by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 2, 2017 | World
Germany has rejected a formal request from Turkey to freeze assets of members of the network of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, Germany’s Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday. Without naming its sources, the magazine said the Turkish government had asked the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 15, 2017 | Middle East
Turkey on Saturday holds an intense series of events to celebrate the first anniversary of the failed attempted coup, showcasing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power on the heels of a new purge of civil servants. The authorities have declared July 15...
by Said Abdul Razzak | May 22, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – After recently winning over sweeping powers by a referendum’s yes vote, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected to head the nation’s ruling party. Erdogan has just returned to rule the Justice and Development Party (AKP) after 998 days of...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 22, 2017 | Middle East
Rabat- Morocco’s Ministry of National Education has officially shut down all schools associated with the Fethullah Gulen, who is the alleged architect of the July 15 failed coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. All students affected by the close...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 26, 2016 | Middle East, World
Turkey’s reconciled relations with Russia has not changed Ankara’s position that Syrian regime head Bashar al-Assad must step down from authority to restore peace in the war-torn country, Turkish deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told Reuters on...
