Full Coverage: Attempted coup in Turkey
Turkish officials maintain that a contingent of Turkish soldiers supported the coup attempt, which began about 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 15, when a dissident military faction sent tanks to close Istanbul’s two bridges over the Bosporus strait linking Europe with Asia.
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Rebel commandos barged into an Aegean resort hotel with a key mission: capture Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
July 18, 2016
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The failure of an attempted military coup in Turkey, a NATO member and a key ally of the United States, was a welcome victory for democracy in a region with too little of it.
July 19, 2016
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With tensions on the boil over Turkey’s demand for the handover of a Muslim cleric it blames for last weekend’s attempted military coup, President Obama telephoned the Turkish president Tuesday and assured him the U.S. does not support terrorists but will follow a lawful process before considering extradition.
July 19, 2016
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The Turkish police officer boarded a crowded commuter bus heading toward Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul and snatched the keys from the driver, leaving him and the passengers in stunned silence.
July 20, 2016
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared a three-month state of emergency following a failed coup attempt last week by dissident military officers.
July 20, 2016
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The Turkish parliament approved a three-month state of emergency Thursday that allows the government to suspend some human rights and judicial protections as it hunts for suspects in the country’s military and other agencies with possible ties to last week’s attempted coup.
July 21, 2016
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The recent coup attempt in Turkey came as a complete surprise to most observers.
July 22, 2016
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In a third day of government purges after a failed military coup, Turkey on Monday suspended 9,000 Interior Ministry officials, drawing U.S. and European Union warnings for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to keep the crackdown within the boundaries of democracy.
July 18, 2016
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As Greeks watched with concern the evolution of what became a failed military coup in neighboring Turkey, a lone Turkish Black Hawk helicopter appeared in Greek airspace.
July 17, 2016
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The top military official at Incirlik Air Base has been arrested, along with other officers at the base — a major U.S. air operations center in the Middle East — in connection with an attempt by a military faction to overthrow the government of Turkey, authorities said Sunday.
July 17, 2016
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apparently put down a clumsy military coup, but the fallout, as he punishes those who challenged his government, will plunge Turkey’s domestic politics and its relations with the U.S. into new turmoil.
July 16, 2016
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In the wake of Friday’s deadly coup attempt in Turkey, that country’s president quickly laid blame on Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric who has lived in exile in eastern Pennsylvania since 1999 and controls a massive religious and educational movement.
July 16, 2016
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Flights between Los Angeles International Airport and Istanbul have been suspended as a coup attempt plays out in Turkey, an airport spokeswoman said Saturday.
July 16, 2016
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It is dawn and the streets of Ankara’s Kizilay district are empty, strewn with rubbish and glass.
July 16, 2016
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The Turkish capital was rocked by violent clashes overnight as the government fought back against a military coup, but authorities said Saturday they had managed to stave off a rebellion that has plunged one of the United States’ most important NATO allies into chaos.
July 16, 2016
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Kat Cohen was having a late dinner with her boyfriend at a restaurant atop Istanbul’s Marmara Taksim Hotel when word came that a coup was underway.
July 15, 2016
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The sprawling nation of Turkey is one of the United States’ most important and critically strategic allies, straddling the divide between the Middle East and the West.
July 15, 2016
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Prime Minister Erdogan blames the reclusive Islamic preacher in exile, leader of Hizmet, for the bitter political power struggle playing out in his homeland.
Jan. 20, 2014