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Abdellatif Ouahbi, president of Morocco's Authenticity and Modernity party (C), after his party came in second in parliamentary and local elections, in Rabat early on September 9, 2021. (FADEL SENNA/AFP)
September 9, 2021, 4:39 pm
Morocco’s long-ruling Islamists suffer crushing defeat to liberals
With nearly all votes in, results show unexpected win for liberal parties, collapse of support for Justice and Development Party, with ruling faction dropping from 125 seats to 12
By TARIK EL-BARAKAH
Participants in a Turkish dating show (screen capture: YouTube)
April 30, 2017, 12:37 am
Turkey bans television dating shows
Deputy PM Kurtulmus had warned such programs were at odds with Turkish tradition and customs
By AP and ToI Staff
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters gathered in front of his residence in Istanbul, early Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (Kayhan Ozer/pool photo via AP)
July 19, 2016, 1:48 pm
85 Turkish generals, admirals charged in coup attempt
Senior military officials among thousands detained for alleged involvement in failed putsch against President Erdogan
By AP
Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) wave flags during an election rally in the district of Kadikoy in Istanbul on June 6, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL)
June 7, 2015, 6:58 am
Turkey braces for tense polls after deadly attack
Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party hopes to win a large majority in parliament, but polls aren’t so favorable
By Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams
Lawmakers and officials from the main opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, carry posters with images of former Turkish ministers during a protest in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 17, 2014. (photo credit: AP/File)
January 21, 2015, 1:17 am
Turkish graft probe nears end with parliament vote
Lawmakers could stop a corruption case involving four former ministers close to President Erdogan
By Desmond Butler and Suzan Fraser
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal seen during the congress of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 (AP/Kayhan Ozer)
January 6, 2015, 4:46 pm
Hamas leader Mashaal said deported from Qatar
Reconciling with key Arab countries against Brotherhood, Doha boots political chief; Israel welcomes news, Hamas denies it
By Elhanan Miller
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, speaking at the end of the 12th summit of the OIC in Cairo during his stint as Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic cooperation (OIC) (photo credit: AFP/Khaled Desouki)
June 16, 2014, 9:37 pm
Turkish opposition picks presidential candidate
Former OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu will likely run against controversial PM Erdogan in August election
By AFP
Members of Turkey's Jewish community pray at Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul on October 11, 2004, during a ceremony to mark the official reopening of the synagogue (AP/Murad Sezer)
June 12, 2014, 2:24 pm
In Erdogan’s Turkey, Jews uncomfortable but unthreatened
Like crypto-Jews, no one in Turkey can profess Zionism in the open, says Istanbul-based researcher
By Elhanan Miller
Former Turkish foreign minister Yasar Yakis (photo credit: Cultural Diplomacy / Wikimedia Commons)
May 20, 2014, 10:21 pm
Hamas may mellow on Israel, ex-Turkish FM predicts
Erdogan associate Yaşar Yakış says weakened group could be pushed by Turkey and others into accepting Quartet positions
By Elhanan Miller
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (photo credit: AFP/Adem Altan/File)
May 16, 2014, 3:59 pm
Erdogan shouts anti-Israeli slur at protester: report
Turkey’s PM faces fresh criticism over video footage that shows him yelling at angry demonstrators at mine disaster site
By Fulya Ozerkan
Moroccan-Jewish lawyer Issac Charia (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
April 23, 2014, 9:58 pm
Rabat lawyer seeking to join Islamists says he’s not Jewish
Isaac Charia had asked Moroccan Islamist Justice and Development faction if it accepts Jews as members
By JTA
Moroccan-Jewish lawyer Issac Charia (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
April 22, 2014, 8:03 pm
Jewish lawyer asks to join Morocco’s Islamist party
Isaac Charia, a political hopeful, pens letter to ruling Justice and Development Party asking if Jews welcomed
By JTA
A poster showing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen next to a hanging clock during a rally of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Maltepe district at the Asia side of Istanbul on Saturday, March 29, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/Ozan Kose)
March 30, 2014, 5:36 am
Embattled Erdogan faces key test in local elections
Despite his enduring popularity, Turkish prime minister has been subjected to harsh criticism over corruption allegations
By Fulya Ozerkan
A hologram of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
January 28, 2014, 1:44 pm
3D Erdogan shines on Turkey elections
As local vote nears, the embattled prime minister uses hologram technology to endorse Izmir candidate
By ToI Staff
Riot police gather in Gezi park, engulfed in tear gas, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, June 15, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
June 16, 2013, 6:35 pm
Turkish police crack down as protests attempt to rev up again
Demonstrators vow to retake Gezi Park after authorities evicted activists from the area as well as adjacent Taksim Square
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