Posts Tagged: Turkey coup
Turkey Detains 39 on Suspected Gulen Links: Anadolu
Turkish authorities detained 33 soldiers and six others for suspected links to the network of the US-based cleric Ankara says orchestrated a 2016 attempted coup,...
Erdogan: A Classic Case of How Power Corrupts
Much has been written on the endemic corruption in Turkey that involves virtually every social stratum -- including political, judicial, government administration, private sector, civil society, business...
Turkish Police Detain Staff Members of Opposition Newspaper in Post-Coup Crackdown
Turkish police have detained the editor and several writers of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet amid a crackdown on media after the failed July coup. The journalists are...
Despite Turkey’s Horrible Abuses, CAIR Continues to Shill for Ankara
A delegation from Turkey's parliament came to Washington last week, in order to make the case for extraditing Fethullah Gülen -- an opposition figure living in self-imposed exile...
Turkey Says Over 40,000 Civil Servants Fired After Failed Coup
The Turkish government's Official Gazette has announced that nearly 43,000 people have been expelled from their jobs in public institutions for alleged ties to terror...
Is Turkey Following Pakistan’s Descent Into Islamization?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive response to July's failed coup attempt -- in which he sacked thousands of government officials and journalists in a sweeping purge -- threatens...
Erdogan-Gulen Power Struggle Divides European Turks
On the night of July 15, members of the Turkish military stormed the state-run TRT news agency in Ankara and forced an anchorwoman to read...
Erdogan’s Coup Survival: Don’t Call It Democracy
Nihad Awad, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) executive director, is in Turkey this week. It isn't clear why, but Awad is taking advantage of his travels...
Hamas — and Erdogan’s Funny Definition of Democracy
Hamas was one of the many entities rushing to congratulate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his successful quashing of the attempted coup against his...
Turkey’s Elected Dictator
Even before the failed military coup, Turkey’s President Erdogan governed like a dictator who had the last word on all state matters. The botched coup...
Erdogan Declares Three-Month State of Emergency After Failed Coup in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared Wednesday that the government would be implementing a three-month state of emergency following Friday’s failed army coup. The state of...
Why I Supported the Turkish Coup Attempt
Every major government condemned the coup attempt in Turkey, as did all four of the parties with representatives in the Turkish parliament. So did even...
Turkey After the Failed Coup: Fascism
JNS.org - We live in an era of resurgent, strongman leaders. Some of them, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, carry an aura of invincibility, a sense that...
Turkey Suspends, Detains More Than 50,000 in Purge After Failed Coup
Turkey vowed to root out allies of the US-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police...
