Middle East

Turkey

Turkey's post-coup purge: the numbers

The round of purges continues in Turkey, as the government vows to root out supporters of the exiled cleric it blames for Friday’s attempted coup.

19/07/2016

Turkey

Turkish post-coup purges sweep through education as thousands of teachers lose their jobs

Turkey’s education ministry has revoked the licences of 21,000 teachers working in private institutions, Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a ministry…

19/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey presses ahead with extradition bid for US-based cleric wanted over coup attempt

Turkey’s prime minister says he has sent evidence to the United States to support an extradition request for the exiled cleric Ankara says was behind Friday’s failed…

19/07/2016

Turkey

Erdogan defies EU on death penalty: 'If Turkey's parliament backs it, I will'

The Turkish president has vowed to approve the restoration of capital punishment if parliament votes for it, in defiance of EU warnings.

19/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey hunts for coup plotters but arrested ex-air force chief denies being ringleader

Former Turkish air force chief Akin Ozturk has denied being being one of the the orchestrators behind Friday’s failed coup attempt.

19/07/2016

Turkey

Five knock-on effects of Turkey’s failed coup

Few would doubt Turkey’s strategic importance: straddling Europe and Asia it is a key player in Middle East stability at a time of unprecedented volatility.

18/07/2016

Turkey

Turkish ex-air force chief denies plotting coup, private media

Turkish private broadcasters announce ex-Air Force chief denies role in plotting attempted coup - NTV, Haberturk in conflict with state-run Anadolu news agency report

18/07/2016

Europe News

The brief from Brussels: EU and US warn Turkey must respect rule of law in post-coup crackdown

This is the brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of all the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

18/07/2016

Turkey

US-Turkey friendship 'could be questioned' over cleric extradition

Emotions continue to run high in Turkey after Friday’s failed coup, not least for the prime minister.

18/07/2016

Europe News

"Crisis of confidence" between Turkey and the West

Following the failed coup attempt in Turkey, Euronews spoke to Marc Pierini, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, whose research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey fro

18/07/2016

Cinema

Disturbing the peace in the Middle East

An Israeli documentary called “Disturbing the Peace” has been following groups of Palestinian and Israeli peace activists as they attempt to find what many assume is impossible in the Middle East…

18/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey Purge: Thousands of suspects rounded-up

A clean-up after the coup, in more senses than one.

18/07/2016

Turkey

EU-US warn Turkey over coup plotter purge

In Turkey, up to 8000 police officers have been removed from their posts on suspicion of being linked to Friday’s failed coup.

18/07/2016

Economy

Turkey's tourism faces new threat from coup attempt

Turkey's failed coup attempt is likely to further undermine the country's tourism industry, already hit by repeated suicide bombings over the past year.

18/07/2016

Europe News

John Kerry urges Turkey to "respect rule of law"

The US secretary of state John Kerry has joined EU foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels on Monday.

18/07/2016

Turkey

Fleeing Turkish soldiers apply for political asylum

Seven Turkish soldiers and one civilian who fled to Greece in an army helicopter following the failed military coup have been accused of entering the country…

18/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey vows to root out supporters of failed coup attempt

President calls for Turks to stay on streets until Friday Number arrested in army and judiciary hits 6,000 France calls for Turkey act according to rule of law Turks continue to fill the streets of

18/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey reopens Incirlik military air base, Pentagon confirms

Turkey has reopened its Incirlik air base to US military aircraft, the Pentagon has confirmed.

17/07/2016

Turkey

Purges of Turkey's military and judiciary continue

Turkey’s authorities have rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters, including top commanders and foot soldiers, and ordered thousands of judges detained after forces loyal to Erdogan crushe

17/07/2016

Turkey

Exclusive: coup soldier's radio conversation with loyalist Turkish police

On Friday night, as it became clear that a major coup attempt was underway in Turkey, standoffs developed across the country between police trying to defend the democratically-elected government and s

17/07/2016

Turkey

Mass rallies across Turkey to celebrate quashing of coup attempt

Thousands of rejoicing Turks filled Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday evening, less than 24 hours after a failed coup by a faction of the Turkish military.

17/07/2016

Turkey

The day after the night before - rubble and recriminations in Ankara after failed coup

In the Turkish capital Ankara, the rubble of damaged buildings and the wreckage of shot up vehicles lined the streets near the parliament complex a day after Friday night’s failed military…

16/07/2016

Turkey

Erdogan demands US extradite Gulen

Just hours after surviving a coup attempt Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan has blamed his arch-enemy Fethullah Gulen and demanded the US extradite him.

16/07/2016

Turkey

Defiant mood in Turkey after coup fails

Thousands of Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s supporters took to the streets of Istanbul after he urged them to resist the coup attempt against him on Friday…

16/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey coup: mass arrests after uprising crushed, government says

Almost 3000 soldiers, including high-ranking officers, have been arrested in Turkey after an attempted military coup.

16/07/2016

Turkey

Turkey coup: around 200 dead and nearly 3000 arrested

Hundreds of people are now thought to have been killed, many of them civilians, and over one thousand wounded following an attempted military coup in Turkey.

16/07/2016