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Turkey's Erdogan Visits the US: 4 Problems That Won't Be Solved - TIME Fri, 17 May 2013 17:48:49 GMT

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Turkey's Erdogan Visits the US: 4 Problems That Won't Be Solved TIME Turkey now houses nearly 400,000 Syrian refugees fleeing the war and has lost 19 of its own nationals in isolated clashes with Syrian forces. Turkey is a member of NATO, whose founding treaty stipulates collective action if a member state comes under ... Turkey's Erdogan says UN must decide on any Syria no-fly zoneReuters Can Obama Save Turkey From a Syrian Quagmire?New York Times A Statesman's Forum with HE Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of TurkeyBrookings Institution Commentary Magazine -The White House (blog) all 244 news articles »

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Turkey may be Obama's key to solving Syria crisis - CNN Fri, 17 May 2013 12:42:22 GMT

Turkey may be Obama's key to solving Syria crisis CNN (CNN) -- Almost every American ally in the Middle East is desperately calling out for help, and we are ignoring them. Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain -- and behind closed doors, even Egypt -- want American involvement in Syria to ... and more »

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Analysis: Upgrade crowns Turkey's peaceful rise but pitfalls loom - Reuters Fri, 17 May 2013 16:32:35 GMT

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Analysis: Upgrade crowns Turkey's peaceful rise but pitfalls loom Reuters The upgrade came on a day when Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was showcasing Turkey's global prestige on a visit to the White House, and in a week when the emerging nation of 75 million made a final loan repayment to the International Monetary Fund. Turkey booms - but where are the Brits?BBC News all 2 news articles »

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How Iran Benefits From an Illicit Gold Trade With Turkey - The Atlantic Fri, 17 May 2013 13:05:08 GMT

How Iran Benefits From an Illicit Gold Trade With Turkey The Atlantic Last month, a bipartisan group of 47 members of Congress penned a letter to Secretaries John Kerry and Jack Lew calling for clarification on Turkey's financial dealings with Iran. Under the initiative of South Carolina Republican Representative Jeff ... and more »

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Turkey detains prime suspect in car bombings - Reuters Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:05 GMT

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Turkey detains prime suspect in car bombings Reuters Turkey has accused Syria of involvement in the two bombings last weekend in the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province, which fanned fears that Syria's civil war is dragging in neighboring states. Damascus denies any role. Hatay governor Celalettin Lekesiz ... Explosion kills 10 in Turkey near Syrian border, officials sayFox News Amid Ethnic Tension in Turkey, Some Syrian Refugees Return to a War ZoneThe Atlantic 10 dead in fuel tank explosion near Turkey-Syria borderAl-Arabiya euronews -CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog) all 237 news articles »

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Turkey Must Balance Success With Excess - Wall Street Journal (blog) Fri, 17 May 2013 17:28:17 GMT

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Turkey Must Balance Success With Excess Wall Street Journal (blog) On some indicators, Turkey has long punched above its rating. Debt stands at 36% of GDP and, remarkably, has fallen by 10 percentage points since the beginning of 2009. The budget deficit in 2012 was just 1.4% of GDP. Turkey has been extending the ... Turkey's economy comes of age with a prized investment-grade ratingQuartz The real impact of Turkey's step up into investment gradeMarketWatch (blog) Turkey welcomes Moody's upgrade, bond yields tumbleReuters Bloomberg -euronews all 38 news articles »

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Fact Sheet: US-Turkey Partnership - Whitehouse.gov (press release) Thu, 16 May 2013 16:44:45 GMT

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Fact Sheet: US-Turkey Partnership Whitehouse.gov (press release) The United States and Turkey share a strong partnership and friendship, rooted in common values and strategic interests, and reinforced by the enduring links between the people of both countries. The United States is firmly committed to broadening and ... Turkey seeks seat at US-EU trade tableReuters all 5 news articles »

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Protesting Bulgarian drivers block truck traffic to Turkey - Yahoo! News Fri, 17 May 2013 17:53:32 GMT

Protesting Bulgarian drivers block truck traffic to Turkey Yahoo! News SOFIA (Reuters) - Disgruntled Bulgarian truck drivers blocked traffic at two major border checkpoints with neighboring Turkey on Friday to protest against what they said were Turkish restrictions to their operations. Among those caught up in the ... and more »

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'The Other' and LGBT Rights in Turkey - Huffington Post (blog) Fri, 17 May 2013 16:02:57 GMT

'The Other' and LGBT Rights in Turkey Huffington Post (blog) In 2009, Dr. Binnaz Toprak, then a professor of political science at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, authored a report titled "Being Different in Turkey: Religion, Conservatism and Otherization." The report, jointly published with the Open Society ...

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Savannah mayor, alderman leaving for Turkey - Savannah Morning News Fri, 17 May 2013 21:08:42 GMT

Savannah mayor, alderman leaving for Turkey Savannah Morning News At the invitation of the Istanbul Center in Atlanta, both will be representing the city next week as part of a delegation traveling to Turkey, where they will visit Istanbul, along with other cities, to meet with business and government representatives ...