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Turkey indicts 33 in alleged coup plot

Authorities have indicted 33 people in an alleged secularist plot to destabilize Turkey and overthrow the government.
Turkey PM says could deport up to 100,000 Armenians

Turkey`s prime minister has threatened to expel thousands of illegal Armenian immigrants after US and Swedish lawmakers passed votes branding World War One-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.
Guard shoots man at Ukrainian Consulate: Turkey

A security officer guarding the Ukrainian consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday shot and injured an armed man who claimed to be carrying a bomb, Istanbul Gov. Muammer Guler said.
Quake exposes poor construction in Turkey

The Turkish govt acknowledges that homes in eastern areas prone to earthquakes are not resilient to jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that killed 51.
Turkey quake: Survivors huddle in aid tents

Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires Monday in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold.
6.0 earthquake hits eastern Turkey, kills 57

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.
Turkey match suspended after crowd violence

A soccer match between Turkish sides Bursaspor and Diyarbakirspor in primarily Kurdish southeastern Turkey was suspended after fans threw stones at players and officials.
US votes on Armenian `genocide`; Turkey recalls envoy

Turkey recalled its ambassador from the United States and sent a harsh warning that ties will suffer after a US House panel adopted a resolution on Thursday branding the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as "genocide”.
US House panel to vote on Armenian genocide measure

A resolution declaring the Ottoman-era killing of Armenians genocide appears likely to be approved by a congressional committee, a move that could alienate Turkey, a NATO ally with a pivotal role for US interests in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
General and prosecutor charged in Turkey plot case

Turkish prosecutors have charged a serving Army general and a state prosecutor with plotting to destabilize the Islamist-rooted AK Party govt.
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