Take our 2025 PBS NewsHour audience survey
... our country won't be divided," one of Erdogan's supporters, Haci Mehmet Haliloglu, told Reuters. The mass detainments and shuttering of media outlets in Turkey in the weeks following the coup has put western governments on edge and raised concerns that Erdogan could use the coup to expand his ...
... failed coup attempt. The Pentagon said Gen. Joseph Dunford arrived in Turkey on Monday. He delivered messages condemning the coup and stressing the importance of Turkey's contributions to the fight against the Islamic State group and as a NATO ally. Some in Turkey have complained that the United States ...
GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence stopped by the NewsHour’s Cleveland digs a day after his primetime debut and went about making the case for Donald Trump. Pence laid out Trump’s positions on NATO, the failed Turkey coup and economy. When Judy Woodruff asked the social conservative about Trump and abortion, he said, “I appreciate...
... HARI SREENIVASAN: So, one of the things that you have been able to do with Turkey is to slow the flow of migrants coming from Turkey into Greece. You have sort of orchestrated almost a refugee swap. If they can keep the people coming across from Turkey to Greece, perhaps ...
... had suspended nearly 8,000 officers across the country. In addition to more than 2,700 judges fired within a day after Erdogan returned to Turkey, 262 military judges have been suspended, according to private broadcaster NTV. Arrests have also heavily impacted the armed forces, with 99 of Turkey’s ...
And so today you saw the White House press secretary taking concerns -- taking care to say, look, Turkey is a member, and it's a member. This is not like the E.U.. But there's certainly concern in the White House that this is going to deepen the rift ...
The Turkish government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, detained 6,000 people after this weekend’s failed military coup, including three generals and hundreds of soldiers. On Sunday, tens of thousands marched through the streets of Ankara in a show of support for the Erdogan government. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.
... become more severe and Turkey is going to become more unstable. HARI SREENIVASAN: Ambassador Edelman, it's almost impossible to understate the geographic importance of Turkey considering the fights that the Western world is launching against ISIS and parts of the Syrian government. ERIC EDELMAN: Yes, I mean, Turkey is ...
Citizens surged the streets of Turkey on Saturday after supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan successfully quelled an overnight coup attempt that left more than 265 dead. Nationalists waved the country’s flag and stood atop abandoned tankers near government buildings that were bombed and shot by militia trying ...
... he said. "Right now the chain of command has been put on hold." The U.S. State Department confirmed martial law is in effect for Turkey and added that all flights had been suspended at Ataturk Istanbul Airport, the third largest airport in Europe. Despite the president's return, there ...
Support Provided By: Learn more
Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.
Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.