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Busted! Turkey caught smuggling weapons to al-Qaida - WND.com Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:15:43 GMT

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Busted! Turkey caught smuggling weapons to al-Qaida WND.com According to the hacked documents, however, Turkish intelligence smuggling of weapons to al-Qaida occurred last year and may still be occurring, suggesting that such activities continue to be sanctioned by Erdogan, who now is the Turkish president ... and more »

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Plan to expand bombing campaign in Syria stalls amid US-Turkey disagreements - Washington Post Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:28:23 GMT

Plan to expand bombing campaign in Syria stalls amid US-Turkey disagreements Washington Post A plan to expand the U.S.-led coalition bombing campaign against the Islamic State in Syria, along the Turkish border west of the besieged town of Kobane, has been put on hold because Turkey and the Obama administration have failed to agree on its ... and more »

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For Armenia, Is Turkey's Gallipoli Invite Good-Hearted Or Backhanded? - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Sun, 18 Jan 2015 13:44:05 GMT

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For Armenia, Is Turkey's Gallipoli Invite Good-Hearted Or Backhanded? RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty But Richard Giragosian, the director of the Regional Studies Center, an independent Yerevan think tank, says those Armenians who support normalization between Armenia and Turkey will see the invitation as a welcome, if somewhat disingenuous, step. Muslims never guilty of 'terrorist massacres,' Turkey's Erdogan insistsFox News Turkey: Criminal probe into newspaper's coverage of Charlie Hebdo a chilling ...Amnesty International Turkey's Erdogan Warns of Clash of Civilizations Following AttacksNewsweek DesMoinesRegister.com -Daily Sabah all 193 news articles »

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Suspect's escape to Syria shows Turkey's role as jihadi highway - News & Observer Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:25:08 GMT

News & Observer

Suspect's escape to Syria shows Turkey's role as jihadi highway News & Observer Turkey insists it is taking steps to stop the flow of recruits to the Islamic State. But visits by a McClatchy reporter to Akcakale and three nearby villages found that a foreigner can easily cross into Syria. Smugglers' fees are a pittance, as little ... Turkey is not to blame for foreign jihadist actionsAl-Arabiya Escape to Syria of Charlie Hebdo suspect shows Turkey's role as jihadi highwayCharlotte Observer Hayat Boumeddiene's easy route: How terrorists slip through Turkey into SyriaSydney Morning Herald RT all 123 news articles »

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Turkey Threatens to Block Social Media Over Released Documents - New York Times Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:47:43 GMT

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Turkey Threatens to Block Social Media Over Released Documents New York Times ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish officials threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless the social-media company blocked the account of a left-wing newspaper that had circulated documents about a military police raid on Turkish Intelligence Agency ... Turkey will ban Twitter unless it blocks a newspaper's accountEngadget Turkey Is Blackmailing Twitter Into Censorship (Again)Gizmodo Turkey Wants Twitter Accounts CensoredCapital OTC The Register -SlashGear -Insider Monkey (blog) all 22 news articles »

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Turkey's economy - The Economist Sat, 17 Jan 2015 03:27:34 GMT

Turkey's economy The Economist IT IS a measure of how weak Turkey's opposition parties are that they see an economic crisis as their sole hope of ejecting the conservative Justice and Development (AK) Party government. In the summer of 2013 their dreams seemed within reach: America ... and more »

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France quite content with Turkey on security: Envoy - Hurriyet Daily News Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:04:23 GMT

Hurriyet Daily News

France quite content with Turkey on security: Envoy Hurriyet Daily News Paris is entirely happy with the level of cooperation it is receiving from Ankara on intelligence-sharing regarding extremist plots, according to France's envoy to Turkey. Suggestions in some quarters of the French media that Turkey is not pulling its ...

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Dutch opposition says has documents proving Turkey sent arms to Syrian jihadists - Today's Zaman (press release) (blog) Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:45:22 GMT

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Dutch opposition says has documents proving Turkey sent arms to Syrian jihadists Today's Zaman (press release) (blog) The Dutch opposition Christian Democratic Party (CDA) announced that it has confidential documents proving that Turkey had sent weapons to al-Qaeda militants in Syria and that it conveyed the documents to the Dutch government, according to a BBC ... and more »

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Turkey faces danger from fighters crossing into Syria and Iraq: sources - Asharq Alawsat English Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:17:53 GMT

Asharq Alawsat English

Turkey faces danger from fighters crossing into Syria and Iraq: sources Asharq Alawsat English Ümit Özdağ, the head of the Ankara-based foreign affairs think tank, 21st Century Turkey Institute, told Asharq Al-Awsat that around 12,000 fighters had crossed over Turkey's border with Syria, most of whom were now fighting for either the Islamic ... Erdogan's Turkey drifts away from the westFinancial Times ISIS's Wave on Reshaping Turkish Foreign Policy Towards Iraqi KurdistanBasNews all 3 news articles »

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Our “ally” Turkey's idea of freedom of speech - Hot Air Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:03:37 GMT

Our “ally” Turkey's idea of freedom of speech Hot Air Of course, Turkey wasn't alone in this. Even the hosts of the event, the French, were busy arresting more than fifty people for admittedly horrible, hateful statements toward Jews. While I agree that French society is entirely justified in condemning ...