FRANCE 24 | Obama discusses Yemen, Iran in call with Turkey's Erdogan Reuters The hour-long call was initiated by Turkey, sources in the Turkish president's office said. It came on a day when Erdogan later complained at a news conference that "Iran is trying to dominate the region" and must withdraw forces from Yemen, Syria and ... Turkey supports Saudi mission in Yemen, says Iran must withdraw Turkey, Egypt join military operation against Houthis in Yemen Turkey's Erdogan says can't tolerate Iran bid to dominate Middle East |
National Geographic | Massive Underground City Found in Cappadocia Region of Turkey National Geographic Now a housing construction project may have unearthed the biggest hiding place ever found in Cappadocia, a region of central Turkey famous for the otherworldly chimney houses, cave churches, and underground cities its residents carved for millennia. |
Reuters | Distrust clouds vision of Kurdish peace in Turkey Reuters Ocalan began talks with Ankara in 2012 to end a conflict which has killed 40,000 people and stunted development in NATO-member Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, and impatience is growing in a peace process complicated by Kurds' involvement in ... For many Kurds in Turkey, ruling party continues to lure Turkey Dep. PM: We are trying to finalize solution process How the Kurds' Power Play Backfired in Turkey |
CNN | Cartoonists convicted for insulting Turkey's President CNN (CNN) A court in Turkey this week sentenced two cartoonists to 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Soon after, the court changed the jail sentence to a fine of 7,000 Turkish lira or about $2,700 each. Turkey's Erdogan says Iran and "terrorist groups" must leave Yemen - France 24 Turkey, Ivory Coast to boost bilateral relations Muiznieks condemns sentence against cartoonists, urges Turkey to ... |
The Atlantic | In Turkey, Not Even Posters of Women Are Safe From Violence The Atlantic The murder caused a nationwide outpouring of anger over the treatment of women in Turkey, a country that has long struggled with high rates of gender-based violence relative to European countries. As Christina Asquith, a journalist in Istanbul, noted ... |
International Business Times | Islamic State Bomb Attack: Pro-ISIS Adimlar Magazine In Turkey Attacked, Staff ... International Business Times Adimlar is a radical magazine that prints anti-Western content and is published by supporters of the Great Eastern Islamic Radiers' Front (IBDA-C), a militant group that supports Islamic rule in Turkey, the Daily Sabah, a Turkish newspaper, reported. Pro-ISIS magazine in Istanbul bombed Pro-Islamic State magazine bombed in Turkey; one dead In Turkey: Bomb attack on pro-ISIS newspaper kills 1 person |
TIME | Discover the Cultural Treasure Turkey Threatens to Flood TIME Discover the Cultural Treasure Turkey Threatens to Flood. Andrew Katz @katz. March 25, 2015. SHARE. Construction of the hydroelectric Ilisu Dam threatens the ancient village of Hasankeyf. Discover the Cultural Treasure Turkey Threatens to Flood. A ... |
Reuters | Turkey unveils Great Synagogue as Jewish population fades Reuters Now a five-year, $2.5 million government project has restored the synagogue's lead-clad domes and resplendent interior ahead of its Thursday re-opening, the first temple to open in Turkey in two generations, but one without worshippers. It is part of a ... Ottoman Era Synagogue Reopens in Turkey Following Restoration Turkey: Great Synagogue welcomes faithful after 50 years Great Synagogue of Edirne in Turkey, Europe's third largest synagogue, reopens ... |
Turkey Hill clerks testify about robbery Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Maurer appeared Thursday before District Judge Martin Kane in Wilkes-Barre for his first of three preliminary hearings for robbing Turkey Hill stores. Thursday's hearing dealt with the March 12th robbery at the store on East Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. |
The Guardian | Erdoğan plan for super-presidency puts Turkey's democracy at stake The Guardian Erdoğan, the founding leader of the neo-Islamist Justice and Development party (AKP), has ruled Turkey in increasingly authoritarian fashion since becoming prime minister in 2003. Barred under party rules from seeking a fourth term, he switched to the ... Turkey's Deputy PM trashes Ankara mayor after call to quit A Multi-faceted Crisis Surrounding Turkey Turkey at a crossroads |