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 ... Turkey's Erdogan condemns protesters as deaths fuel tensions Turkey protests: two more deaths feed growing discontent Unrest Hardens Divisions in Turkey |
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 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 ... |
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 ... WATCH: What a turkey! Adorable kitten baffles owners by making gobble sound ... Wait until you hear this kitten in Orlando gobble like a turkey WATCH: Kitten gobbles like a turkey while eating |
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 ... |
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" EP slams Turkey over rights, graft probe in report Europe calls on Turkey to get serious about association |
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 ... |
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 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 ... |
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 ... Turkey: A dangerous recipe of success Turkey's Political Leaders Reprise Roles In Spat Over Whether Or Not To Ban ... Turkey Approves Closing 'Gulen' Prep Schools |