Turkey Coup

• Why Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter is afraid for his life

  New York Knicks star Enes Kanter says he's being targeted by the Turkish government for using his high profile to criticize President Tayyip Erdogan.

  World

  Jan 21, 2019
  
• Trump working on extraditing cleric blamed for failed coup: Turkey foreign minister

  Turkey has long sought to extradite Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of the Turkey president, who is blamed for the failed coup when rogue soldiers attacked Turkey's parliament.

  World

  Dec 16, 2018
  
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• Here’s how many arrests Turkey has made after its coup crackdown

  More than 130,000 people have been purged from the public service through emergency government decrees -- along with arrests of journalists, military professionals and others.

  Politics

  Aug 30, 2018
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• Camera drone falls, injures several people during Turkish President Erdogan’s speech: reports

  Erdogan interrupted his speech for a few minutes while paramedics tended to the wounded.

  World

  Jul 15, 2017
• Online encyclopedia Wikipedia blocked in Turkey

  Turkey has blocked Wikipedia, citing a law allowing it to ban access to websites deemed obscene or a threat to national security.

  World

  Apr 29, 2017
• Jailed Calgary imam Davud Hanci due in Turkish court today

  Davud Hanci is expected to appear before a judge by video conference on allegations he helped orchestrate last summer's attempted coup.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2017
• Turkish crackdown continues: authorities investigating some 10,000 social media users

  Turkish authorities are investigating some 10,000 people on suspicion of using social media to support terrorism, the interior ministry said on Saturday, part of a wide crackdown that has alarmed rights groups and some Western allies.

  Politics

  Dec 24, 2016
• Tayyip Erdogan powers in Turkey to be expanded by constitutional reform

  Turkey's ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would expand the president's powers, party officials said, in a move that could potentially see President Tayyip Erdogan govern until 2029.

  World

  Dec 10, 2016
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• Turkish government detains BBC, Voice of America reporters

  Turkish authorities detained two foreign news reporters in southeast Turkey, the latest journalists taken into custody as part of the government's sweeping crackdown.

  World

  Nov 27, 2016
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• Calgary imam Davud Hanci being held in solitary confinement in Turkey, wife says

  Davud Hanci, a Calgary imam who has Canadian and Turkish citizenship, was arrested and jailed in July shortly after a failed coup attempt in Turkey.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2016