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Turkey's Internet Crackdown - New York Times Sat, 22 Feb 2014 02:20:08 GMT

Turkey's Internet Crackdown New York Times President Abdullah Gul, Turkey's head of state, has now joined Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the government's assault on free speech. On Tuesday, Mr. Gul approved a new law, passed earlier by Parliament, that is intended to help protect Mr. Turkey: President Should Veto Judiciary LawHuman Rights Watch Activists decry 'major attack' on internetIndependent Online all 7 news articles »

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Turkey eavesdrops on almost 2500 people, mostly foreigners - RT Sun, 23 Feb 2014 03:11:47 GMT

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Turkey eavesdrops on almost 2500 people, mostly foreigners RT Court, Intelligence, Internet, Law, Politics, Turkey. Turkey's deputy prime minister has revealed that the country's national spy agency is keeping tabs on almost 2,500 people, mostly foreigners. The news comes amid a parliamentary debate over ... Turkey Discusses Greater Powers for Spy AgencyABC News Turkey reveals scale of spying by agencySBS Turkey scraps coup plot courts in battle over judiciaryAsharq Alawsat English Rappler all 111 news articles »

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Growing authoritarianism in Turkey produces few ripples abroad - Today's Zaman Sun, 23 Feb 2014 01:22:46 GMT

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Growing authoritarianism in Turkey produces few ripples abroad Today's Zaman Diplomatic sources and experts who closely follow Turkish-American relations and Turkey's accession process to the European Union agree that recent important steps by the Turkish government, such as satisfying Western powers on the Cyprus issue and ... Is the US seeking a regional replacement for Turkey?Al-Monitor all 3 news articles »

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Turkey signs $3.5 billion deal for Sikorsky helicopters - Reuters Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:53:09 GMT

The Inquisitr

Turkey signs $3.5 billion deal for Sikorsky helicopters Reuters "Turkey is such an important market in terms of being a large customer, and it is also strategically important in terms of who they are in the world," Sikorsky President Mick Maurer said in a telephone interview. He said the agreement would allow ... Turkey, Sikorsky Sign $3.5 Billion Helicopter DealDefenseNews.com Sikorsky Helicopters Cuts 600 US Jobs, Americans Lose Work To Turkey?The Inquisitr Turkey signs $3.5 bln deal for Sikorsky helicopterswww.worldbulletin.net all 20 news articles »

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Will Turkey become the new Pakistan? - RT Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:48:52 GMT

Will Turkey become the new Pakistan? RT As Turkey is now slowly approaching the first centenary of the Republic's foundation on 29 October 1923, some critics appear to fear that the country has assumed an outlook most incongruous with the legacy of Atatürk. And it is true that ever since the ...

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Blast rocks Syrian border post with Turkey, scores wounded - euronews Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:38:02 GMT

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Blast rocks Syrian border post with Turkey, scores wounded euronews A Turkish border official said the blast near Turkey's Oncupinar border post, which sits opposite the Syrian Bab al-Salameh gate, could be felt several kilometres (miles) away, but that the border gate remained open. Turkey is sheltering more than 600 ... Blast rocks Syrian border post with TurkeyAljazeera.com At least 24 killed near border with TurkeyCCTV Blast rocks Syria border crossing with TurkeyYahoo News all 116 news articles »

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Obama Called On To Confront Turkey - Daily Beast Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:44:31 GMT

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Obama Called On To Confront Turkey Daily Beast “Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is increasingly undermining a central pillar of the decades-long, strategic U.S.-Turkish partnership: Turkey's growing democracy,” reads the letter, organized by the right-leaning Foreign Policy Initiative, the left ... Report: Turkey Financing Top Global Terror GroupsWashington Free Beacon Turkey Should Come Under Scrutiny for Dealings With Iran, Says Think TankABC News (blog) US opinion leaders urge Obama to speak out on TurkeyToday's Zaman TheTower.org -JP Updates -Al-Monitor all 91 news articles »

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What happened to Turkey's economic model? - Today's Zaman Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:23:49 GMT

What happened to Turkey's economic model? Today's Zaman Indeed, in over a decade, Turkey improved its political and economic transformation since the Justice and Development Party (AK party) came to power in 2002. After he was first elected almost 11 years ago, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ... and more »

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Pipeline from Israeli gas field to southern Turkey under consideration - Haaretz Sun, 23 Feb 2014 03:13:26 GMT

Haaretz

Pipeline from Israeli gas field to southern Turkey under consideration Haaretz An undersea pipeline to southern Turkey could provide between 8 billion to 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year, costing from $7 to $9 per million BTU. This makes the project of major strategic interest to Turkey, which has a great need of ... Lakkotrypis: no pipeline to Turkey without Cyprus solutionCyprus Mail Energy Minister: Channeling natural gas via Turkey not an option without a ...Famagusta Gazette all 3 news articles »

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Brzezinski: US has to talk turkey to Putin - CNN (blog) Sun, 23 Feb 2014 03:24:52 GMT

Brzezinski: US has to talk turkey to Putin CNN (blog) And the third thing which is needed is we, the United States, we have to talk turkey to the Russians. We have to talk turkey to Putin and say to him, look, this is a critical moment. Don't reignite the cold war because the Ukrainians are willing to be ...