New York Times | Turkey's Premier Tries to Keep Power, as President New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Just before Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's motorcade swept into the airport here, workers rolled up a red carpet that had been used for the departing president and put down a turquoise one for Mr. Erdogan. Turquoise was the ... Turkey's election Erdogan poised to win Turkey's first popular presidential vote Is Turkey sleepwalking into trouble? |
Today's Zaman | Russian demand for food poses risks, benefits for Turkey Today's Zaman Observers add that the fact that food production has diminished in Turkey this year following periods of drought, frost and hail is also another concern for suppliers if they must meet a possible surge in demand from Russia. Food remains an important ... TURKEY COULD GAIN FROM RUSSIA'S WESTERN FOOD BAN Turkey to benefit from EU-Russia row: Minister Turkey among big gainers from Russia food ban |
Today's Zaman | And the winner of Turkey's presidential election is… populism Washington Post (blog) Joshua Tucker: Continuing our series of Monkey Cage Election Reports, the following is a guest post from political scientists Sezin Öney (Bilkent University) and Emre Erdoğan (Istanbul Bilgi University). *****. The motto of Turkey´s Aug. 10 ... US House letter to Obama warns about election safety in Turkey A look at Turkey's presidential candidates İhsanoğlu: Turkey needs a president who will represent everyone |
Divisive Erdogan likely to win Turkey's first direct presidential vote Los Angeles Times A supporter carries an image of Selahattin Demirtas, the Kurdish candidate in Turkey's presidential election. Demirtas is expected to draw no more than 8% of the vote but could play kingmaker in a potential runoff Aug. 24. (Ilyas Akengin / AFP/Getty ... |
Media targeted as Erdogan bids for Turkey presidency Deutsche Welle Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wrapped up his campaign on Saturday as the clear favorite to become Turkey's first directly elected, executive-style president. In the hours before Turkey's 52 million eligible voters were to go to the polls in ... |
Turkey's presidential elections: What is at stake? Aljazeera.com When Turgut Ozal left the Motherland Party (ANAP) in 1989 to become the first civilian president of Turkey, he was intent on maintaining full control over his party. Yildirim Akbulut became the "yes-man" for Ozal as the leader of the party and the ... |
Rudaw | Turkey Vows it is Behind Erbil as Western Support Begins to Surge Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Deputy head of Turkey's ruling party, Huseyin Celik vowed that Ankara would do all it could for the Kurdistan Region, the same day a newspaper reported that Turkish jets were over Iraqi Kurdistan. “As a strategic neighbor the ... |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey's Erdogan Aims for Bigger Role: President Wall Street Journal Branded Turkey's White House by some commentators, the complex symbolizes Mr. Erdogan's ambition to beef up the presidency after the election and underscores the sense of inevitability about his victory. "There is little doubt about the result. Erdogan ... |
Turkey will not use its military against Islamic State Belleville News Democrat ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's defense minister on Saturday ruled out a Turkish military intervention against Islamic State fighters in Iraq, and said his country was not involved in U.S. airstrikes against the extremists near the Kurdish regional capital ... |
Letter from Istanbul: Erdogan's Turkey: A Trapped Oasis Lost Coast Outpost Indeed, Turkey these days is a trapped oasis in a region of escalating violence. There is the Ukraine crisis to the north, the ongoing civil war in Syria to the south, and freshly arriving refugees who are fleeing the ISIL in Iraq. And, of course ... |