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No EU membership if Turkey reinstates death penalty: EU members

Turkey abolished the practice in 2002 as part of its pursuit of EU membership

Turkey widens post-coup purge

Demands Washington hand over cleric

Strongman, weak markets

Turkey will pay high price for political stability

Security boosted in Istanbul following coup attempt

In the meantime, Istanbul's police chief Mustafa Caliskan ordered his teams to shoot down all unidentified helicopters flying over the city

6,000 held for coup in Turkey

Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of a failed military coup on Sunday, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000. The government said it was in full control of the country and economy. Overnight, supporters of President Tayyip Erdogan rallied in public squares, at Istanbul airport and outside his palace in a show of defiance after the coup attempt. The Foreign Ministry raised the death toll to more than 290, including over 100 rebels, while 1,400 people were injured.

Turkey to calm investors after coup attempt quashed

The Turkish government moved swiftly to calm investors before financial markets reopen Monday after a failed coup, with the central bank promising unlimited liquidity to lenders and the deputy prime minister posting on Twitter that there's "no need to worry."Turkey's lira plunged the most against the dollar in eight years on Friday as tanks rolled through the streets of Ankara and Istanbul, and warplanes and helicopters circled overhead. While President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's forces rounded up thousands of judges and military officers allegedly involved in the coup attempt, officials sought to prevent a sell-off when stocks and bond traders have their first chance to react on Monday."We're on duty," Simsek said on Twitter, adding that he'd spoken to central bank Governor Murat Cetinkaya and will hold a teleconference with international investors on Sunday. "Turkey is normalising rapidly after the coup attempt was repelled by the nation. Our country's macroeconomic foundations are solid

Turkish treatments

The failed coup makes the West Asian crisis more complicated

Turkey confirms rescuing of three top commanders

In addition, a total of 72 coup plotters were detained during police operation at the Akinci Base in the capital Ankara

Turkey ready to pay Russia compensation over downed jet: PM Binali Yildirim

One of Russia'a military jets was shot down over Syria in November by Turkish forces

Turkey police fire rubber bullets at banned Gay Pride parade

A week ago, hundreds of riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to stop Istanbul's Trans Pride event

Turkey may hold UK-style referendum on stalled EU bid: Erdogan

He accused the EU of not wanting to accept Turkey as a member as it is a Muslim-majority country

Islamists attack Radiohead fans in Turkey

They trashed the store, hurled insults and broke up the release party of the album A Moon Shaped Pool

Turkish truck slams into van carrying farm workers; 10 dead

The cause of the accident is under investigation

Five dead in Turkey bombing blamed on Kurdish rebels

Turkey remains on high alert after multiple attacks on its soil that have killed well over 200 people in the past year

Turkey offers US joint Syria operation without the Kurds

Washington's support of Kurdish fighters in Syria in the fight against Islamic State jihadists has angered Ankara

104 ISIS militants killed in air and land strikes: Turkey

Airstrikes and artillery fire also destroyed 7 buildings used as ISIS headquarters

Turkey election authority denies being source of data leak: Report

The data leak saw the personal information of 50 million citizens posted online