Orhan Coskun

‘Parallel state’ phone-tapped thousands in Turkey: officials

December 23, 2018 at 10:07 p.m.

ANKARA (Reuters) - The network of a U.S.-based cleric illegally tapped thousands of telephones in Turkey to blackmail and concoct criminal cases as part of a campaign of covert influence...

Turkey scraps coup plot courts in battle over judiciary

November 4, 2021 at 1:10 a.m.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish lawmakers on Friday abolished special courts which had convicted hundreds of alleged military coup plotters, as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan battles a new foe he sees...

Turkey scraps coup plot courts in battle over judiciary

December 23, 2018 at 10:01 p.m.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish lawmakers on Friday abolished special courts which had convicted hundreds of alleged military coup plotters, as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan battles a new foe he sees...

Investors left guessing as Turkey rules out capital controls

August 25, 2021 at 1:26 a.m.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey ruled out capital controls on Thursday as it battles to defend the lira and tame inflation, leaving investors guessing as to what an "out of the...

Turkish parliament approves anti-terrorism financing law

August 24, 2021 at 3:55 a.m.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament has approved a long-awaited anti-terrorism financing law two weeks ahead of a deadline which could have seen it expelled from an international watchdog, parliamentary officials...

Turkish parliament approves anti-terrorism financing law

August 22, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

Merkel reassures Turkey on EU talks, Erdogan raps Cyprus

August 22, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday the European Union (EU) would pursue accession talks with his country in good faith, despite...

Merkel reassures Turkey on EU talks, Erdogan raps Cyprus

November 3, 2021 at 9:09 p.m.

EU will lose Turkey if it hasn’t joined by 2023: Erdogan

August 23, 2021 at 9:39 p.m.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union will lose Turkey if it doesn't grant it membership by 2023, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. It was the first time...

EU will lose Turkey if it hasn’t joined by 2023: Erdogan

August 22, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union will lose Turkey if it doesn't grant it membership by 2023, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. It was the first time...

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