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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
