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Turkey formally arrested 16,000 people in coup investigation ASIA

Turkey formally arrested 16,000 people in coup investigation

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Tuesday 16,000 people have been formally arrested and remanded in custody in connection with last month's failed coup attempt, while another 6,000 detainees were still being processed.

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
Erdogan vows to cut off revenues of Gulen-linked businesses ASIA

Erdogan vows to cut off revenues of Gulen-linked businesses

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Thursday to choke off businesses linked to the US-based cleric he blames for an attempted coup, describing his schools, firms and charities as "nests of terrorism".

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Greece wants 'Plan B' after Turkey threatens to quit EU migrant deal INTERNATIONAL

Greece wants 'Plan B' after Turkey threatens to quit EU migrant deal

The European Union needs to come up with an alternative plan for tackling migration after Turkey threatened to back out of an accord to help stem the influx of migrants to Europe ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey to move provincial capitals in mainly Kurdish region ASIA

Turkey to move provincial capitals in mainly Kurdish region

Turkey's parliament will vote to move the capitals of two mainly Kurdish provinces, according to draft legislation submitted on Tuesday, in an apparent effort to tighten strategic control over the restive southeastern region.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey's Erdogan accuses West of 'supporting coup plotters' ASIA

Turkey's Erdogan accuses West of 'supporting coup plotters'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday launched his most bitter attack yet on Turkey's Western allies over the July 15 attempted putsch, accusing them of supporting both "terror" and the coup plotters who tried to unseat him.

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
Five killed in car bombing of Turkish police vehicle in southeast ASIA

Five killed in car bombing of Turkish police vehicle in southeast

Five police officers were killed and four others were wounded when a car bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed in southeastern Turkey on Monday in an attack that appeared to have been carried out by Kurdish militants, security sources said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey releases 758 detained soldiers as Erdogan drops lawsuits ASIA

Turkey releases 758 detained soldiers as Erdogan drops lawsuits

Turkey on Saturday released more than 750 soldiers who had been detained after an abortive coup, state media reported, while President Tayyip Erdogan said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey kills 35 militants after they try to storm base ASIA

Turkey kills 35 militants after they try to storm base

Turkey's army killed 35 Kurdish militants after they attempted to storm a base in the southeastern Hakkari province early on Saturday, military officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey detains more than 18,000, cancels 50,000 passports ASIA

Turkey detains more than 18,000, cancels 50,000 passports

Turkish authorities have detained more than 18,000 people following the July 15-16 failed coup attempt, Interior Minister Efkan Ala told state-run televison TRT Haber on Friday.

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