The Turkish government on Tuesday by decree nearly another 15,000 officials, soldiers, police and others dismissed in connection with the failed coup in July. Also 375 associations, news media and other institutions were dissolved.
The controversial Turkish law for underage marriages is withdrawn provisionally. The proposal of the government party AKP was the perpetrator of sexual abuse of a minor in some cases may not be prosecuted if he marries his victim. The abuse should be done without coercion and violence, and applied only to cases before November 16 of this year.
A Turkish man was arrested Monday as he stole a horse. The suspect carried a particular motive for his theft, he has kidney stones.
Four months after the failed coup attempt, the Turkish government put 3,200 police officers back to work. It involves agents who were suspended because of alleged links with the cleric Fethullah Gulen. Which is seen by Ankara as the mastermind of the failed attempt at a coup.
The Kurdish militia YPG has announced that they will withdraw from the northern Syrian border town of Manbij. The YPG showed Wednesday in a statement it would release the troops for the attack on Raqqa, the stronghold of the terrorist group Islamic State.
Turkish President Erdogan also accused Belgium after Germany that supported his supporters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers movement PKK and the cleric Fethullah Gulen. The latter is seen by Erdogan as the mastermind behind the failed coup of July 15th.
The European Union is 'condescending' in the negotiations with Turkey on accession to the union. That said, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu Tuesday after meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The European Commission said last week that Turkey has since the failed coup in July 'removed' from Europe.
Turks living in the United States or to travel to that country to be warned by the Turkish Foreign Ministry for racist supporters of president-elect Donald Trump and demonstrations against Trump.
Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen will have to fear for possible extradition to Turkey. Ex-General Michael Flynn, a key adviser to Donald Trump and someone whose name is mentioned for the post of defense minister, said in a column that the US Gülen should not offer safe haven.
BERLIJNDe German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will next week visit to Turkey. This happens at a time when the relationship between the countries is under considerable pressure.
In many areas Turkey has removed recently from Europe. For a possible EU membership is also 'significant progress' required under Turkish law and the rule of law.
The pro-Kurdish HDP puts down her work in the Turkish Parliament. A spokesman for the party said Sunday against the newspaper Hurriyet that this decision was taken following the arrest of a number of MPs.
In an action against the banned Kurdish Workers Party PKK, Turkey has arrested fifteen people. The state news agency Anadolu reported Sunday that the arrests were carried out in the southeastern province of Adana.
The bombing in the eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, where eleven people were killed and more than a hundred people were injured, the work of Kurdish fighters were not of IS. So says the local governor.
Turkey on Saturday nine politicians of the Turkish-Kurdish party HDP arrested. That says a spokesman of the party Saturday. It is among others to the presidents of the provincial department and the district department of the party in the southeastern province of Adana.
Turkey has in the past day 71 IS targets attacked in northern Syria. That left the camp Saturday. Five IS fighters taking were killed and a Turkish soldier and five rebels backed by the Turks. In airstrikes by the coalition came another eight IS fighters killed.
The reaction of the European countries on the arrest of pro-Kurdish politicians is unacceptable. This said, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Friday.
The Kurdish militant movement PKK angry and reacted with threatening language to the arrest of twelve MPs from the Turkish-Kurdish party HDP. Commenting on the arrests is inevitable, said a senior commander of the group in a video released Friday.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is ' extremely worried '' about the arrest of members of the Kurdish opposition in Turkey. Italy announced Friday via Twitter to convene the EU ambassadors in Ankara for consultations. She went on to say to be in contact with the Turkish authorities.
The Turkish authorities seem to have again provided on social networks: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp are difficult to reach. Turkey blocks, these blocks closely follows reports that the blockade seems to be set on the night of Thursday to Friday.
Turkish police on the night of Thursday or Friday, the two chairmen of the pro-Kurdish party HDP and arrested at least thirteen other MPs of the party. They are accused of refusing to testify about crimes linked to 'terrorist propaganda.'
The German government party CSU rejects the visa-free travel for Turkish citizens across Europe categorically at this time. ' EU accession and visa freedom for Turkey is totally excluded, '' said party secretary Andreas Scheuer Thursday on the requirement of Ankara. According to him, Turkey hit by the actions of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, moving further away from the fundamental values that apply in the EU.
Turkey wants only after the fall of the Iraqi IS stronghold Mosul and the completion of its own operation in Syria advance to Raqqa, the unofficial capital of the self-proclaimed caliphate. That said the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus Monday.
Turkey is expanding its military operation into northern Syria from. Erdogan announced Thursday that Turkish troops are steaming to the places Manbij and Raqqa.
The summit meeting Tuesday in Paris is driven on the future of the Iraqi city of Mosul as Islamic State, will take place without representatives of Iraq and Turkey. Both countries do not participate in the talks between approximately ten defense ministers.
Turkey is ready to take measures ' '' in Iraq since the United States and Iraq promises about keeping away from Kurdish and Shia fighters have not been fulfilled. With that warning, the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim Saturday.
Ankara and Baghdad have reached an agreement in principle that could eventually lead to a Turkish role in the offensive towards Mosul. Said US Secretary Ashton Carter (Defence) after a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Turkish authorities have arrested forty soldiers of the Konya air base in connection with their possible involvement in the failed coup in July. That, Turkish media reported Thursday.
If there is an exodus gets under way in the Syrian city of Aleppo, there may be sometimes a million Syrians flee to Turkey. That said, the Turkish President Erdogan Wednesday. Aleppo is besieged by Russian and Syrian troops.
Hundreds of Iraqis have protested Tuesday at the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad against the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi territory. The demonstration had inter alia called by the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
