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• Turkish crackdown continues: authorities investigating some 10,000 social media users

  Turkish authorities are investigating some 10,000 people on suspicion of using social media to support terrorism, the interior ministry said on Saturday, part of a wide crackdown that has alarmed rights groups and some Western allies.

  Politics

  Dec 24, 2016
  
• Tayyip Erdogan powers in Turkey to be expanded by constitutional reform

  Turkey's ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would expand the president's powers, party officials said, in a move that could potentially see President Tayyip Erdogan govern until 2029.

  World

  Dec 10, 2016
  
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• ‘I don’t care if they call me dictator’: Turkey president Tayyip Erdogan

  Tayyip Erdogan accused Europe of abetting terrorism by supporting Kurdish militants and said he did not care if it called him a dictator.

  World

  Nov 6, 2016
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• Tayyip Erdogan tightens grip on Turkey with more firings, media outlets closed

  Turkey dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and Fethullah Gulen.

  World

  Oct 30, 2016
• Massive crowds gather for anti-coup rally in Turkey

  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.

  World

  Aug 7, 2016
• ‘I don’t think we have come to the end of it yet’: PM continues mass firings in Turkey

  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.

  World

  Jul 20, 2016
• Wikileaks blocked in Turkey after failed coup

  Access to the Wikileaks website in Turkey has been blocked following a failed coup by Turkish military units.

  Tech

  Jul 20, 2016
• Turkey bombs Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq after failed military coup

  Days after a failed coup attempt in Turkey, the country's jets carried out cross-border strikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

  World

  Jul 20, 2016
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• President Erdogan recounts narrowly missing death during coup attempt

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

  World

  Jul 19, 2016