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Back to homepageAfter failed coup, what sort of Turkey does Erdogan want?
Looking across Istanbul’s skyline, it is impossible not to be struck by the array of red-and-white, star-and-crescent flags fluttering from buildings, monuments, bridges and flagpoles. Patriotism in Turkey has always been strong, but in the wake of July’s failed coup
Read MoreTen wounded in Istanbul bombing near police station
At least 10 people were wounded Thursday when a bomb concealed in a motorbike exploded near a police station in Istanbul, in the latest attack to strike Turkey’s increasingly tense largest city over the last year. The explosion rocked the
Read MoreBaghdad suicide attack death toll rises sharply to 250
The number of people killed in Sunday’s suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 250, the Iraqi government says. A lorry packed with explosives was detonated in the Karrada district while families were shopping for the
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