Aljazeera.com | Hundreds cross into Turkey from Syria Aljazeera.com Activists on the Turkish border said that Turkish authorities allowed Syrian refugees in Raqqa province to cross into Turkey on Wednesday after another group of hundreds crossed over to Turkey on June 4. Since last week, thousands of civilians from ... Syrians fleeing to an ISIS border crossing are exposing Turkey's open secret Syrian refugees enter Turkey after fleeing Isis fighting – in pictures Turkey's Erdogan says West backing Kurdish 'terrorists' in Syria |
New York Times | Kurds Have Bigger Prize in Mind After Political Gains in Turkey New York Times The Kurds, a population of roughly 30 million spread across Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria, have historically been treated as second-class citizens by autocratic governments and have long dreamed of their own state. Their aspirations were thwarted by ... Erdogan urges swift government Turkey's Next Government Turkey's AKP Party Struggles to Mend Internal Rift |
Yahoo News | Turkey's Erdogan breaks silence to push for coalition Yahoo News Erdogan's comments added weight to expectations of a coalition government in Turkey after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) he co-founded lost its majority in Sunday's dramatic polls. "Everyone should put their egos aside and a government ... Postelection High in Turkey's Kurdish Regions Fades Amid Violence A Welcome Victory for Democracy in Turkey Turkey's Erdogan urges parties to put differences aside |
Voice of America | In Post-Election Scramble, Turkey Puts IS Fight on Hold Voice of America WASHINGTON—. Hundreds of Turkish parliamentarians have six weeks to form a government. But after more than a decade of one-party dominance, and a history of failed coalitions in Ankara, experts tell VOA there may be little change in how Turkey deals ... MİT providing ISIL militants safe passage through Turkey, daily claims US Wants to See Turkey Doing More to Curb Syria-bound Fighters US Says Turkey Must Play Bigger Role to Cut Flow of Terrorists Into Syria |
New York Times | How Hope Returned to Turkey New York Times The “Oy ve Otesi” (Votes and More) volunteers had set up in a coffee shop — the Wi-Fi, power outlets and caffeine making it an ideal activist gathering spot in this neighborhood, a stronghold of Turkey's ruling party, the Islamist Justice and ... Turkey becomes first domino for emerging market debtors as politics split country |
TIME | Sen. Ted Cruz: Obama Has No Complete ISIS Strategy — Turkey Can Help TIME In Sunday's parliamentary elections, the people of Turkey fired a warning shot against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). While it is true AKP received the largest number of votes and remains the most powerful political party in Turkey, it ... |
New York Times | Democracy Wins in Turkey New York Times Turkish voters reasserted their commitment to democracy in Sunday's parliamentary elections. More than 86 percent of them cast ballots, a level of participation far above the 57 percent turnout posted by Americans in 2012. The Turks made clear they ... |
Foreign Policy (blog) | Why Is HSBC Leaving Brazil and Turkey? Foreign Policy (blog) Once the darlings of investors, Brazil and Turkey have fallen into an economic rut of late. In Brazil, the vast inflows of capital that came seeking a safe haven during the global financial crisis have started to dry up, with the economy bogged down by ... |
Al Jazeera America | Thousands flee into Turkey from Syria as Kurds battle ISIL Al Jazeera America Thousands of people fled from Syria into Turkey this week as rebels and Kurdish forces battled Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters who are holding the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad. The refugees, many of them women and children ... |
Asbarez Armenian News | Turkey: Parliamentary Elections Give Ethnic Armenians Political Voice ValueWalk The results of Turkey's June 7 parliamentary elections denied a majority to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party. It also diversified parliament's demographic mix: the election of three ethnic Armenian deputies is being ... European Parliament Report Calls on Turkey to Recognize Armenian Genocide Paylan Calls on Diaspora, ARF to Bring Struggle to Turkey Ankara threatens to return EP's report urging Turkey to recognize Armenian ... |