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Recep Tayyip Erdogan

King Salman first to contact me after coup bid: Erdogan

Pro-Erdogan supporters react during a protest at the Sarchane park in Istanbul in this July 19 file photo. — AFP

Turks believe cleric Gulen was behind coup attempt: Survey

Demonstrators rise their hands and hold a placard reading “We save republic and democracy” as they gather at Istanbul’s Taksim Square in Istanbul on Sunday. — AFP

Turkey targets media after coup as Erdogan meets opposition

This handout photo provided by Turkey's Presidential Press Service shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) speaking at the Ceremony Hall of the Grand National Assembly during his visit to the Turkish parliament for the first time since it was bombed during the coup attempt. — AFP

Erdogan orders closure of more schools, extends detention period

Pro Erdogan supporters gather at Taksim square on July 20, 2016, during a rally in Istanbul, following the failed military coup attempt of July 15. — AFP

Erdogan’s mass appeal saved him on coup night

Pro Erdogan supporters wave a Turkish national flag during a rally at Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul. Thousands of Turkish government supporters streamed across one of the two bridges spanning the Bosphorus in Istanbul to protest against the coup that sought to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan one week ago. The Bosphorus Bridge between the Asian and European sides of Istanbul was one of the key battlegrounds in the coup attempt, as rebel soldiers descended in tanks to block it to traffic and then engaged in battles with opponents. — AFP

July 15, 2016: The day Turkey changed

President Recep Tayyib Erdogan assisted the funerals of those killed in the attempted coup. He called for citizens to hold the streets to support the constitutional government. In his speech, he emphasized the action of Fethullah Gulen behind the coup attempt. — Courtesy CNN

Turkish Heroes to traitors

A woman takes a selfie in front of the special police forces base building in Ankara on Tuesday, after it was bombed during the failed July 15 coup attempt. — AFP

Turkey crackdown toll passes 50,000

Erdogan

The death penalty in Turkey: On the way back?

Fethullah Gulen

Gulen urges US to reject extradition bid

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters gathered in front of his residence in Istanbul, early Tuesday. — AP

Turkish PM warns against revenge

Relatives mourn and pray during the funeral of the fellow police officer in Istanbul on Monday. — AFP

Brutality of Turkey’s failed coup caught on phones, social media

Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, chairs the weekly session of the Council of Ministers at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday. — SPA photo

Kingdom welcomes restoration of normalcy in Turkey, condemns Nice attack

A Turkish police points his gun at a woman, asking her to leave the package she is carrying, in front of the court house in Ankara on Monday. — AFP

Turkey fires governors, top officials

Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi

Turkey real winner!

People take to the street in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan July 16, 2016 in Antalya, Turkey. — AFP

Erdogan must address Turkey’s divisions

Erdogan

Europe hopes and fears after coup bid

A boy covered with a Turkish flag and his father look at the bombed building of the Grand National Assembly in Ankara on Sunday. Turkish authorities rounded up dozens of senior military personnel and judges in a crackdown after thousands massed in the streets nationwide overnight to denounce a coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. — AFP

Crackdown after coup

People chant slogans as they gather at a pro-government rally in central Istanbul’s Taksim square, Saturday. — AP

‘I love Turkey’: Jubilant Erdogan supporters celebrate coup failure

People gather around as Turkish police officers, loyal to the government, stand atop tanks abandoned by Turkish army officers, backdropped by Istanbul's iconic Bosporus Bridge on Saturday — AP

Turkey’s huge and rising role in world trade of oil, gas and grains