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U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. REUTERS/Greg Savoy/Reuters TV

Turkey Faces International Trouble for Persecuting Gulen’s Schools

by Said Abdul Razzak | Jul 29, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-The Turkish authorities’ pursuit of Fethullah Gulen’s schools is damaging Turkey’s relations with some countries that host schools of “Hizmet Movement” (Service Movement of Gulen), classified by Ankara as a terrorist organization. Kyrgyzstan has refuted the...

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12 Turkish Academics Detained for Signing “Peace Declaration”

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 15, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

ANKARA – NTV reported on Friday that Turkish security forces detained 12 academics accused of signing a declaration calling for renewed efforts to end violence between government forces and Kurdish separatists. The declaration condemns the government’s conduct...

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Turkish tanks patrol near Syria border line near Kilis, southeastern Turkey, on 24 July 2015. (EPA/DENIZ TOPRAK)

Turkey strikes ISIS, Kurdish militants in drive for “safe zone”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 25, 2015 | World

Ankara, Reuters—Turkish fighter jets and ground forces hit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) camps in Iraq overnight on Saturday, in a campaign Ankara said would help create a “safe zone” across...

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People wear masks of Hidayet Karaca, head of Samanyolu Media Group, as they protest against his detention in Istanbul five days ago, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. (AP Photos.)

Erdoğan government opposes democratic values: detained Turkish journalist

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 17, 2015 | Media

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is falsely accusing anybody that opposes it of treason, a prominent Turkish journalist currently detained in an Istanbul prison told Asharq Al-Awsat. In a letter addressed to “the free...

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Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) throws flowers to his supporters during a congress of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the election of a new prime minister in Ankara, Turkey, August 27, 2014. (EPA/Stringer)

President-elect Erdoğan heralds “new Turkey” in last party speech

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 27, 2014 | World

Ankara, Reuters—In a farewell speech to supporters of his Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the AKP’s mission to reshape the nation would go on after he left party politics and took office as head of state. Erdoğan,...