

Tucked in the back corner of a construction site for a new dog shelter in eastern Istanbul lies a freshly dug, unmarked grave — the first in the new "Traitors' Cemetery."

The purging of thousands of alleged plotters of a failed coup raised tensions Monday between Turkey and the West, with U.S. and European officials urging restraint.

More than 130,000 people have been purged from the public service through emergency government decrees -- along with arrests of journalists, military professionals and others.

A Toronto-area MP in Turkey during the failed coup attempt says he was moved as he watched thousands celebrate the survival of democracy in the country.

Huge crowds gathered Sunday in Istanbul for a massive rally to mark the end of nightly democracy demonstrations following Turkey's abortive July 15 coup that killed over 270 people.

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildririm said the country's military has made an "illegal attempt" to take control of the government.

The people of Turkey rushed to ATMs to get cash, lined up at gas stations for fuel, and took to the streets in protest as Turkish military forces attempted to take control of the country.

In a new tactic against suspected coup plotters, Turkey on Saturday announced it had seized more than 2,250 social, educational or health care institutions and facilities that it claims pose a threat to national security.

Turkey's state-run news agency said Tuesday that courts have ordered 85 generals and admirals jailed pending trial over their roles in a failed coup attempt. Dozens of others were still being questioned.

The federal government urges Canadians in Turkey to keep calm and stay inside amidst a military effort to take over the country, and is offering consular support.

Military school cadets who were arrested following the failed coup in Turkey were unwitting participants because their commanders told them they would be attending a “surprise party” for the new head of the academy, relatives of the youths said Friday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. broadcaster CNN he narrowly escaped death after coup plotters stormed the resort town of Marmaris.

A lawyer for the Turkish government, Robert Amsterdam, said that "there are indications of direct involvement" in the coup attempt of Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric who is living in exile in Pennsylvania.

The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it has fired nearly 22,000 education ministry workers, mostly teachers, taken steps to revoke the licenses of 21,000 other teachers at private schools.

A Canadian in Istanbul says the Turkish coup attempt left him shocked and scared as he watched the chaos unfold.