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Police secure the area following a suicide bombing in a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul March 19, 2016. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

Ongoing Search for 61 Booby-Trapped Cars in Turkey

by Said Abdul Razzak | Sep 9, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-Security forces in Turkey stepped up their search efforts after receiving information on 61 cars that are rigged with explosives roaming the country freely. Turkey’s Diyarbakır, a city nestled on the banks of the Tigris River in southeastern Turkey, had its...

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Smoke rises from the Syrian border town of Jarablus as it is pictured from the Turkish town of Karkamis, in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkish Military Gains Control of Four Settlements in Syria Operation

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 8, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey’s military announced on Thursday that it had gained control of four residential areas in northern Syria as it presses an offensive to sweep ISIS militants out of a patch of border territory and prevent Kurdish militia fighters gaining ground in their...

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U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller

Gulen’s Hizmet Service Runs a $150 Capital, Touches a 100 States

by Raneem Hannoush | Aug 28, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey’s recent purge, post the 15 July failed coup attempt had targeted what it calls a ‘parallel state.’ In the intense aftermath of the putsch, the responsive crackdown chiefly affected Hizmet-affiliated parts of the educational sector. Hizmet, or Hizmet Service,...

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Turkey’s Chair on Intelligence: Army Purged, many Putsch Linked Generals Dismissed

by Thaer Abbas | Aug 28, 2016 | Interviews

Turkey’ Committee Chair on Security and Intelligence Emrullah Ilser confirmed that his country has fully overcome the ‘first shock’ caused by the 15 July failed coup. The top official revealed that measures and adjustments will be carried out within his committee,...

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A man’s shadow is seen behind a Turkish flag at Taksim square in Istanbul, on Saturday, July 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Turkey Arrests Ex-Envoy Involved in Plotting for Failed Putsch

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 27, 2016 | Middle East, World

Turkish authorities Saturday arrested three former top diplomats suspected of being involved with the failed July 15 coup. Among those arrested was a senior official who had allegedly brokered a meeting between the then premier and the U.S.-based preacher accused of...