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Turkey purges regulators, state TV in graft probe backlash - Reuters Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:37:37 GMT

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Turkey purges regulators, state TV in graft probe backlash
Reuters
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has extended a purge of official bodies to the banking and telecoms regulators and state TV, firing dozens of executives in moves that appear to broaden Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's backlash against a corruption investigation.
An internal power-struggle further dents Turkey's hopes of joining the ...The Economist
Turkey widens purge after graft probeYahoo!7 News

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Turkey passes controversial medical aid bill - Aljazeera.com Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:43:45 GMT

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Turkey passes controversial medical aid bill
Aljazeera.com
A controversial medical bill that makes it a crime for doctors to provide emergency first aid without government authorisation has come into force in Turkey despite an outcry from rights groups. Under the legislation that was approved by President ...
Providing first aid now a crime in TurkeySaudi Gazette

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With the Kurds, in Turkey - New Yorker (blog) Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:57:31 GMT

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With the Kurds, in Turkey
New Yorker (blog)
The Italian photographer Tommaso Protti first travelled to southeastern Turkey in 2010. The region is home to nearly half the world's Kurds. Protti, twenty-six, was drawn to the craggy, expansive terrain, as well as to the Kurdish communities he ...
January 18, 2014 in Featured // Turkey, US Need to Change Policy Towards ...Armenian Weekly
Kurds rally in Turkey for autonomy in SyriaNew Zealand Herald
Kurds rally in Turkey, Greece demanding recognition at Syrian peace conferenceEdmonton Journal

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Democracy Takes a Hit in Turkey - OZY Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:31:31 GMT

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Democracy Takes a Hit in Turkey
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Now Turkey and its iron-fisted prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, are learning the same harsh lesson. The reversal of fortunes for the region's most successful Islamist party and its only Muslim-majority democracy (unless you count Iraq, which is ...
Turkey crisis undermines PM Erdogan's high-profile EU visitChannel News Asia
Debate: Turkey can no longer play an active role in the Middle EastAsharq Alawsat English

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Wounded Syrians pour into Turkey after bombing - CNN Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:30:54 GMT

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Wounded Syrians pour into Turkey after bombing
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Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Wounded Syrians streamed across the Turkish border seeking first aid Wednesday after a car bombing in a border town that's become a battleground in the fight between Syrian rebel factions. The blast in the Syrian town of ...
World must share Syrian refugee burden, UNHCR chief says in TurkeyHurriyet Daily News
Turkey's FM doubtful on Geneva-II prospectsJournal of Turkish Weekly
Education for Syrian Refugees in Turkey – Beyond CampsBrookings Institution (blog)
Thomson Reuters Foundation -Trend.az -UNHCR (press release)
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Turkey protests over government's internet usage law - BBC News Sun, 19 Jan 2014 03:09:51 GMT

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Turkey protests over government's internet usage law
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Turkish police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters in Istanbul and Ankara. The demonstrations were over a proposed government law to increase controls on internet usage. The controversial bill will give the government ...
More internet control triggers anger in TurkeyCCTV
Turkey cracks down on protests against Web policingPress TV
Turkish police fire water cannon at rally against 'Internet censorship' law ...RT (blog)
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Turkey: An Action Movie without a 'Good Guy' - Armenian Weekly Sat, 18 Jan 2014 15:55:56 GMT

Armenian Weekly

Turkey: An Action Movie without a 'Good Guy'
Armenian Weekly
In Turkey today, a very high-tempo, high-tension action scene is unfolding, with a life-or-death fight at the top of the state apparatus. A volcano of corruption is erupting once more, releasing all the filth from below the surface. We're seeing the ...

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Turkey: Contentious Medical Bill Signed - New York Times Sat, 18 Jan 2014 03:41:54 GMT

Turkey: Contentious Medical Bill Signed
New York Times
Critics contend that the law could be used by the police and prosecutors to intimidate and punish doctors and other medical workers for treating protesters wounded in demonstrations against the government, like those in Turkey last year. “Passing a ...


Understanding Turkey One conversation at a time - The Economist (blog) Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:21:49 GMT

Understanding Turkey One conversation at a time
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The Assassin from Apricot City. By Witold Szablowski, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. Stork Press; 210 pages; £8.99. A WEEK before Christmas all hell broke loose in Turkey. A country, that most foreigners had thought was gradually ...


Model Diaries: No Breasts, No Jobs - Daily Beast Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:38:04 GMT

Model Diaries: No Breasts, No Jobs
Daily Beast
I told her, no money!” She laughed. “They do castings like this in China, it's not so unusual. But it's the same in Guangzhou: no breasts equals no jobs.” “That's why all the Brazilian girls get fake boobs,” another girl added. I have a feeling this ...