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25 years on: Turkey's 'postmodern coup'

25 years on: Turkey's 'postmodern coup'

The Welfare Party, the Islamist predecessor of Erdoğan's AKP, lost the power amid pressures by the military in 1997.

28 February 2022

Ankara Court Rules that President Gül May Be Tried

Ankara Court Rules that President Gül May Be Tried

An Ankara Court has decreed that current President Abdullah Gül may face trial for his involvement in a corruption scandal in the 1990s. The presidency has rejected such a possibility.

20 May 2009 Tolga Korkut