The bans have come after a US consulate employee with links to a US-based Muslim leader, was arrested by the Turkish government.
‘Relations between Erdogan and the Turkish army have often been strained’
Coup attempt creates chaos in pivotal country in region; military says it has taken power to protect the democratic order and to maintain human rights
Hundreds of police and protesters have been injured when a demonstration to halt construction in a park in an Istanbul square grew into mass protests.
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/ 22 February 2008
Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq in their hunt for Kurdish PKK guerrillas, the military said on Friday, but the United States and the European Union urged Ankara to keep the campaign limited. The White House said the US had been informed in advance of the incursion and urged Turkey to limit the operation to ”precise targeting” of the PKK rebels.