Rudaw | McCarthyism Comes to Turkey New York Times ISTANBUL — For several months, Turkey has been in the throes of a political war. The latest controversy emerged after a series of wiretapped phone conversations between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and members of his inner circle were exposed ... Turkey on Course to Joining Advanced World Economies, Author Says Turkey Blocks Attempt to Unveil Corruption Charges We are Turkey's Generation Y – not a robot lobby |
Aljazeera.com | Seven dead in shooting at Turkey statistics office Reuters Kars is in northeastern Turkey near the Armenian border, where militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - branded a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union - have conducted attacks including kidnappings ... Deaths in shooting at Turkey institute Turkey: office worker kills six staff, then shoots himself |
Turkey: The Erdogan-Gulen showdown Financial Times A political fight to the death had just broken out between Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, and his former allies in the movement of Mr Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in the mountains of Pennsylvania for the past 15 years. But ... |
Today's Zaman | Turkey also a loser in Crimea Al-Monitor The referendum decision of Crimea to return to the Russian fold, after Turkey lost it to the Russian Empire with the 1774 Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarcam, has spoiled Turkey's strategic ambitions for the region. What kind of ambitions? Nothing to do with ... Turkey calls Crimean referendum illegal, illegitimate Turkey Threatens Closing the Bosporus on Russian Ships Old rivals or regional partners: Russia, Turkey and Crimea |
Voice of America | Turkey Fears 'Deep State' Return Voice of America But human rights groups said most of the victims of crimes committed by Turkey's so-called “deep state” were activists fighting for Kurdish minority rights, especially during the 1990s at the height of fighting between the Turkish state and the Kurdish ... |
RT (blog) | Tomb of Sulaiman Shah: Will Turkey now invade Syria? RT (blog) As a direct neighbor, Turkey has taken in many Syrian refugees as well – according to the UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency; more than 600,000 Syrians are at present registered on Turkish soil. Since the beginning of this year more than 20,000 ... Turkey's hypocritical threat against Syria over ancient grave 649 - Tomb of Doom? How a Tiny Exclave Could Draw Turkey into Syria's War Turkey's hypocritical threat against Syria over ancient grave: Harut Sassounian |
Hurriyet Daily News | New Cold War bad news for democracy in Turkey Today's Zaman For understandable reasons, Turkey has focused on what all of this means for Ankara's relations with Moscow. The strategic balance in the Black Sea has shifted against Turkey's interests; there is the danger of a new round of suppression of the Crimean ... Turkey's limitations in the Black Sea and Crimea ECONOMICS > Russian money exodus 'may direct to Turkey' Turkey pushing diplomacy over sanctions in Crimea crisis |
Turkey's Political Infighting Benefits Old-Guard Businesses Forbes LONDON – In most democracies the leak of a tape recording purporting to feature the prime minister telling his son to hide their ill-gotten financial gains from anti-corruption investigators would usually spell the end of that leader's political career ... Tension in Turkey neither tolerable nor sustainable, says BDP World press on coming elections in Turkey (March 18, 2014) The public pulse following Dec. 17* |
BBC News | European court chides Turkey over Kurd leader Ocalan BBC News The European Court of Human Rights says Turkey has violated the rights of the Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned in an isolated island jail since 1999. His solitary confinement, until November 2009, was "inhuman", the ... Europe court condemns Turkey over jailed Kurd leader Turkey to send Turkologist teachers abroad European Court Rules Turkey Has Violated Ocalan's Rights |
RT (blog) | The New Silk Road: China looks West, Turkey looks East RT (blog) The wily Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, visited China in 2010, when he declared that "a new Turkey-China cooperation paradigm is emerging via getting out of the abnormal situation of the period following the Cold War." During its decade of ... |