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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared at a joint news with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on Thursday.

Tillerson Asserts 'Difficult Choices' Are Ahead For U.S. And Turkey

5:47pm March 30, 2017

The U.S. secretary of state's remarks at a joint news conference punctuated a day of delicate discussions in Turkey, which is facing a number of issues at home and abroad.

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Turks line up outside the Istanbul governor's office, one of the "crisis management centers" set up for those who believe they were wrongly suspended, fired or arrested following the July 15 coup attempt.

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Victims Of Turkey's Post-Coup Purge Invited To Prove Their Innocence

6:26am October 03, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

Even government supporters worry that that the sweeping crackdown may have resulted in too many arrests, suspensions and firings. New crisis centers are helping some find justice.

People take part in a march in memory of miners who died in an explosion at the Soma coal mine, on May 13 in Ankara, marking the second anniversary of a disaster that left 301 miners dead. U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen is now being blamed for the trag

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In Turkey, The Man To Blame For Most Everything Is A U.S.-Based Cleric

10:31am September 04, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

In Turkey, they're blaming everything from July's failed coup attempt to a 2014 coal mine disaster on the elderly Fethullah Gulen, who's lived in Pennsylvania for decades.

A high-security prison complex is seen behind the fences in Silivri, some 50 miles west of Istanbul.

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Turkey Releasing 38,000 Prisoners To Make Room For Suspected Coup Plotters

6:37pm August 17, 2016

by Jason Slotkin

The justice minister announced that inmates who committed nonviolent crimes before July 1 — two weeks before a failed coup — would be eligible for early release.