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#erdogan: CNN’s “lackeys” stirring chaos in #turkey, #Spying
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on June 3, 2014. (Photo: AFP)

Turkey’s embattled prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, lashed out at international media on Tuesday, accusing news outlets of stirring unrest during the one-year anniversary of mass anti-government protests. The prime minister singled out CNN International, whose reporter was arrested live on air last Saturday while covering street clashes, accusing the network of spying.

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#turkey confirms #Youtube ban despite court ruling
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to members of parliament from his ruling Justice and Development (AKP) Party during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on April 8, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)

Turkish authorities defied court orders and reaffirmed a ban on YouTube imposed after the posting of illicit recordings of top secret security talks that was cited by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as part of a “dirty campaign” to topple him. Authorities imposed the ban on Google’s video-sharing site on March 27 in the build-up to local elections, after weeks of leaked wiretaps which had emerged online, allegedly uncovering corruption in Erdogan’s inner circle. Erdogan emerged from the polls with his popularity largely intact. read (...)

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Turkish government seeks broader power for its spy agency
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on February 18, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)

#turkey's government has submitted a bill to parliament to give the country’s spy agency more sweeping powers, a parliamentary source said Thursday. The bill aims to give the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) the authority to carry out missions and surveillance both in Turkey and abroad without the need for a court order. The MIT, which reports to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will also have unlimited access to all documents - from personal information to data on public or banking sector - pertaining to national security. read (...)

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#erdogan calls on Turkish ambassadors to tell the “truth” on corruption case
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to the members of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on January 14, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan ordered his ambassadors on Wednesday to confront allies with the “truth” that a corruption investigation shaking Ankara was the result of a foreign-backed plot to sabotage #turkey's international standing. Erdogan, visiting Brussels next week, also mockingly rejected European Union expressions of concern about his moves to tighten control over a judiciary he sees as central to the conspiracy. read (...)

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Turkish parliament faces stalemate in efforts to draft new constitution
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Members of the leftist Workers’ Party, with flags bearing the effigy of the nation’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, rally outside Turkish Parliament in Ankara on November 19, 2013 to protest against the possibility Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government, Kurdish rebel group of PKK and and northern Iraqi Kurd leader Masoud Barzani divide #turkey. (Photo: AFP - Adem Altan)

Turkey’s parliament is deadlocked over efforts to draw up a new constitution aimed (...)

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