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Turkish President Erdogan has stepped back from a threat to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western nations over their support of a jailed activist.

Nazlan Ertan NEW DELHI, India, Feb 8 2021 (IPS) - Over the years, Turkey has survived three Coup d’état in which its military forces took power, in 1960, 1971 and 1980. The coup in 1997, was carried out in a “post-modern way”, where generals sat down with the then prime minister, Necmettin Erbakan and forced him to resign. However the turning point in Turkey has been the failed coup attempt in July 2016, which has till date been one of the bloodiest coup attempts in its political history, leaving 241 people killed, and 2,194 others injured. Soldiers and tanks took to the streets, expl...

Kavala to Remain in Solitary Confinement 02/11/2021 Turkey (International Christian Concern) –  A Turkish court recently ruled to keep Osama Kavala in solitary confinement. Kavala has been imprisoned since November 2017 on false allegations of espionage and coup attempts. Nine European rights ambassadors issued a joint statement calling for Kavala’s immediate release and cited concern for human rights, rule of law and Turkey’s judiciary record. Kavala’s last appeal to the Constitutional Court ruled that his over three-year detention without a conviction did not violate his fundamenta...

Rather than address protesters' concerns, Erdogan wants to exploit them

Follow Feb. 6, 2021 Turkey’s president has ordered the establishment of two new departments in the country’s most prestigious university, which has been rocked by weeks of demonstrations protesting his appointment of a new rector with government links. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision, published in the Official Gazette Saturday, says law and communications faculties are to be launched in Bogazici University. Critics say the establishment of new departments would allow the presidentially appointed rector to staff them with government loyalists. For over a month, students and fac...