Al-Arabiya | 9 British medical students feared to be in Syria via Turkey Fox News About 700 Britons have traveled to Syria to join extremists, authorities say, and critics say police should do more to try to stop young people -- many of them teenagers -- from making the journey. Many travel to Turkey, using it as a jumping off point ... Turkey's top religious body says IVF is 'unacceptable and like adultery' |
Mashable | Kurdish rebel leader calls for end to conflict with Turkey Mashable Though Ocalan's group, the Kurdistan Worker's Party or PKK, is listed as a terrorist organization in the U.S., the European Union and Turkey, it is viewed as a savior to many of Turkey's Kurds who were suffocated for years by the state — banned from ... Renewing Call to End Turkey Conflict, Kurdish Rebel Leader Hails 'New Era' Kurdish Rebel Leader Repeats Call to End Armed Struggle in Turkey Kurd leader Ocalan calls for congress to end Turkey armed struggle |
Financial Times | EU and Turkey look to deepen trade ties Financial Times Turkey and the EU are preparing to strengthen their two-decade old customs union, in an effort to deepen ties despite Ankara's stalled membership negotiations and tensions over foreign fighters travelling through Turkish territory. Senior officials ... Turkey's president Erdogan told to 'stop interfering' in government business Turkey President, PM at Odds Over Kurdish Peace Efforts Erdogan's lobbying exposes fractures in Turkey's ruling party |
EurActiv | A more even-handed stance toward Turkey and Azerbaijan EurActiv Europe's moderate Muslim allies – Turkey and Azerbaijan – might be the key to the fight against terrorism, writes Joshua Noonan. Joshua Noonan is an independent analyst and frequent commentator on Turkish and post-Soviet issues. He is a graduate of the ... Turkey has an absolute share in liberation of Kobani, says KRG PM Barzani |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey Tightens Border With Syria Amid Terrorism Fears Wall Street Journal Turkey partially closed its last two border gates into Syria this month amid fears of an impending terror attack, highlighting Ankara's difficulties in coping with a humanitarian crisis on its doorstep while trying to stop the flow of foreign jihadists ... Turkey says Canadian among medics who travelled to ISIS territory Turkey sidelines itself in US-led coalition against IS INTERNATIONAL > Nine British medics entered Syria via Turkey, MP confirms |
Newsweek | Outbreak of Swine Flu Kills 30 in Turkey Newsweek Turkey's health minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu, told local media in Ankara that an additional five people have died from the influenza B virus and four others from the H3N2 strain in the 2014-2015 flu season, which typically runs from November to April. Swine flu kills 30 in Turkey, minister assuages concerns Turkey: 30 people died from swine flu since 2014 |
Turkey urged to shun Vestel's bid to protect mobile phone sector Reuters Vestel says facing surge in mobile phone imports to Turkey. * EU, Taiwan say no such surge, complain of protectionism. * WTO allows safeguard tariffs under strict conditions. By Tom Miles. GENEVA, March 23 (Reuters) - The European Union and Taiwan ... |
Turkey's Policy towards 'Frozen Conflicts' and the Ukrainian Crisis European Leadership Network Three 'frozen conflicts' areas in the South Caucasus - in Nagorno Karabakh (NK), Abkhazia and South Ossetia - are situated near Turkey's north-eastern border. Another conflict to its north, in Ukraine, typified by Russia's annexation of Crimea and the ... |
The Moscow Times | Turkey's first nuclear plant delayed, 'not ready before 2022' Reuters Dependant on imports for almost all of its energy, Turkey has embarked on an ambitious nuclear program, commissioning Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) in 2013 to build four 1,200 megawatt (MW) reactors. With energy import costs at ... Turkey's First Nuclear Plant Likely to Be Delayed to 2022 Russian Nuclear Plants in Turkey 'Not Ready Before 2022' |
Why should Turkey take the European Parliament seriously? Daily Sabah Some circles in the EU that are against Turkey's EU membership are now playing their last hand on the eve of the general elections in Turkey to be held on June 7. They have only one goal, and that is to interfere with the Turkish public's right to vote ... |