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  • Turkey presses on with mass arrests in post-coup purge

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    Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for 243 military personnel over the attempted coup throughout the country, a media report said. It said that the suspects were believed to have used by lock, an encrypted cell phone messaging application. The government said the by lock was used by Fethullah Gulen’s network, the U.S.-based cleric…

  • Russia sends team to investigate Ambassador’s murder in Turkey

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Russia dispatched a team of investigators on Tuesday to investigate the killing of the Ambassador in Ankara, where officials have announced plans to name a street after the murdered diplomat. About 20 experts from Russia’s security services and Foreign Ministry are to work with Turkish counterparts as part of a probe into the killing of…

  • Russian ambassador shot dead in Turkey

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    The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot dead by a Turkish police officer at an art gallery in Ankara tonight. Ambassador Andrey Karlov, 62, was repeatedly shot in the back at close range by a gunman shouting: ‘Allahu Akbar (God is Great). We die in Aleppo, you die here!’ #Turkey: Video footage of the moments…

  • Coup: NATO retires 150 Turkish officers

    Coup: NATO retires 150 Turkish officers

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Over 150 Turkish officers, some responsible for training others, were recalled or retired from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) high command in the wake of a July coup attempt, US Army General, Curtis Scaparrotti, told reporters on Wednesday. The top NATO commander said he lost 50 per cent of 300 Turkish officers in the alliance’s…