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Turkey to consider death penalty for coup plotters ASIA

Turkey to consider death penalty for coup plotters

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said his government would ask parliament to consider reintroducing the death penalty as a punishment for the plotters behind the July coup bid.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey suspends 12,800 police, shuts TV channel ASIA

Turkey suspends 12,800 police, shuts TV channel

Turkey on Tuesday suspended 12,800 police officers, over alleged links to an Islamic preacher accused of masterminding the failed July coup, and cut broadcasts of a pro-Kurdish television channel ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
32,000 suspects arrested in Turkey coup probe ASIA

32,000 suspects arrested in Turkey coup probe

Turkish courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest ahead of trial on charges of links to a group run by US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen who is blamed for the July 15 coup ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Moody's cuts Turkey's credit rating to 'junk' ECONOMY

Moody's cuts Turkey's credit rating to 'junk'

Credit ratings agency Moody's Investor Service has downgraded Turkey's sovereign credit rating to non-investment grade citing worries about the rule of law following an attempted coup ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey detains prominent journalist in coup probe ASIA

Turkey detains prominent journalist in coup probe

Turkish police on Saturday detained a veteran journalist and his academic brother as part of the investigation into the failed July 15 coup, the latest prominent figures ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Post-coup purge: Turkey detains journalists, politician ASIA

Post-coup purge: Turkey detains journalists, politician

Turkish authorities detained journalists, a politician and a pollster on Wednesday and issued arrest warrants for another 105 people over suspected links to a US-based Islamic cleric blamed for a failed coup on July 15.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey, EU seek to reset relations after coup, visa row ASIA

Turkey, EU seek to reset relations after coup, visa row

The European Union's top diplomats met Saturday with Turkish Europe Minister Omer Celik in an effort to reset the strained relationship between the two sides ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey raids 44 firms, shuts pro-Kurdish newspaper in dual squeeze ASIA

Turkey raids 44 firms, shuts pro-Kurdish newspaper in dual squeeze

Turkey, cracking down after a failed coup, applied pressure on two political fronts Tuesday as police raided 44 companies in Istanbul and a court ordered shut Ozgur Gundem, a major pro-Kurdish newspaper.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey ruling party orders purge after coup attempt ASIA

Turkey ruling party orders purge after coup attempt

Turkey's ruling party on Friday ordered a purge from its ranks of supporters of US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, accused of plotting last month's failed coup.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Coup costs Turkey economy $100 billion: minister ASIA

Coup costs Turkey economy $100 billion: minister

The foiled coup attempt seeking to unseat the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cost the Turkish economy 300 billion lira ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey reshuffles military after half of generals fired ASIA

Turkey reshuffles military after half of generals fired

Turkey's top military commanders met on Thursday to replace almost half of their generals in a radical shake-up after the failed coup, as authorities shut down dozens of media outlets in a widening crackdown.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkish tourist arrivals plummet 40% in June, biggest drop in 22 years ASIA

Turkish tourist arrivals plummet 40% in June, biggest drop in 22 years

The number of foreigners visiting Turkey plummeted more than 40% in June, official data showed on Thursday, marking the biggest drop in at least 22 years as tensions with Russia and a series of deadly bombings kept tourists away.

4:45 AM November 25 2016