Turkish jets scrambled Wednesday to stop two coastguard vessels heading for Greek waters, five days after a failed coup against the government, local media reported. The air force planes took off from Turkish bases for “an operation against two Turkish coastguard boats identified as attempting to cross into Greek territorial ...
US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen urged Washington Tuesday to reject Turkey’s efforts to extradite him and rejected as “ridiculous” the claim he was behind the past week’s coup attempt. “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today once again demonstrated he will go to any length necessary to solidify his power and persecute ...
