New York Times | Resisting by Raising a Glass New York Times ISPARTA, Turkey — After retaking Taksim Square in Istanbul after hours of ugly street battles with police officers firing tear gas this month, many of the haggard protesters cracked bottles of Efes beer and raised them in a mock toast to their prime ... Erdogan hits at financiers in effort to quell Turkey protests Is Turkey Really Different? Erdogan's Fire and Brimstone |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Turkey premier to meet with Istanbul protesters USA TODAY ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister will meet with a group of protesters occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square this week, the deputy prime minister said Monday, as the government sought a way out of the impasse that has led to hundreds ... Turkey's PM to meet protest leaders Turkey crackdown is 'last straw' for Erdogan opponents In Turkey, echoes of US-style clashes over glitzy redevelopment |
Turkey's Erdogan warns patience with protests will run out Reuters ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters who have taken to the streets across Turkey demanding his resignation that his patience has its limits and compared the unrest with an army attempt six years ago to curb his ... |
Istanbul's bitterly rival soccer fans united for now by Turkey's anti ... Fox News ISTANBUL – The protests in Turkey have accomplished the seemingly impossible: uniting fans of Istanbul's three bitterly rival soccer teams. Normally, there is no love lost between supporters of Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Besiktas. Ferocious ... |
New York Daily News | Subway commercial spokesman Jared Fogle marks 15 years of turkey subs and ... New York Daily News It's been 15 years since Jared Fogle waltzed into a Subway and ordered his first 6-inch turkey sub — hold the cheese and mayo. Now he flashes a Subway “black card” for free food, flies first-class and has an estimated net worth of about $15 million ... |
BBC reporter's night in Taksim Square with Turkey protesters BBC News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned his patience "has a limit" as anti-government protests continued for a 10th day. Thousands of protesters gathered in Istanbul's central Taksim Square and Ankara's Kizilay Square on Sunday. |
NBCNews.com (blog) | Turkey's leader remains defiant after 10 days of protests NBCNews.com (blog) By Suzan Fraser, The Associated Press. ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's prime minister remained defiant on Sunday after 10 days of anti-government protests, traveling to two cities where unrest has occurred and condemning the demonstrators as "a handful of ... |
Olympics-Turkey unrest triggers concern for Games Yahoo! Sports BERLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - Violent protests across several major Turkish cities since the end of May have raised concerns for the safety of the upcoming Mediterranean Games in the country's coastal city of Mersin. In a letter obtained by Reuters and ... |
The Fiscal Times | Turkey: What to Know and How to Pray ChristianityToday.com Turkey has more recently been seen as a moderate Muslim country, though some (including the current President) reject that terminology, and there are troubling signs for the future. Recently, Turkey was added to the list of countries violating ... Turkey Could Be the Middle East's Powder Keg |
The Guardian | Why Turkey's mainstream media chose to show penguins rather than protests The Guardian In terms of press freedom, Turkey ranks number 154 according to Reporters without Borders (RSF), just after Mexico and before Swaziland and Azerbaijan. At least 33 journalists are in jail, and many more have been cowered into submission by pending ... |