Aljazeera.com | Assad: Turkey will pay for backing rebels Aljazeera.com ... Tayyip Erdogan had a sectarian agenda [AP]. The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has said Turkey will pay a heavy price for backing rebels fighting against him, and accused it of harbouring "terrorists" who, he claimed, would soon turn on their ... Assad warns Turkey of 'heavy price' for backing Syrian rebels Syria ratchets up tension with Turkey – warning it of dangers of rebel support Turkey Aiding Flow of Islamist Fighters Into Syria: Assad |
Turkey 'highly likely' to sign Chinese missile deal Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is likely to sign a $3.4 billion missile defense deal with a Chinese firm under U.S. sanctions, a senior official said on Thursday, a proposal that is already straining relations with Washington. Turkey sees a growing threat ... Turkey Defends Choice of Chinese Missiles Turkey to take on Chinese missile system NATO's Turkey looks to China for missile purchase |
Haaretz | Analysis || As Turkey's dream of Mideast domination vanishes, a quiet ... Haaretz Turkey offered mediation services almost everywhere in the region, and in some cases received positive responses. In the early months of the Arab Spring, it appeared to Erdogan and his colleagues that things were going their way. The possibility of ... |
San Francisco Chronicle | With Turkeys Gone Wild, Maine Expands Hunting ABC News Nonexistent in Maine 26 years ago, the turkey population has increased to an estimated 60,000 birds. The growth in Maine mirrors what's been happening across North America, with the numbers climbing from about 1 million to 7 million birds in the past ... With turkey numbers soaring, Maine lets hunters bag two Maine extends hunting to control wild turkey explosion |
Public Radio International | Turkey's Erdogan says would run for president if asked by party Reuters With less than a year to Turkey's first popular presidential election, speculation has been mounting over what roles Erdogan and Gul, who occupies what is at present a largely ceremonial post, will play. Gul, who has emerged as a more popular candidate ... Turkey's new democratic move Turkey is set to end a ban on several letters of the alphabet The Middle East Channel: The enduring frustration of Turkey's Kurds |
Voice of America | Syria War: Turkey's Parliament Renews Permit To Send Troops Into Neighboring ... Huffington Post Legislators voted on Thursday by a show of hands in favor of the bill despite objection from opposition parties, which argued the move would drag Turkey to war. The government proposed the extension, saying the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons ... Turkey Renews Mandate to Send Troops to Syria If Needed Turkey parliament extends Syria deployment mandate The US is Trusting Turkey to Battle Terrorism, But Here's Why That's a Huge ... |
Church bells ring in a corner of Turkey once the site of Armenian genocide Religion News Service DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (RNS) For almost a century, the bells of St. Giragos — a magnificent 14th-century church built of sturdy black basalt bricks — were silent. Severely damaged during the 1915 massacre and deportation of local Christians, it stood ... |
Business Today | IMF says Turkey should tighten monetary, fiscal policy Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund called on Turkey to tighten its monetary and fiscal policies to reduce its external imbalances, which have been exacerbated by capital outflows from emerging markets. "The market reappraisal of ... IMF Urges Turkey to Tighten Monetary Policy Further |
Turkey Suspects Turkish Students Who Visited Iran of Espionage Al-Monitor Since the Islamist-based Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002, there has been much debate about Turkey's deepening identity crisis. Domestically, people are increasingly divided about the role of religion in political and ... |
CTV News | Assad warns Turkey against supporting rebels News24 Ankara - Syrian President Bashar Assad warned Turkey it will "pay dearly" for supporting rebels fighting to overthrow his government, in an interview broadcast Friday on Turkish television. "In the near future these terrorists will have an impact on ... Turkey will pay the price for backing rebels, Assad warns Syria's Assad: Too early to say if he'll run again |