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New Greek Defense Minister Prompts Turkey To Scramble Jets - Huffington Post Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:37:48 GMT

Huffington Post

New Greek Defense Minister Prompts Turkey To Scramble Jets Huffington Post ATHENS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Greece's new nationalist defense minister prompted Greece's perennial rival Turkey to scramble jets on Friday, just days after he took office, by flying over uninhabited islets off the Turkish coast that nearly triggered a ... New Greek nationalist defence minister resurrects old tensions with TurkeyThe Guardian Greek minister's Kardak visit may resurrect old tensions with TurkeyDaily Sabah all 1,628 news articles »

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Erdoğan: presidential Turkey would be like UK, where Queen's in charge - The Guardian Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:26:07 GMT

The Guardian

Erdoğan: presidential Turkey would be like UK, where Queen's in charge The Guardian When taking up office he vowed to be an active president who would use his mandate to strengthen what had until then been a largely ceremonial post and to push for the necessary constitutional change that would turn Turkey's parliamentary system into a ... Turkey's Erdogan says history will be the judge of the 'Armenian genocide ...Washington Post (blog) Erdogan: Turkey ready 'to pay price' if found guilty of Armenian massacresAl-Arabiya Turkey will pay if found guilty of mass Armenian killings: ErdoganThe Daily Star Daily Sabah -Arab News -Hurriyet Daily News all 91 news articles »

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Turkey tells Kurdish rebels to lay down arms in March - Al-Arabiya Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:18:52 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Turkey tells Kurdish rebels to lay down arms in March Al-Arabiya Kurdish civilians carry Kurdish flags and a picture of Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), as they celebrate, after it was reported that Kurdish forces took control of the Syrian town of Kobani. (Reuters) ... Turkey: PKK to disarm by 21 March, Deputy PM AkdoganThe North Africa Post Turkey's Deputy PM: Solution process on trackTurkish Press all 8 news articles »

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Trench Warfare in Turkey - Foreign Policy (blog) Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:05:14 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Trench Warfare in Turkey Foreign Policy (blog) These battles between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces now threaten to undermine peace talks between Ankara and the PKK's jailed spiritual leader, Abdullah Ocalan, aimed at ending Turkey's 30-year Kurdish insurgency. and more »

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Spanish Patriots Deployed to Southern Turkey - DefenseNews.com Sat, 31 Jan 2015 03:57:56 GMT

DefenseNews.com

Spanish Patriots Deployed to Southern Turkey DefenseNews.com ANKARA — Patriot air defense systems sent by Spain to Turkey as part of a NATO mission were deployed at a base in the Adana province, southern Turkey, officials said. Five launchers were deployed at the base, each equipped with four missiles, the ...

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Turkey Scrambles to Undo 'Mistaken' Publication of Armenian Genocide ... - Breitbart News Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:20:49 GMT

Breitbart News

Turkey Scrambles to Undo 'Mistaken' Publication of Armenian Genocide ... Breitbart News This is Turkey's second major blunder concerning Armenia in just weeks. Earlier this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited world leaders, including Armenian President Serzh Sarkysian, to participate in festivities to be held in Turkey ... Armenia will draw conclusions about countries that prefer to visit Turkey on ...Armenpress.am Armenian president describes Turkey's April 24 invitation as 'cynical and ...Hurriyet Daily News Turkey foreign ministry 'mistakenly' posts 'Armenian Genocide Monument'Al-Arabiya Aysor -ArmeniaNow.com -Armenialiberty.org all 76 news articles »

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Why is Turkey censoring lingerie, antique books? - Al-Monitor Fri, 30 Jan 2015 07:59:27 GMT

Why is Turkey censoring lingerie, antique books? Al-Monitor When did Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been praised by international media for its democratic reforms during its first few years in power, start to turn into what it is today — a ruthless political machine that cracks ...

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Turkey's Central Bank caves on interest rates - Al-Monitor Sat, 31 Jan 2015 01:47:16 GMT

Business Recorder

Turkey's Central Bank caves on interest rates Al-Monitor Turkey can't tolerate those rates a single day.” Following Bulut's post, the Central Bank announced it could bring forward the Monetary Policy Committee's next meeting from Feb. 24 to Feb. 4, raising questions about its independence. And why Feb. 4? Turkey Central Bank Says Envisaged Rate Cut Cycle Is CautiousBloomberg Turkey Tries to Stem a Sliding LiraBarron's (blog) EconomyTurkey backtracks on rate cutting meetingFinancial Times Wall Street Journal -Yahoo! Maktoob News -Today's Zaman all 53 news articles »

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Kobane residents flow into Turkey's largest refugee camp - Ma'an News Agency Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:09:02 GMT

The Daily Star

Kobane residents flow into Turkey's largest refugee camp Ma'an News Agency Opened on Sunday just several kilometers from the Syrian border, the new compound near the town of Suruc is the largest refugee camp yet in Turkey, and has begun taking in some of the estimated 200,000 people who fled Kobane after it came under IS ... Ain al-Arab residents flow into Turkey's largest refugee campThe Daily Star Kurdish Victory in Kobani Defeat for Turkish PolicyU.S. News & World Report Top Congressmen: Turkey Must Do More To Stop ISIS Fighters Moving Into EuropeBuzzFeed News all 204 news articles »

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Turkey's $7.9 Billion Mystery Money That's Simply Vanished - Bloomberg Thu, 29 Jan 2015 06:29:48 GMT

Turkey's $7.9 Billion Mystery Money That's Simply Vanished Bloomberg Turkey attracted $7.9 billion of income from unexplained sources during the first eight months of 2014, compared to an outflow of $90 million during the same period a year ago, according to the central bank data. In the three months that followed, $5.6 ... and more »