Hurriyet Daily News | Iraq Breakup Made Easier by Turkey's Détente With Kurds TIME In March 2003, U.S. troops parachuted into Iraq's north and took up positions in the most fraught conflict then going in that part of the country: A looming battle between Turkey and the Kurds of northern Iraq. Turkey had 200,000 troops to its ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Applauds Turkey For Welcoming Kurdish ... Kurdish independence now being supported by … Turkey? INTERNATIONAL > US Senate Majority Leader 'Applauds Turkey For ... |
Fox News (blog) | Turkey Gives Up On Unified Iraq Daily Beast ISTANBUL — With ISIS jihadists reportedly preparing for an attack on the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, there are signs that the Erdogan government in neighboring Turkey is giving up on the survival of Iraq as a unified state. Such a move would be a ... Iraq crisis: Is Turkey's government supporting ISIS? Turkey vulnerable amid crisis in Iraq Turkey warns citizens to leave all but Iraq's Kurdish north |
BBC News | Sledgehammer: Turkey 'Erdogan coup plotters' to be freed BBC News A Turkish court has ordered the release of 230 military officers jailed over a 2003 plot to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Wednesday, Turkey's highest court ruled that the original trial had been flawed, opening the ... ERDOGAN SAYS EUROPE WITHOUT TURKEY IS UNIMAGINABLE Turkey court orders release of 230 military 'plotters' Turkey orders release of 230 'plotters' |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey Would Support Iraqi Kurds' Bid For Self-Rule, Spokesman Says In ... Huffington Post ERBIL, Iraq -- In a statement that could have a dramatic impact on regional politics in the Middle East, a spokesman for Turkey's ruling party recently told a Kurdish media outlet that the Kurds in Iraq have the right to self-determination. The ... Iraq Hostages Show Turkey's Exposure in Violent Region Hold Turkey and Saudi Arabia Accountable Turkey concerned over ISIL terror activities in Iraq |
BBC News | Turkey gives life sentences to surviving 1980 coup leaders BBC News Turkey has given life sentences to the two surviving leaders of the 1980 coup, ex-army leader Gen Kenan Evren, 97, and Gen Tahsin Sahinkaya, 89. The two officers, who did not appear in court due to ill health, are the first to be tried for a coup in ... Leaders of 1980 military coup in Turkey are jailed for life after showcase trial Turkey hands life sentences to 1980 coup leaders 1980 coup leaders given life sentences in Turkey |
Turkey expects withdrawal from FATF's grey list in the next meeting Daily Sabah ANKARA – Turkish officials believe that Turkey has clearly demonstrated its commitment to comply with international standards as stipulated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and expects it to be taken off of FATF's grey list during the ... |
Turkey remains popular destination for Gulf tourists—tourism authority Asharq Alawsat English London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Turkey's intake of visitors from the Gulf region is on the up, the country's tourism authority said on Tuesday, with the world's sixth-most popular tourism destination reporting a healthy year-on-year rise in tourists from ... |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey Sentences 1980 Coup Leaders to Life Imprisonment Wall Street Journal Turkish leftist demonstrators hold pictures of people who were executed or died in jail during the military rule that followed the 1980 coup in Turkey, in front of a courthouse in Ankara on June 18, 2014. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. ISTANBUL ... |
Busier-Than-Heathrow Ambition Spurs Turkey's Biggest Loan Bloomberg Banks are buying into Turkey's ambition to create one of the world's busiest aviation hubs as they prepare to finance the country's largest corporate loan. Five Turkish companies contracted to build Istanbul's third airport are going to banks for about ... |
Hurriyet Daily News | ENERGY > Turkey seeks lower Russian gas prices Hurriyet Daily News Energy Minister Taner Yıldız, who is attending the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow, said Turkey purchases 42 million cubic meters of Russian gas daily via the West Stream pipeline, which currently supplies 12.5 percent of Turkey's natural gas ... Turkey Is the Big Winner Following the Crisis in Ukraine |