Page 14 - Turkey

Turkish assembly passes polemic bill to boost President Erdogan's powers

The vote took place with 488 lawmakers out of the 550-seat assembly in attendance

Turkish parliament to vote to extend state of emergency for 3 more months

The upcoming parliamentary vote will be for the third term of the state of emergency

Turkey arrests 1,700 people for suspected terrorist contacts

They are suspected followers of the exiled preacher Fethullah Gülen

Turkey arrest 1,600 over internet comments in 6 months

Total of 3,710 people were brought to trial during the last six months

Erdogan wants Turkey's trade with China, Russia, Iran in local currencies

Erdogan has called on Turks to cash in their foreign exchange holdings and buy lira to stem the Turkish currency's decline

Turkey PM withdraws controversial child sex conviction bill

Critics says the bill will allow the release from jail of sex assault convicts if they marry their victims would legitimise rape

Amid anti-Trump protests in US, Turkey issues travel warning

The alert especially applies to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles, Seattle, Oakland and Portland

Turkey pushes US to arrest coup suspect Fethullah Gule

Gulen, a former Erdogan ally who has lived in the United States since 1999, denies the claims

Three killed, eight wounded after suicide bombings in Turkey

Turkey has been rocked by a series of deadly attacks over the past year, carried out by IS or Kurdish militants

Turkey reaffirms support for Kashmir issue: Pakistan

Pak envoys said they apprised them of the "gross and systematic violations of human rights" by the security forces in J&K

8 soldiers killed in PKK car bomb in southeast Turkey

Turkey has been rocked by a wave of bomb attacks since last summer which has been blamed on either the PKK or the Islamic State

Turkey security body says emergency should be extended

Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the three-month state of emergency on July 20 less than a week after the failed coup

Turkey fires 28,000 teachers over coup, Kurdish militant links

Ankara blames US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen for orchestrating the coup, and has repeatedly demanded that Washington extradite him

Turkey detains IS suspects believed to plan attack: Report

It has suffered a series of attacks blamed on IS jihadists including a suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding in August

Turkey asks US to arrest Fethullah Gulen for 'ordering coup'

Ankara has on several occasions asked the US authorities to extradite Gulen

11,285 teachers suspended for PKK links in Turkey

Announcement came after Turkish Prime Minister's remarks on Monday that all teachers having links with PKK will be suspended

2 dead, 79 rescued in Turkey tourist boat capsizing: Report

The boat capsized off the coast near the southern resort of Antalya

11 Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels in Turkey

Eight soldiers were also injured in the same operation against Kurdistan Workers' Party, that Turkey calls as 'separatist terror organisation'

President Erdogan says Syrian Kurd militia not moved east of Euphrates

He also said he would prevent the YPG from creating a Syrian Kurdish region on Turkey's southern border

Kurdish-backed Syria fighters agree truce with Turkey

Last week, Turkey launched strikes at the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units in northern Syria, triggering alarm bells in Washington