Turkey Firings

• 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