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 ... EUROPE > Greek minister leaves wreath at Aegean hotspot, sparking ... HASAN KANBOLAT |
The Guardian | New Greek nationalist defence minister resurrects old tensions with Turkey The Guardian Greece's new nationalist defence minister has prompted Turkey to scramble fighter jets just days after taking office by taking a helicopter trip over the uninhabited islets off the Turkish coast that nearly triggered a war in 1996. Turkish jets entered ... Greek minister's Kardak visit may resurrect old tensions with Turkey Greek minister leaves wreath at Aegean hotspot, sparking confrontation with ... Turkey's first crisis with the new Greek government is over Kardak |
WOODTV.com | Wild turkey roams near GR grocery store WOODTV.com A wild turkey is often spotted roaming near a Grand Rapids store during the winter months (The turkey in the Family Fare parking lot.) On Saturday morning, a 24 Hour News 8 staff member spotted a wild turkey in the parking lot of the Family Fare ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Trench Warfare in Turkey Foreign Policy (blog) This isn't the formerly besieged Syrian hamlet of Kobani or another Middle Eastern war zone — it's Cizre, an overwhelmingly Kurdish town situated on Turkey's southeastern border with Syria and Iraq. These battles between the Kurdistan Workers' Party ... |
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 ... |
Toronto Star | The US needs Turkey in the war against ISIS The Hill (blog) Since the Syrian conflict first erupted in 2011, Turkey has allowed the use of its air space, opened up humanitarian corridors to Syrian refugees, and shared invaluable information with its allies across the region, all of which allowed for the ... War with Isis: The struggle to rebuild life in Kobani as fighting continues in ... 'We are so proud' – the women who died defending Kobani against Isis Islamic State fighters acknowledge defeat in Syrian town of Kobani |
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 ... Turkey's Erdogan accuses rivals of working with Mossad Turkey's Erdogan: I want to be like the Queen of England |
After Syriza win, take a closer look at Turkey's economy Al-Arabiya Turkey created 1.3 million jobs in 2014, marking a total of six million jobs created following the 2008 global economic crisis. According to these numbers, if Turkey were an EU member, the unemployment rate of the EU could be much less. Turkey's growth ... Can Turkey Slow An Energy Boom In Cyprus? |
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 Akdogan Turkey's Deputy PM: Solution process on track |
Times of India | Engineers among 9 ISIS bound Indians deported by Turkey Times of India Among those sent back from Turkey are engineers Ibrahim Nowfal, 24, from Hassan and Javeed Baba, 24, from Khammam district, Telangana. The remaining seven belonged to a family from Chennai - Muhammed Abdul Ahad, 46, his wife and their five ... Turkey airport police hunt extremists en route to Syria Turkey deports 9 Indians, plan to join IS suspected Nine Indians held at Turkey-Syria border, deported |