President Tayyip Erdogan said there should be no support for any terrorist organization - a reference to the US' backing of the...

  The two set aside previous disagreements over China's treatment of a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority.

 

  Turkey had vowed on Monday to "completely cleanse" Islamic State militants from its border region after the Gaziantep bombing. 

IS has targeted Kurdish gatherings in an apparent effort to further inflame ethnic tensions strained by a long Kurdish insurgency  

  "The failed coup wasn't in any way a test that the EU or US failed.... The 'test' is for Turkey to...

 

 

 

  Even Erdogan's opponents saw his continued leadership as preferable to a successful coup 

  "What is not realistic, though, is to view Russia as a strategic alternative to Turkey's Western anchoring. Turkey remains an ally...

  "We will make a distinction between those who are guilty and those who are not."

About 40 percent of all generals and admirals in the military have been dismissed since the coup.

  There is a growing anti-U.S. mood in Turkey which is likely to harden further if Washington refuses to extradite...