Peter Kenyon

One year ago Turkey's failed coup led President Erdogan's government to arrest tens of thousands of people and impose a state of emergency. On the anniversary, events are taking place in protest.

The Turkish government is using today's anniversary of the failed coup attempt one year ago to continue calls for vigilance and the sweeping purge led by the country's president.

President Trump celebrates Bastille Day in Paris while Republicans in Washington pore over a revised health care plan. And it's one year since an attempted coup in Turkey.

This weekend marks one year since the coup attempt in Turkey. Turkish President Erdogan is using the date to say the government must continue the sweeping purge that has gone beyond coup plotters.

Turkey is marking the one-year anniversary this week of an attempted coup against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. NPR has the story of one victim of the Turkish government's sweeping crackdown after last year's attempted coup.

Hundreds of thousands marched to demonstrate against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after his government imprisoned dissidents following a failed coup last year.

People unhappy with the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have hit the road. Some 250 miles of road, from the capital Ankara to Istanbul.

Qatar is facing renewed isolation from its neighbors in the Middle East. A group of countries led by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait want Qatar to shut down Al-Jazeera and cut diplomatic ties to Iran.

On Sunday, members of Turkey's LGBT community are to hold a pride parade — if the authorities let them. The parade has been canceled for the last two years, reportedly due to security concerns.

Iran for the first time hit targets in Syria using ground-to-ground ballistic missiles launched from Iran. Also for the first time, a U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian government warplane.

It's the most recent flare-up in a series of long-running tensions between Qatar and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. This time, analysts say, there will be no easy or quick resolution.

The ruling Conservative Party no longer has a majority in the British parliament after Thursday's election. Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday she will forge a government after getting approval from Queen Elizabeth II.

A pair of terrorist attacks Wednesday in Tehran left people dead and wounded at the Iranian parliament and at a shrine to the founder of the Islamic Republic. This kind of attack is rare in Iran, and comes as the country is locked in a proxy war against a Saudi Arabian led coalition in Yemen.

The parliament building in Iran's capital, Tehran, is a huge modern building. It's part of a vast highly secured complex which gunmen stormed on Wednesday. ISIS is claiming responsibility.

Iran state media report multiple attacks in Iran. Senate launches 2 days of testimony about the Trump campaign's Russia ties. A report commissioned for Uber catalogues its record on sexual harassment.

Iranian moderate president Hassan Rouhani has been reelected despite not being able to deliver large economic improvements to the country as he promised during the last election.

Iranians voted for president Friday, and chose to re-elect President Hassan Rouhani, who made a historic nuclear deal with the West.

Iranians voted for president on Friday in a choice between the centrist incumbent and a hardliner. The Supreme Leader casted his vote, too, before the assembled press.

On Friday, Iran's centrist President Hassan Rouhani stands for a second term in office, facing a hard line cleric most Iranians know little about. Ebrahim Raisi has highlighted economic, not religious, arguments to garner support.

On Tuesday, President Trump hosts Erdogan, who once inspired hope in the West that Turkey could be a democratic model for the Muslim world. But many believe he's building an authoritarian system.