Recep Erdogan

• Turkish government detains BBC, Voice of America reporters

  Turkish authorities detained two foreign news reporters in southeast Turkey, the latest journalists taken into custody as part of the government's sweeping crackdown.

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  Nov 27, 2016
  
• US shouldn’t ‘sacrifice’ alliance over Muslim cleric: Turkey minister

  Turkey's justice minister said Tuesday the United States would be sacrificing its alliance with Turkey to "a terrorist" if it were to refuse to extradite a U.S.-based Muslim cleric whom the government says is behind the July 15 failed coup.

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  Aug 9, 2016
  
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• Turkish MP says no death penalty for those arrested after failed coup

  The head of a visiting delegation of Turkish lawmakers says his country will not retroactively impose the death penalty on plotters of the botched July 15 coup.

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  Aug 8, 2016
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• 3 missing UK girls believed to have crossed into Syria to join ISIS

  Turkish police searched Monday for three missing British schoolgirls believed to be headed to Syria to join the Islamic State extremist group.

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  Feb 24, 2015
• Men in miniskirts campaign for women’s rights in Turkey

  Men across Turkey wore miniskirts at protests over the weekend as part of a campaign supporting women’s rights following the brutal murder of a young woman.

  Feb 22, 2015
• Erdogan: Turkey would not agree to arms transfers to Kurdish fighters in Syria

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country would not agree to any U.S. arms transfers to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic militants in Syria.

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  Oct 19, 2014