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A supporter of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan waves a US and Turkish flag as he waits for him to arrive outside of The Peninsula hotel in Manhattan, New York City, Sept. 19, 2017.

Turkey’s propaganda war targets America’s state capitals

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A law firm hired by Turkey is lobbying US state officials about charter schools allegedly run by Turkish opposition leader Fethullah Gulen.

Koray Caliskan seated.

Turkish authorities have detained 42 university staff

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Riot police secure the entrance of the High Electoral Board in Ankara, Turkey

Turkey fires over 9,000 police suspected of ties to a US-based cleric

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Barber Yasar Ayhan has been cutting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hair for years.

Whispers of a US conspiracy swirl in the Turkish president’s home neighborhood

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Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave Turkish national flags during a pro-government demonstration on Taksim square in Istanbul, Turkey, July 19, 2016.

Over 50,000 people reportedly arrested or fired since Turkey’s coup attempt

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A man waves a Turkish flag at Taksim Square in Istanbul on July 16 after a coup attempt.

My local grocer knew the Turkish coup would fail. He’s seen successful coups before.

Global Politics

What happened when word of a coup attempt got out in Turkey? People made a run to local stores to stock up on snacks, cigarettes and booze.

A damaged window is pictured at the police headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, July 18, 2016.

Power finally restored at Turkey’s key air base for US operations

Conflict

Operations at the Incirlik air base are up and running again — sort of — but now relations between the US and Turkey have become even more complicated.

Journalists of Turkey's Zaman daily newspaper in Istanbul protest a police raid of the media outlet. 24 people including top executives and ex-police officers were round up in what Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan calls a terrorist network conspiring to t

Turkey rounds up journalists but insists it’s not cracking down on press freedom

Media

Turkey is already one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, and it added to that score on Sunday by arresting media employees across the country. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the arrests are part of a coup plot, but political motives seem more likely.

Gulen

How a man in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains is causing chaos in Turkey

Global Politics

Imam Fethullah Gulen lives on a 25-acre estate in tiny town of Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. But his influence extends through every government agency in Istanbul.

Thousands march in protest against Turkey's ruling AK Party (AKP) over a corruption probe.

Turkey’s judiciary is threatened as the ruling party lashes out at allegations of corruption

Global Politics

What started as a corruption investigation against family members and business associates of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s inner circle has escalated with purges of the police and prosecutors who are investigating politicians. And the prime minister blames a shadowy religious leader who’s in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania.

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