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ANKARA Turkey's pro-Islamist government has sought to block the promotion of a senior officer to head the Army. Turkish sources said the ruling Justice and Development Party has voiced objection to the proposed appointment of Gen. Hassan Igsiz as head of the Land Forces Command.

ANKARA: A court yesterday indicted 196 people, including four retired military commanders, of conspiring in 2003 to overthrow the Islamic-oriented government in an alleged plot that highlights tension between Turkey's pious leadership and its secular opponents.

ANKARA, Turkey, May 26 (UPI) -- The media is to blame for the election of the new leadership of the opposition Republican People's Party, the Turkish prime minister told his supporters.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu won the leadership of Turkeys main opposition party that will challenge Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections due next year.

The leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities on Friday urged the United Nations to help reactivate reunification talks, following a three-week-long recess for elections which resulted in a crucial change of leadership in the Turkish community. Cyprus President Demetris Christofias, who is also leader of the Greek community, asked UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in a telephone ...