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Turkey shuns key role in fighting Islamic State - USA TODAY Thu, 18 Sep 2014 23:09:42 GMT

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Turkey shuns key role in fighting Islamic State
USA TODAY
ISTANBUL — Turkey is strategically located along the Iraq and Syria borders, hosts a U.S. air base and has been a main source of Islamic State recruits. Yet NATO's second-biggest force is likely to play only a limited role in the U.S.-led coalition ...
Turkey opens border to Syrian Kurds fleeing ISBBC News
PKK Appeals to Kurds in Turkey to Fight for KobaneRudaw
Syrian Kurds, Arabs flee toward Turkey border as Islamic State advancesWashington Post
Daily Sabah -Lynchburg News and Advance -Wall Street Journal
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Turkey may welcome Muslim Brotherhood brass after ouster from Qatar - Fox News Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:44:17 GMT

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Turkey may welcome Muslim Brotherhood brass after ouster from Qatar
Fox News
They're pariahs in much of the Middle East, but the Muslim Brotherhood may find the welcome mat in Turkey, a NATO ally that nonetheless seems unmoved by regional and western pressure to shun the Islamist organization. Kicked out of Egypt after a brief ...
Turkey Takes in Terrorists from the Muslim BrotherhoodDaily Beast
Turkey to draw Egypt's ire by hosting MBAl-Arabiya
Three Muslim Brotherhood leaders arrive in Turkey after leaving QatarToday's Zaman

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IU President McRobbie to lead university delegation to Turkey - IU Newsroom Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:00:53 GMT

IU President McRobbie to lead university delegation to Turkey
IU Newsroom
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- IU President Michael A. McRobbie will leave Sunday for a weeklong visit to Turkey -- one of the most prominent and largest nations in the Middle East and a country at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. During this visit ...
Turkey struggles in search for sustainabilityEuromoney Magazine

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UNDERSTANDING TURKEY'S STANCE ON ISIS - Daily Sabah Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:11:30 GMT

UNDERSTANDING TURKEY'S STANCE ON ISIS
Daily Sabah
At the meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Turkey didn't sign the joint communique that also emphasized military measures against ISIS. Turkey didn't join the meeting held at the beginning of the week either. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and ...

TURKEY, ALLIES, NON-ALLIES! - Daily Sabah Fri, 19 Sep 2014 23:15:45 GMT

TURKEY, ALLIES, NON-ALLIES!
Daily Sabah
As world leaders head to the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, the world is going through another period of terror, chaos and uncertainty. The current global system is rendered largely ineffective and dysfunctional by self ...

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Obama Speech Leads to More ISIS Recruits, Mainly from Turkey - Breitbart News Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:54:20 GMT

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Obama Speech Leads to More ISIS Recruits, Mainly from Turkey
Breitbart News
"Turkey paved the way for us. Had Turkey not shown such understanding for us, the Islamic State would not be in its current place. It [Turkey] showed us affection. Large [numbers] of our mujahedeen received medical treatment in Turkey,” said an ...

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Christian Science Monitor: Why NATO Ally Turkey Won't Fight with US Against ... - Syria Deeply Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:56:39 GMT

Christian Science Monitor: Why NATO Ally Turkey Won't Fight with US Against ...
Syria Deeply
ISTANBUL — When Washington sought to rally world and regional partners last week for an assault on the jihadis of the Islamic State, one crucial ally was notably reluctant: Turkey. Turkey, a NATO member with the alliance's second largest army, is seen ...

Can Turkey set up a buffer zone inside Syria? - Al-Monitor Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:28:56 GMT

Can Turkey set up a buffer zone inside Syria?
Al-Monitor
Meanwhile, IS — which is holding hostage Turkey's Mosul consul general and 48 consulate staff and family members — continues to pose serious problems for Ankara. The recent advances reportedly secured by the group in northern Syria are resulting in a ...
'Turkey cannot impose buffer zone alone, needs int'l backing'Hurriyet Daily News

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Turkey confident on EU accession - Daily Sabah Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:53:34 GMT

Turkey confident on EU accession
Daily Sabah
The meeting with Fule - the first one since Bozkır was appointed to his current position - allowed both side an opportunity to exchange views on EU-Turkey relations as well as Turkey's accession process, including the progress report due on October 8.

USING THE WESTERN PRESS TO PUSH TURKEY INTO A CORNER - Daily Sabah Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:18:41 GMT

USING THE WESTERN PRESS TO PUSH TURKEY INTO A CORNER
Daily Sabah
It is no surprise that the Western press is once again being manipulated to force Turkey's hand to "cooperate" with the Western powers to wipe out the extremists of the selfproclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The fact that Ankara is a ...