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Purge of Police Said to Be Move by Turkey to Disrupt Graft Inquiry - New York Times Wed, 08 Jan 2014 03:52:50 GMT

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Purge of Police Said to Be Move by Turkey to Disrupt Graft Inquiry
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Analysts in Turkey saw the dismissals as part of a continuing effort by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government to marginalize those it believes are driving the investigation. The government has already dismissed more than a dozen high-ranking ...
A state crisis in Turkey?BBC News
New police sackings over Turkey fraud probeAljazeera.com
There Are Much Bigger Problems In Turkey That Could Derail Its Alliance With ...Business Insider
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Turkey clears military over Uludere bombing deaths - BBC News Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:59:35 GMT

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Turkey clears military over Uludere bombing deaths
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Turkish military prosecutors have dropped an investigation into the deaths of 34 Kurdish civilians in an air force bombing raid in 2011. The move clears five officers who had been accused over the botched raid by F-16 jets near Uludere in south-eastern ...
Turkey: Case Dropped Over Botched Air RaidABC News
Turkey's pro-Kurdish MPs sworn in after freed from prisonReuters
Turkey clears army over deadly attack on KurdsThe Daily Star

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Q&A: Turkey's power struggle - BBC News Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:33:42 GMT

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Q&A: Turkey's power struggle
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Q&A: Turkey's power struggle. Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the biggest threat to his authority since his election 11 years ago, involving a corruption investigation and a murky power struggle. line break. What is the crisis about?

Learn From Pension Fund Managers in Turkey - Huffington Post Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:20:53 GMT

Learn From Pension Fund Managers in Turkey
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Investing in stocks in Turkey is risky business. According to The Heritage Foundation, Turkey's gross domestic product is only $1.1 trillion. Its unemployment is 11.7 percent. Its judiciary is "subject to government influence." Although bribery is ...

Frozen Turkey Bowling Below Zero at Minnesota's Ice Box Festival - Daily Beast Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:49:36 GMT

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Frozen Turkey Bowling Below Zero at Minnesota's Ice Box Festival
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If scientists are right in predicting that climate change will result in more extreme cold and heat, residents of our more northern reaches might consider taking up the unique sport of frozen turkey bowling. The sport was invented some three decades ...

Turkey's parallel state strikes back - Aljazeera.com Mon, 06 Jan 2014 11:07:58 GMT

Turkey's parallel state strikes back
Aljazeera.com
Yet, the nature of recent developments in Turkey that culminated in the sensational graft probe of scores of people, including the sons of three cabinet ministers, a mayor from the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), businessmen and the ...
Destruction versus creation in TurkeyHurriyet Daily News

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Turkish corruption probe row deepens - BBC News Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:03:17 GMT

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Turkish corruption probe row deepens
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Turkey has dismissed 350 police officers in the capital Ankara in the biggest shake-up since a corruption inquiry targeting government allies. Hours later the top judiciary body said it would investigate alleged misconduct by officials overseeing the ...

Japan, Turkey Plan Talks on Economic Partnership - ABC News Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:27:20 GMT

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Japan, Turkey Plan Talks on Economic Partnership
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Japan and Turkey agreed Tuesday to begin talks on an economic partnership agreement, part of a drive to build closer ties as they also step up cooperation on nuclear technology. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Turkish counterpart, Recep ...
Japan, Turkey agree on trade, nuclear power tie-upsHurriyet Daily News
Japan, Turkey to pursue economic partnership agreementThe Japan Times

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Turkey's Erdogan: current account-deficit no threat to economy - Reuters Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:07:22 GMT

Turkey's Erdogan: current account-deficit no threat to economy
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The deficit in Turkey's current account - the broadest measure of trade in goods and services - widened to $51.9 billion in the first 10 months of 2013 from $39.6 billion a year earlier. The trade deficit narrowed in November, but this was taken as a ...

The Putinification of Turkey - The Times (subscription) Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:32:04 GMT

The Putinification of Turkey
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Two years ago Turkey was the toast of the town. The country had returned to vigorous growth after the initial aftermath of the Crash of 2008. Unemployment was down to 8 per cent. Under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan — Prime Minister since 2003 ...