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Exiled: Abdullah Bozkurt has temporary refuge in Sweden

Turkish journalists and judges are in Erdogan’s cross-hairs, says journalist

​Turkey’s free media is under threat and the coup attempt earlier this year has angered the Erdogan further.

Turkey preps to end mine rescue, death toll at 301

Turkey’s rescue workers believe they have found the bodies of the last miners who have died in the country’s worst industrial disaster.

Turkish police break up protest as Erdogan lashes opponents

Turkish riot police fired water cannon to disperse thousands of anti-government demonstrators in Istanbul on Saturday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a number of mechanisms at his disposal. But they could prove bitter pills for the Turkish strongman to swallow. (AFP)

Turkey: Authorities arrest 23 more people accused of aiding a ‘terrorist’ group

Turkish authorities have arrested more people over their alleged role in this month’s anti-government protests, a news report said.

Turkey’s government okays ‘Standing Man’ protest

Turkey’s deputy prime minister has given a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey.

Turkish choreographer Erdem Gunduz stands on Taksim Square following what had been a lone protest.

‘Standing man’ inspires silent protests in Turkey

A Turkish man has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul’s Taksim Square, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.

Turkish protesters hold a massive rally near the US embassy in Ankara on Sunday evening.

Turkish riot police storm Istanbul park

Turkish riot police stormed Gezi Park at the heart of two weeks of protest against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday.

urkish anti-riot police arrest a ­protester during clashes with demonstrators in Ankara.

Erdogan apes Putin’s iron-fist rule

Instead of talking to the generally peaceful demonstrators, the prime minister ordered their removal by force.

Demonstrators clash with riot police between Taksim and Besiktas in Istanbul.

Turkish unions join fierce protests in which two have died

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.