Cleric Fethullah Gulen

Turkish police seek 70 military officers over Gulen links

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ISTANBUL -- Turkish police launched an operation on Tuesday to arrest 70 soldiers accused of links to the Islamic preacher alleged to have orchestrated last year's attempted coup, the private Dogan news agency reported. Operations targeting supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen are continuing on a daily basis some 15 months after the failed putsch. Gulen has denied involvement. In...

At least 39 people dead and 155 others injured in two bomb blasts outside Besiktas stadium, Istanbul, Turki, on Saturday (12/10).

UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack in Istanbul

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The UN Security Council on Sunday "condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks" in Istanbul, Turkey, which left at least 39 people dead and 155 others injured. The 15-nation UN body, in a press statement, reaffirmed that "terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international...