WND.com | Turkey tear-gasses citizens 'for their safety' as they watch bloody day of ... Daily Mail Scores of observers retreated from hillsides just a mile from the town - where the death toll in six weeks is said to have topped 800 - after military vehicles swept in earlier today in what Turkey claimed was a bid to ensure their safety. Onlookers ... Suspicion hangs over death of US journalist in Turkey Turkey's US relations show strain as Washington's patience wears thin Turkey yields to US pressure over Kobani, image suffers |
Christian Science Monitor | In Turkey, Syrian women and girls increasingly vulnerable to exploitation Christian Science Monitor Gazientep and Sanliurfa, Turkey — In the refugee camps and crowded Turkish towns on the border with Syria, impoverished Syrian women and girls are falling prey to criminal rings that are forcing them into sexually exploitative situations ranging from ... Syrian's kidnapping shows IS reach into Turkey |
Yahoo News | Kurdish militants kill three soldiers in southeast Turkey: army Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militants killed three Turkish soldiers in Turkey's southeast on Saturday, the Turkish Armed Forces said, in a further blow to peace talks between Ankara and the insurgents. Three members of the "separatist terrorist ... Turkey arrests five over deadly attack on soldiers blamed on PKK Turkey arrests five over deadly attack blamed on PKK Three soldiers shot in attack in southeastern Turkey |
Rudaw | New Kurdish independence party in Turkey 'good for democracy' Rudaw Currently, the DBP/HDP is the largest pro-Kurdish grouping in Turkish politics, pursuing a policy of autonomy within Turkey's borders. The grouping is an alliance of The Democratic Regions Party, (formerly the BDP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party. |
USA TODAY | Turkey kidnap plot raises doubts about US troop safety USA TODAY The attempted abduction, reportedly carried out by Turkish gang members whom the Islamic State enticed with a promise of $500,000, targeted a popular Syrian rebel commander who had crossed into Turkey seeking refuge from ongoing violence across the ... Attempted kidnapping in Turkey shows reach of the Islamic State |
Globalnews.ca | Canadian consulate in Turkey remains closed Globalnews.ca The consulate in Turkey's largest city was shut down Friday after the facility received a package containing the powder. Staff members who came into contact with the powder were sent to hospital, though there has been no further information about them. Canadian consulate in Turkey remains closed; officials await test results US, Turkey investigate suspicious envelope with powder |
Hurriyet Daily News | GÖKHAN BACIK Today's Zaman Recent developments in the Middle East, particularly the ones related to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), are now displaying the big rift between the US and Turkey. On many issues, the US and Turkey now have different -– and sometimes ... POLITICS > Turkey disagrees with US, Russia, Iran on Syria: Erdoğan Turkey disagrees with US, Russia, Iran on Syria, Erdoğan says |
Turkey's New Kurdish Problem New York Times Turkey is now helping Kobani's defenders after standing, literally, on the sidelines for weeks as a battle raged just across the border. As Kobani was encircled by Islamic State forces, despite air strikes by the United States and its allies, Turkey, a ... |
Yahoo News Canada (blog) | Turkey, Syria: Complexity Increases Wall Street Journal Regarding Ibrahim Kalin's “What Turkey Wants in the War on ISIS” (op-ed, Oct. 20): There was a Machiavellian twist in regional alignments, as you report in “Assad Aided Rise of Militants” (page one, Aug. 23) with a former Iraqi lawmaker and Bashar al ... Turkey in the crosshairs: The US must mobilize and strike regardless of Turkey ... Turkey refuses role in US arsonist adventure The Pakistanisation of Turkey beyond “zero problems” |
New York Times | Turkey's Border War (Dispatch 4) VICE News In mid-September, Islamic State militants launched an offensive to seize Kobane, a predominantly Kurdish town in Syria just across the border from Turkey. In the following weeks, Turkey closed its border, leaving thousands of civilians stuck inside the ... Turkey: 200 Peshmerga being sent to Kobane Turkey to Let Iraqi Kurds Cross to Syria to Fight ISIS Growing Kurdish Unity Helps West, Worries Turkey |