Aljazeera.com | Justice urged for slain journalist in Turkey Aljazeera.com Dink, 52, a leading member of Turkey's tiny Armenian community, was killed by a teenage ultranationalist outside the offices of his bilingual Agos newspaper on January 19, 2007. He had campaigned for reconciliation between Turks and Armenians, but ... Turkey: An Action Movie without a 'Good Guy' Ayse Gunaysu : “Hrant was assassinated. That's the reality of Turkey” |
Your Weekly Travel Zen: Turkey Huffington Post From historic Istanbul to seaside towns like Bodrum, Turkey offers an array of experiences and activities. With unique architecture, cuisine, landscapes and beaches, Turkey is rich in many ways. A visit to Istanbul will renew your sense of culture and ... |
RT | Turkey signs law 'criminalizing' medical first aid without govt permit RT A medical bill has been signed into law in Turkey that requires doctors to obtain government permission before administering emergency first aid. Critics have blasted the bill as a crackdown on doctors who treat activists injured during protests. The ... Turkey passes controversial medical aid bill Turkey: Contentious Medical Bill Signed Turkey pres. signs controversial medical aid bill into law |
BBC News | Clashes in Turkey as internet censorship protests turn violent euronews Riot police in Istanbul used water canon as crowds demonstrated against a draft bill that would increase controls over the internet. The draft, which would enable mass surveillance of internet users, is due to be debated in Turkey's parliament in the ... Turkey Losses Mount as Graft Backlash Brings New Protests Turkey protests over government's internet usage law Turkey crisis undermines PM Erdogan's high-profile EU visit |
Syrian Doctor Cares For Refugees In Turkey NPR He now lives in Southern Turkey and works with NGOs to help others who are trying to flee the fighting. He spoke with NPR's Rachel Martin. Copyright © 2014 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission ... |
Yahoo!7 News | An internal power-struggle further dents Turkey's hopes of joining the ... The Economist IN ANOTHER era, tanks might now be on the streets of Ankara and Istanbul. Over the past year Turkey has seen a crackdown on protests, corruption scandals, a purge of the police and judiciary, paranoid talk of foreign plots and fifth columns, an ... Turkey Removes Prosecutors Behind Probe of Erdogan Allies Turkey widens purge after graft probe Turkey purges regulators and state TV staff |
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 ... Iraq threatens to cancel contracts with Turkey over Kurdistan oil dispute January 18, 2014 in Featured // Turkey, US Need to Change Policy Towards ... Iraq to punish Turkey, Kurds over 'smuggled' oil exports: Minister |
Jewish Daily Forward | Kurdish movement worries crisis in Turkey might undo the 'peace process' Al-Monitor Nevertheless, for Turkey, which since 1984 has lost close to 50,000 people — Kurds, Turks, soldiers, civilians and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants — this “state of non-hostility” is better than nothing. The minimal requisite for this “non ... The struggle in Turkey is laying bare the abuse by Erdogan's regime US-Based Muslim Preacher Leverages Influence Back in Turkey Turkey sponsors jihadis in Syria and is accomplice of Tehran's regime: Alex ... |
Debate: A Gulf-Turkey alliance is impossible Asharq Alawsat English Debate: A Gulf-Turkey alliance is impossible. There is no doubt that the Turkey of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is fundamentally different from that of eras since the demise of the Ottoman Empire in 1923 at the hands of Mustafa Kamal Atatürk. |
Turkey Extends Purge of Officials New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has extended a purge of official institutions to the banking and telecoms regulators and state television, firing dozens of executives in moves that appear to broaden Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's response to a ... |