On Saturday, the country will commemorate the victims in ceremonies across Turkey. Government officials ... now alleges was the mastermind of the coup attempt. Gulen, 76, who is in exile in ...

The deadly coup attempt in July 2016 marked a monumental turning point in Turkey’s political history. Al Jazeera explains who was responsible, what happened and why. What happened that night?

Turkey witnessed the bloodiest coup attempt in its modern history on July 15, 2016, when a faction of the Turkish military launched a coordinated attempt to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

An attempted military coup in Turkey to overthrow its president and government appears to have failed. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed a large crowd in Istanbul on Saturday and ...

Forces loyal to Turkey’s president quashed a coup attempt in a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left 161 dead Saturday. Authorities arrested thousands of people as President ...

It comes from the French coup d’etat, which translates as "blow of state". Turkey has a history of military coups, but has not experienced one for nearly two decades. The scale of the operation ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the nation is imposing a three-month state of emergency in the aftermath of last week’s bloody coup attempt. Erdogan met Wednesday with his ...

Nothing is certain for now, but a military coup would be the last thing Turkey needs while it is struggling with the spill-over of the Syrian War, the threat of the Islamic State group ...

The string of errors suggested a coup attempt that was poorly planned and coordinated. Despite a long history of frequent coups in modern Turkey, the rebels seemed to bumble through some of the ...

You can purchase it here. Friday night’s military coup against Turkey’s civilian leadership appears to have failed. By Saturday morning, the New York Times reports, Turkey’s security ...

The president may be using the coup for his own ends but there is no doubt that he has a democratic mandate. Is Turkey still a democracy? In one sense yes: Mr Erdogan’s AKP party was ...

151; -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the United States today to extradite to Turkey the U.S.-based moderate Islamic cleric he claims is behind Friday night's military coup attempt.