Here’s how a faction of the military tried to overthrow the Turkish government and failed on July 15, 2016.
A Timeline of July 15
On July 15, 2016, a military faction tried to overthrow the Turkish government by seizing control of the country’s key institutions. Scores of people were killed in the violence and thousands of others injured. Here’s...
Visiting Turkey’s July 15 Memorial Museum
Istanbul’s famous 15 July Martyrs Bridge (Bosphorus Bridge) witnessed one of the most dramatic nights in the country’s history. At the Anatolian end of the bridge now stands a memorial and museum to commemorate the...
Thousands take to Baku streets, storm parliament to demand ‘mobilization’ against Armenia
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US drops order denying visas for foreign students following online courses
The Trump administration dropped plans to strip foreign students of their visas if their college courses went entirely online. Top US schools such as Harvard and MIT had threatened legal action against the White House...
Apple and Ireland win EU court appeal over back taxes | DW News
The Irish government and Apple has won its appeal against a 2016 EU decision that said Apple had to pay the Irish government 13 billion euros in back taxes – money that Ireland didn’t even want. So Ireland...