Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi plans a crackdown on the opposition. Morsi said he planned to take unspecified measures to protect his regime amid attacks on the ruling Muslim Brotherhood. The president cited battles outside Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo, in which nearly 200 people were injured on March 22. “If I […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — In the latest move to control the military, Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has engineered the dismissal of 40 generals. The Supreme Military Council, chaired by Erdogan, forced 40 generals and admirals to retire. All of the generals had been charged with planning a coup or seeking to undermine the Islamist […]