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Turkey frees cabinet ministers' sons - BBC News Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:34:56 GMT

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Turkey frees cabinet ministers' sons
BBC News
The Turkish authorities have freed the sons of two former cabinet ministers pending trial, the latest twist in a major corruption investigation. Baris Guler and Kaan Caglayan, arrested in December, were among dozens of people held in an investigation ...
Erdogan recordings appear real, analyst says, as Turkey scandal growsSacramento Bee
Erdogan dares US-based cleric: 'Do your politics in Turkey'Reuters
Turkey's Erdogan dares rival to return homeAljazeera.com
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Credit Card Debt Threatens Turkey's Economy - New York Times Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:48:13 GMT

Credit Card Debt Threatens Turkey's Economy
New York Times
Even as turmoil in Ukraine lately has overshadowed Turkey's political and economic crisis, the problems here on the other side of the Black Sea have not diminished. On Thursday, Turkey's dangerously weakened currency, the lira, lapsed to a three-week ...

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Anti-corruption protests continue in Turkey - Washington Post Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:31:31 GMT

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Anti-corruption protests continue in Turkey
Washington Post
Protesters gathered in Ankara and Istanbul on Wednesday for the second day of street demonstrations amid allegations of government corruption. Feb. 26, 2014 Riot police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they try to march to the Turkish ...
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says incriminating phone recordings are fakeCNN
Calls for Turkey PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign in leaked tape scandaleuronews
Turkey PM Erdogan faces corruption claimBBC News
Aljazeera.com -Bloomberg -International Business Times UK
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Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkey - The Daily Star Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:24:56 GMT

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Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkey
The Daily Star
MIDYAT, Turkey: When Louis Bandak fled the violence in Syria, he sought refuge in the country his grandfather was forced to abandon exactly 90 years ago this week. Bandak, his wife and two daughters are part of a small but growing trickle of Christians ...
Generations on, Christians fleeing Syria return to Turkish homelandThomson Reuters Foundation

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Turkey likely to order Lockheed F-35 fighters in 2015 - Reuters Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:19:12 GMT

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Turkey likely to order Lockheed F-35 fighters in 2015
Reuters
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is likely to start ordering F-35 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) from 2015 onwards and it will start with two orders initially, Turkey's undersecretary for state-run defense industries Murad Bayar said on ...
Turkey 'aims to wrap up missile talks by April'Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey likely to start ordering F-35 fighter jets in 2015Today's Zaman

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Japan, Turkey scrap talks on tank engine supply deal - Reuters Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:08:42 GMT

Japan, Turkey scrap talks on tank engine supply deal
Reuters
T) has lost a potential deal to supply tank engines to Turkey because of restrictions that remain in place on Japan's military exports, officials in Turkey and Japan said. The development shows the limits of Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's effort to ...

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Recipe for revolt: what do Ukraine, Turkey and Thailand have in common? - The Guardian Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:12:38 GMT

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Recipe for revolt: what do Ukraine, Turkey and Thailand have in common?
The Guardian
Turkey, Ukraine, Thailand, Venezuela and Bosnia-Herzegovina are all middle-income democracies with elected leaders besieged by people angry at misgovernment, corruption and economic sclerosis. These days it is no longer just dictators who have ...

Rumblings in political heartland may spell trouble for Turkey's AK Party - Irish Times Sat, 01 Mar 2014 01:07:55 GMT

Rumblings in political heartland may spell trouble for Turkey's AK Party
Irish Times
Hot air balloons rise over the Cappadocian town of Göreme, where 23 hot air balloon companies compete for business. Turkey's tourism industry could be hurt, however, by images of ongoing protests and an increasingly belligerent prime minister.

A Tempest of Fear in Turkey - New York Times Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:15:07 GMT

A Tempest of Fear in Turkey
New York Times
ISTANBUL — Although the word turbulence doesn't exist in Turkish, it is probably the best description of the state of politics in Turkey these days. But we have other words, many of them, that denote “tension,” “masculinity” and “polarization,” all of ...

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.

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