New York Times | Crowds Gather in Turkey to Honor 3 Kurds Killed in Paris New York Times HATAY, Turkey — Tens of thousands of people gathered Thursday in the southern city of Diyarbakir to mourn the deaths of three Kurdish activists murdered in Paris last week, an outpouring that some said amounted to the largest political gathering that ... Debate Roils in Turkey Over Responsibility for Paris Triple-Homicide Tens of Thousands Attend Kurdish Funeral in Turkey Mayor's Sons Split by Turkey War as Funerals Test Peace Plan |
Washington Post | Syrian refugees in Turkey vote for camp leaders in elections touted as ... Washington Post KILIS, Turkey — Thousands of Syrians in a refugee camp voted Thursday to select camp leaders and administrators in elections the Turkish government has described as a practice for democracy. But with the sound of gunfire reverberating from across the ... Syrian refugees vote for camp leaders In first touch with democracy, Syrian refugees vote in Turkey Syrian refugee camps in Turkey vote for camp leaders |
Independent Online | Syria accuses Turkey at UN of receiving stolen factory goods Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - War-ravaged Syria has accused Turkey of receiving stolen goods from armed groups, who it said plundered some 1,000 factories in the industrial city of Aleppo, and called on the United Nations to condemn its neighbor's ... Syrian Chambers of Industry: Turkey has been stealing from Aleppo's Factories Syria accuses Turkey of receiving looted factory goods from Aleppo |
Ahram Online | Israel hints at apology to Turkey over Gaza flotilla Jerusalem Post Relations between the Turkey and the Muslim NATO power, a mainstay of Washington's influence in an unstable region, fell apart after Israel's navy killed nine pro-Palestinian Turkish activists who tried to breach its blockade of Gaza in May 2010. On a ... Egypt, Turkey, Israel Israel could apologize to Turkey, deputy FM says Ayalon: Time is Ripe For Israel to Apologize Over Mavi Marmara |
Turkey's Premier Spells Out Trouble for Most Popular Food: Bread Wall Street Journal (blog) On Thursday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned his attention for a brief moment to bread: the backbone of every meal in Turkey, where bakers put out 37 billion loaves a year. The premier said wasting bread is tantamount to greed, which lies at ... |
Who Threatens Turkey's Christians? Al-Monitor Who Threatens Turkey's Christians? Mustafa Akyol. Mustafa Akyol writes that the "Islamic-oriented" AKP government has been friendlier to Turkey's Christian communities that its secular and more nationalistic predecessors. Kurdish Women in Turkey ... |
NBCNews.com (blog) | US asks Turkey, Jordan to secure chem weapons if Syria crisis worsens NBCNews.com (blog) The Obama administration has quietly arranged for thousands of chemical protective suits and related items to be sent to Jordan and Turkey and is pressing the military forces there to take principal responsibility for safeguarding Syrian chemical ... US Asks Turkey, Jordan to Oversee Syria's Chemical Weapons Hurricane Syria: Why Turkey Needs to Prepare for the Oncoming Storm Car bombs kill 22 in Syria's Idlib: state media |
Syrian refugees vote for camp leaders in Turkey Huffington Post KILIS, Turkey — Thousands of Syrians in a refugee camp voted Thursday to select camp leaders and administrators in elections the Turkish government has described as a practice for democracy. But with the sound of gunfire reverberating from across the ... |
MP takes trip to Turkey, visits refugee camps Mississauga Dechert, who also serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs, joined Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney in meetings with Turkey's chief rabbi, Rav Isak Haleva. He leads the 25,000 members of the Jewish ... |
Mrs Watanabe: can't get enough of Turkey Financial Times (blog) Last year, Japan's legion of retail investors (dubbed Mrs Watanabe because women mostly manage the household savings in Japan) poured more money into Turkish lira-denominated bonds than any other type of overseas currency bonds – overtaking even ... |