Yahoo!7 News | 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 ... Turkey widens purge after graft probe |
Aljazeera.com | 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 Turkey |
New Yorker (blog) | 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 ... Kurds rally in Turkey for autonomy in Syria Kurds rally in Turkey, Greece demanding recognition at Syrian peace conference |
Channel News Asia | Democracy Takes a Hit in Turkey OZY 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 visit Debate: Turkey can no longer play an active role in the Middle East |
Hurriyet Daily News | Wounded Syrians pour into Turkey after bombing CNN 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 Turkey Turkey's FM doubtful on Geneva-II prospects Education for Syrian Refugees in Turkey – Beyond Camps |
BBC News | Turkey protests over government's internet usage law BBC News 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 Turkey Turkey cracks down on protests against Web policing Turkish police fire water cannon at rally against 'Internet censorship' law ... |
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 ... |
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) 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 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 ... |