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Turkey PM's party rules out early elections
Police in Ankara fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse thousands of people protesting near government buildings on Saturday, as Turkey's ...
A glance at some of Erdogan's supporters
The crowd outside Istanbul's main airport initially numbered about 100. But as news came that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's plane was ...
Protests crack Turkey's international image
A violent police crackdown on a small environmental sit-in at Istanbul's central Taksim Square has done more than spawn a week of protests across the ...
Erdogan calls for end to Turkey protest
Turkey's prime minister took a combative stance on his closely watched return to the country early Friday, telling supporters who thronged to greet ...
Thousands at Istanbul airport for Erdogan arrival
Thousands of people thronged Istanbul's airport to cheer the return of the country's prime minister early Friday, the first extensive public show of ...
Snapshots from Turkey's protest
The protests in Turkey that began over government plans to uproot trees in Istanbul's main square to make way for a shopping mall have entered their ...
Turkey's tourism industry shrugs off protest fears
Turkey, a largely Muslim nation that bridges Europe and Asia, has a flourishing tourist industry based on ancient historical sites and ruins, a ...
Turkish gov't offers apology as protests continue
Turkey's deputy prime minister offered an apology Tuesday for the government's violent crackdown on an environmental protest, a calculated bid to ease ...
Turkish media slammed for poor riot coverage
Dense clouds of acrid, choking tear gas may have been blanketing the central square of Turkey's largest city, but it was penguins that dominated the ...
Turkish PM, president at odds over protests
Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president ...
Erdogan rejects 'dictator' claims
Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is a "dictator," dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe, even as thousands returned ...
Protesters swarm Istanbul square after clashes
In a scene reminiscent of the Arab Spring, thousands of people on Saturday flooded Istanbul's main square after a crackdown on an anti-government ...
Turkish police raid sit-in against tree removal
Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon Friday to end a peaceful sit-in by hundreds of people trying to prevent trees from being uprooted ...
Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest
Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorities' admonishment of a couple that kissed ...