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Turkey rejects EU offer on refugee crisis - Aljazeera.com Fri, 16 Oct 2015 20:39:27 GMT

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Turkey rejects EU offer on refugee crisis Aljazeera.com A proposed financial package from the EU to Turkey to help ease the refugee crisis is "unacceptable" and "insignificant", the country's foreign minister has said. Feridun Sinirlioglu slammed the offer on Friday, without giving specific details, saying ... Turkey used to be a model state. So what went wrong?The Guardian Migrant crisis: Turkey says no deal done on EU action planBBC News Turkey rebuffs EU on refugee deal, accuses bloc of 'political bribery'Al Jazeera America Irish Times -Financial Times -Daily Mail all 1,360 news articles »

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Turkey downs drone near Syrian border; Russia denies aircraft lost - Washington Post Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:36:03 GMT

Washington Post

Turkey downs drone near Syrian border; Russia denies aircraft lost Washington Post BEIRUT — Turkey said its warplanes shot down a drone Friday near its border with Syria, underscoring heightened hostility in the region's increasingly crowded airspace. The aircraft was warned three times to turn back before being fired on by Turkish ... Turkish air force reports it shot down unidentified droneCNN Turkey downs 'drone' on Syria borderBBC News As Assad Launches Aleppo Assault, Turkey Downs a DroneNewsweek Huffington Post -New York Post all 3,932 news articles »

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US urges Turkey to uphold due process in journalist case - U.S. News & World Report Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:29:26 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

US urges Turkey to uphold due process in journalist case U.S. News & World Report In this Saturday Nov. 1, 2014 photograph, freelance translator Mohammed Rasool is pictured during a break while working with an Associated Press team in Turkey. In August 2015, Rasool, a 24-year-old Iraqi Kurd who has worked as a fixer for The ... and more »

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Turkey rejects offer of EU membership in exchange for halting refugee influx - Telegraph.co.uk Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:49:00 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Turkey rejects offer of EU membership in exchange for halting refugee influx Telegraph.co.uk Diplomatic sources said that Mrs Merkel would be “crucial” in helping to stand up a deal that was agreed in outline in Brussels this week, but analysts warned still faces mounting political hurdles both inside Turkey and among some EU member states. Trouble in TurkeyChicago Tribune Turkey says EU financial offer on migrants is 'unacceptable'Deutsche Welle Turkey Gives EU The Cold Shoulder On Refugee PlanABC2 News euronews -FRANCE 24 all 139 news articles »

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Turkey shoots down unidentified drone near Syrian border - The Guardian Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:32:04 GMT

The Guardian

Turkey shoots down unidentified drone near Syrian border The Guardian Turkey had warned Moscow, after several incursions by fighter jets earlier this month, that it would not tolerate further entries into its airspace. Turkish officials appeared anxious, however, to avoid an escalation on Friday, emphasising that the ... Turkey shoots down drone at Syrian borderMilitary Times Russia Says Military Agreement Near With U.S. on Syria FlightsBloomberg The Atlantic Daily: Arson at Joseph's Tomb, Hungary Shuts Border, Turkey ...The Atlantic Today's Zaman all 636 news articles »

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Angela Merkel backs deal offering Turkey up to €3bn to tighten its borders - The Guardian Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:37:10 GMT

The Guardian

Angela Merkel backs deal offering Turkey up to €3bn to tighten its borders The Guardian Merkel will travel to Istanbul on Sunday for talks with Erdoğan and Davutoğlu, after signalling for weeks that she is ready to reach out to Turkey, recognising the key role it has to play in any attempt to curb the thousands of refugees and migrants ... Turkey: Merkel must ensure rights of refugees not cut out of EU-Turkey dealAmnesty International Inside Europe: Turkey holds the cardsDeutsche Welle all 407 news articles »

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Hungary closes border to refugees as Turkey questions EU deal to stem crisis - The Guardian Sat, 17 Oct 2015 02:27:05 GMT

The Guardian

Hungary closes border to refugees as Turkey questions EU deal to stem crisis The Guardian While the summit was underway, the volatile situation on the EU's frontier with Turkey exploded into violence with the fatal shooting of an Afghan refugee crossing the border from Turkey to Bulgaria, which the UN refugee agency said was the first of ... and more »

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Police Ignored Turkeys ISIS Teahouse of Death - Daily Beast Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:04:56 GMT

Daily Beast

Police Ignored Turkeys ISIS Teahouse of Death Daily Beast ISTANBUL — Turkey's police and intelligence services may have ignored a wave of warnings about potential suicide bombers from the so-called Islamic State that could have prevented the deadly blasts in Ankara that killed almost 100 people last weekend. and more »

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Turkey's Changing Role in the New Middle East - Daily Signal Fri, 16 Oct 2015 20:58:05 GMT

Daily Signal

Turkey's Changing Role in the New Middle East Daily Signal That was the boast made three years ago by Ahmet Davutoglu, then Turkey's foreign minister, today its prime minister. Events have not justified his confidence: Last weekend's bombing in Ankara, the deadliest in Turkey's modern history, is only the most ... Death toll in Turkey's twin bombings rises to 102 - prosecutor's officeChannel News Asia Opinion: Dangerous game with TurkeyDeutsche Welle Turkish PM Davutoglu tries to distance Daesh and Turkey, ends up saying they ...Al-Bawaba Hurriyet Daily News all 281 news articles »

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Turkey's worst terror attack ever 'was a disaster waiting to happen' - Business Insider Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:54:30 GMT

Business Insider

Turkey's worst terror attack ever 'was a disaster waiting to happen' Business Insider The other brother, Omer Deniz Dundar, had traveled to Syria and upon returning home to Adiyaman in southeastern Turkey, was acting so strangely that his father asked police to "lock him up." Authorities allegedly ignored his request. Both bombers ... Why Turkey must reform to avoid another terrorist atrocityCNN International The Ankara Bomber Owned One of Turkey's Most Well-Known ISIS HangoutsBloomberg Turkey Fires Security Officials After Attack in AnkaraNew York Times Carnegie Europe -CNN -BBC News all 2,240 news articles »