by Saeed Abdelrazek | Aug 8, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – Turkey has confirmed that it would respond immediately to any action or attack against it from the Syrian city of Afrin, which is under the control of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its military arm People’s Protection Units...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 26, 2017 | Middle East
Over 4,000 judges and prosecutors have been dismissed over their links to last year’s failed coup, the Turkish Justice Minister announced on Friday. “Over 4,000 judges and prosecutors have been removed from their posts inside the Turkish judiciary over their...
by Said Abdul Razzak | Jan 7, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during an opening ceremony of a metro line in Ankara on Friday that Turkey was “under mutual attack by terrorist groups and they want Turkey to be brought to its knees.” He said: “They won’t be able to...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2016 | Middle East
Ankara-Turkey has sent a second document to the United States demanding the urgent arrest of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who was blamed for the failed coup attempt of July 15. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Tuesday: “We answered their questions...
by Adel Al Toraifi | May 22, 2013 | Interviews
Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkish deputy prime minister, Bekir Bozdağ, emphasized that the visit paid by Saudi crown prince Salman bin Abdulaziz to Turkey “will contribute greatly in developing relations between the two countries.” In an exclusive interview with Asharq...
