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Across Turkey, New Unrest as Teenage Boy Is Buried - New York Times Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:43:21 GMT

The Guardian

Across Turkey, New Unrest as Teenage Boy Is Buried
New York Times
He had been comatose with head trauma since June, when Turkey was first engulfed with antigovernment protests against the decade-old tenure of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is seen as increasingly authoritarian. Continue reading the main ...
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Turkey Goes to the Ballot Box: 2014 Municipal Elections and Beyond - Brookings Institution Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:18:31 GMT

Turkey Goes to the Ballot Box: 2014 Municipal Elections and Beyond
Brookings Institution
Turkey Goes to the Ballot Box: 2014 Municipal Elections and Beyond by Ali Çarkoğlu With municipal elections taking place on March 30, Turkey is entering into an eight-month long election cycle at a time when the country is undergoing considerable ...


Fresh protests break out in Turkey after comatose boy dies - CNN Wed, 12 Mar 2014 01:22:46 GMT

Fresh protests break out in Turkey after comatose boy dies
CNN
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Grief and rage erupted on the streets of Turkey's largest city after a 15-year-old boy struck in the head by a tear gas canister died Tuesday morning in a hospital. Much of the anger was focused on Turkey's embattled prime ...


Video: Local shelter kitten gobbles like a turkey - Orlando Sentinel (blog) Thu, 13 Mar 2014 22:27:53 GMT

Daily Mail

Video: Local shelter kitten gobbles like a turkey
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Orange County Animal Services released a video of an adorable, adoptable kitten that gobbles while she's gobbling up her food. The 3-month-old black kitten, appropriately named Turkey, makes a sweet little "nom nom nom" noise while she enjoys her tasty ...
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Whoever wins Turkey's power struggle, democracy is already a casualty - The Guardian Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:11:56 GMT

The Guardian

Whoever wins Turkey's power struggle, democracy is already a casualty
The Guardian
In the continuing political turmoil in Turkey, the suicide of Hatice Can might have gone unnoticed. Hatice's son, Onur, was a talented young architect – a graduate of one of the leading universities. In 2010 Onur was taken into custody on suspicion of ...


EU offers Turkey praise and criticism - Deutsche Welle Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:00:13 GMT

European Parliament (press release)

EU offers Turkey praise and criticism
Deutsche Welle
Though the parliament declared itself "deeply concerned" about the "latest developments" in Turkey, and the "suspected cases of top-level corruption," the report repeatedly noted progress in Turkey's reform process and underscored the strategic ...
Turkey: "They should reform the country for their citizens, not for us"European Parliament (press release)
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Protests Rock Turkey as Thousands Attend Teenager's Istanbul Funeral - TIME Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:28:36 GMT

Protests Rock Turkey as Thousands Attend Teenager's Istanbul Funeral
TIME
Protesters stumbled into shops, cafés and private apartments to flee clouds of tear gas, while parts of Istanbul's city center resonated with the sound of pitched battles between demonstrators and riot police. The scenes that played out in Turkey's ...


Turkey mass protests: 'Two dead' after teenager's funeral - BBC News Thu, 13 Mar 2014 03:41:40 GMT

BBC News

Turkey mass protests: 'Two dead' after teenager's funeral
BBC News
Two people have died during protests across Turkey following the funeral of a teenager wounded in anti-government clashes last year, local media report. One man was shot during clashes in Istanbul's Kurtulus district. In the east of the country a ...


Death of Boy Caught in Melee Spurs Protests Across Turkey - New York Times Wed, 12 Mar 2014 01:58:27 GMT

Death of Boy Caught in Melee Spurs Protests Across Turkey
New York Times
ISTANBUL — In the largest protests since last summer, thousands of people hit the streets in more than 15 Turkish cities on Tuesday to protest the death of a 15-year-old boy who became a symbol of civilian resistance after he was struck in the head by ...


Gulen, Erdogan and democracy in Turkey - Aljazeera.com Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:20:48 GMT

Novinite.com

Gulen, Erdogan and democracy in Turkey
Aljazeera.com
Turkey has recently been shaken up by the tumultuous altercation between the globally active Muslim community-movement, the Gulen movement (GM) and the pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) in power for over a decade. Both Western and ...
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