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For Turkey's Leader, Syria's War Worsens His Problems at Home - New York Times Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:36:32 GMT

New York Times

For Turkey's Leader, Syria's War Worsens His Problems at Home New York Times ISTANBUL — Sitting in his son's wedding gown shop in a conservative neighborhood here, Sabah Bakirci heaped praise on Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with swagger matched only, perhaps, by Mr. Erdogan's own. Syrian Refugees In Turkey Want US Strikes, Turks Are WaryNPR Why limited Syria strike could hurt TurkeyCNN (blog) Turkey's Policies Defied By Latest Twists in SyriaAl-Monitor Reuters India -Trend.az all 25 news articles »

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Turkey and its Kurds - The Economist Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:56:13 GMT

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Turkey and its Kurds The Economist THE peace process between Turkey and its rebellious Kurds is crawling at a snail's pace. Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), has moved to a larger cell on the prison island where he has been bargaining with Turkey's spy chief. Turkey to unveil reforms key to Kurdish peace next week - Erdogan saysReuters UK On the outside looking in: Turkey and the EUWorld Finance Turkey to announce Kurdish plan to respond to PKK's demandsGlobal Times Las Vegas Sun all 19 news articles »

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Amnesty calls to suspend tear gas shipments as protests return to Turkey - RT Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:10:07 GMT

RT

Amnesty calls to suspend tear gas shipments as protests return to Turkey RT Amnesty International has called on countries which export tear gas and other riot control equipment to stop all shipments to Turkey, as protests return to the country's streets. Protests have been gripping Istanbul, Ankara and other cities for three ... Turkey suffers third night of clashesAljazeera.com Are Protests on Rise Again in Turkey?Al-Monitor Clashes in Istanbul after protester killed in southern Turkeyeuronews Financial Times -Deutsche Welle all 125 news articles »

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Turkey: New round of anti-government protests enters third day - Al Jazeera America Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:27:54 GMT

Al Jazeera America

Turkey: New round of anti-government protests enters third day Al Jazeera America A demonstrator holding a bottle takes cover from the tear gas thrown by riot police during a protest in Istanbul's Kadikoy district early Thursday morning. Cevahir Bugu/Reuters. Turkish police used water cannon and tear gas to break up fresh anti ... Police use tear gas as Turkey protests resurfacePeninsula On-line all 3 news articles »

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Turkey's Syria Border on Edge - Al-Monitor Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:55:52 GMT

Turkey's Syria Border on Edge Al-Monitor CEYLANPINAR, Turkey — Last week, I traveled to Turkey's border with Syria. I was planning to cross into the Kurdish-controlled northeast to find out how the country's most influential Kurdish group, the Democratic Unity Party (PYD), was running the ... and more »

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Border lawlessness fuels Turkey's calls for intervention in Syria - Financial Times Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:32:11 GMT

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Border lawlessness fuels Turkey's calls for intervention in Syria Financial Times “The Syrians, again,” says Huseyin, a farmer, pointing to a small hill split diagonally by a barely discernible border fence. A thin column of people trickle down from the ridge, slowly hauling large bundles and fuel drums in plain sight of a Turkish ... Court Case Reveals Turkey Arms Flow To Syrian RebelsAl-Monitor Syrian Refugees in Dilemma over Staying or Leaving TurkeyNew Tang Dynasty Television all 6 news articles »

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Turkey: Fresh protests spark fears over pending tear gas shipments - Amnesty International Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:41:32 GMT

Turkey: Fresh protests spark fears over pending tear gas shipments Amnesty International All countries should suspend shipments of tear gas, armoured vehicles and other riot control projectile equipment to Turkey until the Turkish authorities can guarantee protesters' right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, Amnesty ...

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Talkin' turkey at the Renaissance Festival - Kansas City Star Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:55:56 GMT

Kansas City Star

Talkin' turkey at the Renaissance Festival Kansas City Star The Renaissance Festival asserts that both its turkey legs and its Scotch egg — a hardboiled egg wrapped in a breadcrumb-coated sausage patty that is deep-fried and then baked, served with cheese sauce — are authentic to the period. A representative ...

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How Did Turkey Lose Egypt? - Al-Monitor Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:12:28 GMT

How Did Turkey Lose Egypt? Al-Monitor But there are times when the "July 3 formula" will not work — relations with the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) Turkey is just such a time, as the Islamist AKP government in Ankara has no compunction when assessing the relations between the two ... and more »

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Turkey's Influence Divides Yemenis - Al-Monitor Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:38:31 GMT

Turkey's Influence Divides Yemenis Al-Monitor From the Sabaha region, which overlooks Sanaa from the west and constitutes a vital outlet to the port of Al-Hudaydah on the Red Sea, the Ottoman (Turkish) armies invaded Sanaa twice to tighten their grip on it — in 1538 and again in 1849. Perhaps it ...