Jerusalem and Nicosia downplayed any crisis in ties as Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades flew to Israel Sunday evening for a hastily arranged meeting expected to focus on developments in Turkey and energy issues.
Turkey pushed on Saturday with a sweeping crackdown against suspected plotters of its failed coup, defiantly telling EU critics it had no choice but to root out hidden enemies.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly succeeded in imposing a three-month state of emergency, in response to a failed military coup against his rule, that allows his government to prolong detention times and issue edicts.
After mass pro-Erdoğan protests by Turks in the Austrian capital of Vienna, presidential candidate Norbert Hofer has called on a crack down of Turks who have illegal dual citizenship in Austria.
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz minced no words this week claiming that Turks who want to involve themselves in Turkish politics are free to leave Austria.
Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan gives himself dictatorial powers; Turkey moves away from the West
Turkey and Egypt have been engaged in an all-out media war after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Cairo of being instrumental in last week’s failed attempt to overthrow him.
CIA Director John Brennan dithered when asked if the United States foresaw the failed military coup against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in America’s NATO ally Turkey.
Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas isn’t exactly mincing words about last weekend’s failed coup attempt, announcing this week that he “ordered a space to be saved and to call it ‘the graveyard for traitors.'”
Turkey has announced it is suspending their involvement with the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the wake of the failed coup last week, as recriminations against accused plotters continues to grow. The
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish lawmakers are expected Thursday to approve President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s request for a three-month state of emergency in the wake of last week’s failed coup. In an address to the nation late Wednesday, Erdogan announced
A migrant rights NGO and Greek government officials warn that the crackdown on opposition by Turkey’s president could lead to a huge wave of Turks and others flooding into Europe.
Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter revealed that he was on the receiving end of a slew of social media death threats during and after the failed coup in his native nation of Turkey.
Turkey has demanded the extradition of imam Fethullah Gulen, who has been living in the United States since the turn of the millennium, to face charges for masterminding the failed July 15 coup attempt.
Turkey’s government has filed charges against 99 generals and admirals in connection with the military coup last weekend, bringing the total number of people arrested, fired, or suspended to over 50,000.
The aftermath of the failed coup in Turkey is raising tensions between supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and opponents to his regime including Gülenists and Kurds in Germany.
The Turkish armed forces have carried out their first air strikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq since last week’s coup attempt, killing 20 fighters, state media reported Wednesday.
The turmoil in Turkey following the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is likely to benefit Bashar al Assad’s regime in Syria, according to the analysis of an Arab intelligence official speaking to Breitbart Jerusalem.
WikiLeaks boasts that it is preparing to dump hundreds of thousands of emails from the AKP, the political party of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has either suspended or detained nearly 50,000 people as part of a purge of the army, police, and the courts that expanded to universities and schools in the wake of a failed military coup attempt, according to the country’s intelligence service and religious authorities.
Tens of thousands of Turks in Germany and Austria gathered to protest the attempted coup against Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Austrian presidential candidate, Norbert Hofer, said the protests were worrying and that Austrians’ parents and grandparents did not
The Turkish coup plotters who fled to Greece to seek asylum will not be deported immediately back to Turkey, but will face trial for illegally entering the country. The eight soldiers who fled to Greece to seek asylum will not
The German Federal government and Chancellor Angela Merkel have slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for suggesting the death penalty could be brought in for plotters of last weekend’s unsuccessful coup. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government has spoken out against a
The Hamas leadership “panicked” as news of the military operation to oust Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came in on Friday, a top official in the movement told Breitbart Jerusalem.
Breitbart News National Security Editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka, author of the best-selling book Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, said “the geostrategic importance of the coup in Turkey cannot – literally cannot – be overemphasized” during a weekend appearance on Fox News, and then went on to discuss the official U.S. response to recent jihadi massacres.”
The coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to have been put down over the weekend, but tensions are still running high in Turkey, with F-16 fighter jets still patrolling the skies over Istanbul and Ankara on Monday morning for “control of the airspace and security.”
Regional rivals Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran, in a rare show of consensus, welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regained control after the failed military coup attempt against his government.
Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan gives four-finger ‘R4BIA’ salute, in signal to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood; Bahrain tensions rise as Sunni government cracks down on Shias; Bahrain accuses another top Shia cleric for money laundering
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the target of a possible assassination attempt during the failed military coup that unfolded over Friday night and Saturday, and in which over 290 people were killed.
Turkey is convinced Arab countries were involved in Friday night’s failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem. The source said that Ankara believes the UAE and Egypt, two of the bitterest enemies
Contents: Attempted army coup in Turkey collapses within hours; Extradition of Fethullah Gulen may be linked to reopening Incirlik air base
TEL AVIV – The failed military coup in Turkey could trigger anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment, a former Turkish lawmaker warned Saturday, underscoring a “dramatic rise in vigilantism and Islamist hate speech,” The Times of Israel reported.
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), a hawkish congressman from the San Fernando Valley, is facing criticism for a tweet he published during the height of the coup attempt against Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday.
Israel reacted tersely on Sunday to a thwarted coup in Turkey, saying it expected a new reconciliation deal between the two regional powers following a six-year rift to be implemented as planned.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks to grant citizenship to some 300,000 Syrians who could travel to Europe when the European Union grants Turkey visa-free access. Turkey has felt the brunt of much of the great migration of the Syrian
Many international flights to Turkey were cancelled Saturday despite efforts by the Ankara authorities to get life back to normal following an abortive coup attempt.
Egypt on Saturday blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution backed by the United States condemning the attempted coup in Turkey, diplomats said, though Cairo denied the move.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who appears to have survived a bloody attempt to remove him from power, is the most divisive leader in the history of the modern Turkish republic.
Fethullah Gulen, the 75-year old Turkish imam living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, threw an accusation back at President Tayyip Erdogan after Turkey’s president squarely blamed him for Friday’s military coup attempt.
The Obama administration would entertain an extradition request for the U.S.-based cleric that Turkey’s president is blaming for a failed coup attempt, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday.
