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Turkish prosecutors probing claims of Erdogan family money transfers

Reuters News ServiceNovember 30, 2017November 30, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 30, 2017November 30, 201715 23

Turkish prosecutors said on Thursday they were investigating allegations that President Tayyip Erdogan’s family moved millions of dollars abroad to avoid taxes, saying there were...

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Turkish opposition leader ‘targeted by Kurdish militants’

Reuters News ServiceAugust 25, 2016November 7, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 25, 2016November 7, 20169 34

Turkey’s outlawed Kurdish PKK militant group attacked a convoy carrying the main opposition party leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, in the north-east of the country on Thursday...

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Erdogan says Turkey’s coup script was ‘written abroad’

Reuters News ServiceAugust 2, 2016November 7, 2016

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 2, 2016November 7, 201611 20

President Tayyip Erdogan accused the West of supporting terrorism and standing by coups on Tuesday, questioning Turkey’s relationship with the United States and saying the...

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The targets of Erdogan’s purge

FORMER STAFFJuly 25, 2016March 20, 2017

By FORMER STAFFJuly 25, 2016March 20, 201715 38

Tens of thousands of people have attended a pro-democracy rally in Istanbul’s Taksim Square to condemn Turkey’s attempted coup. Organised by opposition party CHP, the...

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Erdogan sues Turkey’s main opposition leader over dictator remark

Jean ChristouJanuary 18, 2016January 18, 2016

By Jean ChristouJanuary 18, 2016January 18, 20165 21

Lawyers for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan filed a lawsuit against the main opposition leader on Monday for implying that Erdogan was a dictator, presidential sources...

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Turkey set to return to single-party rule in boost for Erdogan (Update 8)

Jean ChristouNovember 1, 2015November 4, 2015

By Jean ChristouNovember 1, 2015November 4, 201545 21

By Ercan Gurses and Orhan Coskun Turkey looked set to return to single-party rule after the Islamist-rooted AK Party swept to an unexpected victory in...

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Poll sees ruling AKP winning large majority in Turkish election

FORMER STAFFOctober 29, 2015

By FORMER STAFFOctober 29, 2015120

Turkey’s ruling AK Party has increased its support by six percentage points ahead of a snap election on Sunday, pollster Adil Gur said on Thursday,...

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Turkey ruling party hopes crackdown on Kurds will win back support in heartland

FORMER STAFFOctober 29, 2015October 29, 2015

By FORMER STAFFOctober 29, 2015October 29, 20157 16

By Dasha Afanasieva Like other conservative voters in Turkey’s pious, Anatolian heartland, 55-year-old Yasin deserted the ruling AK Party in June parliamentary elections, fearing it...

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Turkey’s nationalists reject coalition, set stage for more turmoil (Updated)

Rachael GillettAugust 17, 2015August 17, 2015

By Rachael GillettAugust 17, 2015August 17, 2015123

By Ercan Gurses and Orhan Coskun Turkey’s nationalist opposition rejected a coalition with the ruling AK Party and refused to support a minority government on...