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Turkey's post-coup purge widens to schools and universities

Turkey has stepped up its purge following Friday’s coup attempt, now targeting universities and schools.

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Ankara calls for US to extradite 'coup mastermind'

Turkey prepares extradition request for Gulen US says any extradition will be conducted according to treaty Gulen denies involvement in coup Turkey is sending an extradition request to the US for t

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Turkey Purge: Thousands of suspects rounded-up

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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Public supports purges Turkey's president says

At a funeral in Istanbul on Sunday for some of the victims of Turkey’s failed coup which was attended by President Tayyip Erdogan some of the mourners chanted “we want the death…

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French FM Ayrault warns Erdogan not to use coup as 'blank cheque'

France’s foreign minister has warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan not to use the country’s quashed coup as a ‘‘blank cheque’‘ to silence opponents.

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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

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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.

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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…

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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.

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Turkey President says 'coup traitors will pay a heavy price'

The attempted coup d’etat which has claimed at least 60 lives in Turkey seems to be drawing to a close, but what Erdogan called an act of treachery will be sure to have repurcussions for weeks to…