Turkish Coup

• 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
  
• 32,000 people arrested since failed coup in Turkey

  The Turkish justice minister says 32,000 people have been arrested since the country's failed coup.

  World

  Sep 28, 2016
  
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• Turkey issues warrants for 121 people linked to Gulen

  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.

  World

  Sep 27, 2016
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• Turkish president Recep Erdogan says it’s a ‘patriotic duty’ to inform on supporters of Fettulah Gulen

  Turkey's president has called on a group of businessmen to inform authorities about anyone they suspect of being a follower of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating Turkey's failed July 15 coup.

  World

  Aug 10, 2016
• 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.

  World

  Aug 8, 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
• Turkey continues post-coup crackdown; seizes thousands of institutions

  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.

  Money

  Jul 23, 2016
• Edmonton’s Turkish Festival cancelled due to political unrest

  Despite signage and fliers, you won’t find Edmonton’s Turkish Festival taking place in Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park this weekend. A failed military coup in Turkey caused organizers to cancel the event at the last minute.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2016