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Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of a sprawling investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days.
Authorities said the chatbot generated responses insulting the strongman president, modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and religious values.
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Inside Turkey’s Sweeping Crackdown: How Erdogan’s “Octopus” Probe Is Reshaping Democracy and PowerThe arrest of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu during a pre-dawn raid marks a new low in Turkey’s ongoing departure from democratic principles, the MENA Research Center announced just days after the mayor’s arrest.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appointed on Thursday a new communications director, Burhanettin Duran, a deputy foreign minister who will take up a role aimed at keeping a tight leash on the mostly pro-government media.
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Turkey’s Ticking Clock – Is Erdogan’s Rescue Already Failing?Was this a brilliant strategic move that saved Turkey’s economy, or just a temporary fix that will lead to bigger problems down the road?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan spent years pushing a grand vision. A neo-Ottoman revival. A stronger Turkey, which is independent of the West. But in the halls of BRICS diplomacy, that vision fell apart.
Cyprus said on Monday it would invite arch-foe Turkey to a summit during its European Union presidency next year despite a decades-long rift over Ankara's 1974 invasion and its backing of a breakaway state on the divided island.
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DPA International on MSNTurkey's Erdoğan replaces head of communications in surprise moveTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dismissed his long-serving head of communications in a surprise move, a decree published in the government gazette showed on Thursday. Altun, who had headed the presidential communications directorate since 2018,