Wall Street Journal | Russian Claims Against Turkey on Islamic State Oil Unfounded, Officials and ... Wall Street Journal ISTANBUL—Moscow has resurrected accusations by rivals of Turkey's most powerful leaders that Ankara has covertly fueled the rise of Islamic State, deepening the diplomatic rift over last week's shootdown of a Russian bomber. Led by President Vladimir ... Turkey won't be 'brought to its knees' by Russian sanctions, Turkish PM vows Tension Increases Between Turkey-Russia Over Syria Russia presented 'evidence' today of Turkey's oil ties to ISIS - but it has a ... |
New York Times | Is Gollum Good or Evil? Jail Term in Turkey Hinges on Answer New York Times Dr. Ciftci lost his job with the Public Health Institution of Turkey after sharing the meme, and he faces a two-year prison sentence, the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman reported. After a judge said he did not know enough about the Tolkien creature to ... On the possibility of defaming the sensitive president of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan |
Business Insider | Turkey is deploying troops near ISIS's most important city Business Insider Turkey is deploying over 100 military personnel in Iraq's Mosul region in order to help train anti-ISIS fighters, Reuters reports, citing a Turkish security force. "Turkish soldiers have reached the Mosul Bashiqa region. They are there as part of ... 'Incursion': Baghdad demands Turkey withdraw 'training' troops from northern Iraq Turkey Sends Battalion Into Iraq Turkey's Iraq deployment not part of US-led coalition: officials |
RT | Iran ready to present proof of Turkey's oil trade with ISIS – Tehran official RT Iran has evidence of illegal oil trade between Turkey and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) – and is ready to deliver the information to Ankara and the public, a state official said. Tehran has gathered photos and video footage of oil trucks ... Russia's UK embassy is trolling Turkey on Twitter over the country's alleged ... Iraqi Kurds refute Russia's claims on Turkey-Daesh oil trade, say tankers ... Kurds Deny Russian Claims That Turkey Buys IS Oil |
The Week Magazine | Turkey is now a huge liability for NATO — and America The Week Magazine When Turkey entered the NATO defense alliance in 1952, it was a major coup for Europe and for America. Turkey had control of the strategically important Bosphorus Strait and the Dardanelles. The NATO alliance could therefore exercise a preemptively ... Turkey seeks to diversify gas supplies amid dispute with Russia Russia halts Turkey gas project talks amid Syria row Turkey gives the cold shoulder to US proposal to seal Syria border |
Vladimir Putin fancies himself a tsar standing up to Turkey's would-be sultan Quartz Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane has exposed tensions between Putin and Turkey's parallel autocrat, president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Erdoğan has long argued that after World War I, Turkey's border with Syria was drawn unjustly, dividing brotherly ... |
The Guardian | Turkey detains 3000 refugees after EU deal The Guardian The detentions were part of an operation launched on Monday, a day after Turkey and the European Union reached a deal to stem the flow of refugees into Europe. The Turkish coastguard apprehended a total of 2,933 people, mainly from Syria and Iraq, ... Turkey rounds up 3000 migrants planning to cross into Greece |
Telegraph.co.uk | Germany 'draws up plans to prevent sharing intelligence' with Nato ally Turkey Telegraph.co.uk But German commanders are concerned Turkey may use surveillance information from the flights to direct attacks against Kurdish forces allied to the West. Ankara has been carrying out its own air strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in ... |
International Business Times | Amid Russia War Talk, NATO Sends Warships To Black Sea Near Turkey, Ukraine International Business Times The Black Sea sits between several countries with strained relations of late, including Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. Russian-Turkish relations have been particularly tense in recent weeks, after Turkey shot down a Russian jet in Syrian airspace in November. |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Turkey's Hapless Opposition Foreign Policy (blog) The results of Turkey's stunning Nov. 1 election, which marked a remarkable comeback for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), came as a huge surprise to Turks and foreign observers alike. In the previous ... |