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Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) official Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in Ankara on April 4, 2014. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)

Opposition leader: Erdoğan’s foreign policy is intrusive

by Thair Abbas | Feb 13, 2015 | Interviews

Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat—With general elections in June fast approaching and rising debate about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s attempts to transform the country’s ruling system, Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has a busy...

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The former head of Turkey’s MIT intelligence agency Hakan Fidan (C) standing in Ankara on December 19, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN)

Turkey’s spy chief enters politics over Erdoğan’s protests

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 10, 2015 | World

Ankara, Bloomberg—Hakan Fidan, the head of Turkey’s intelligence agency and a close confidante of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for more than a decade, has decided to enter politics in a move that Erdoğan said he opposed. Fidan’s resignation February 7...

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Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanli greets his supporters after being released by the court outside the Justice Palace in Istanbul December 19, 2014. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

Zaman Editor-in-Chief: Turkish government no longer democratic

by Thair Abbas | Dec 30, 2014 | Media

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ekrem Dumanlı was arrested on December 14, part of a series of coordinated raids by Turkish authorities against a number of prominent media figures, all facing charges of belonging to a terrorist “parallel organization.” The organization in...

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“Zaman” editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanli, surrounded by his colleagues and plainclothes police officers (C), leaves the headquarters of “Zaman” daily newspaper in Istanbul on December 14, 2014. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer)

Turkish police raid media close to cleric rival Gulen, detain 24

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 14, 2014 | World

Istanbul, Reuters—Turkish police raided media outlets close to a US-based Muslim cleric on Sunday and detained 24 people including top executives and ex-police chiefs in operations against what President Tayyip Erdogan calls a terrorist network conspiring to topple...

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A general view of the meeting of leaders during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Doha on December 9, 2014.
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GCC to consider steps to see off foreign interference: Gulf source

by Zaid Bin Kami | Dec 12, 2014 | Middle East

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is planning to take measures to ward off foreign attempts to interfere in the affairs of the region off the back of the organization’s 35th annual session in Doha earlier this week, an informed Gulf...