New York Times | Turkey's Elections Will Test Power of the President New York Times The election will still largely be a referendum on him, and on his plans to transform Turkey's Constitution and concentrate more power in an executive presidency. A big victory would also represent a new milestone in Mr. Erdogan's drive to eclipse ... Investors Lose Appetite for Turkey Before Polls Will Elections Change Turkey's Foreign Policy? Turkey's President Erdogan borrows some bad habits |
Beyond the headscarf: Turkey's women struggle for equality BBC News Turkey is gearing up for a general election on 7 June and women are pushing to make gender equality an issue. Activists are calling for more female participation in politics and working life. Only 14% of all MPs in the last parliament were women, and ... |
New York Times | Anger and Grief Simmer in Turkey a Year After Soma Mine Disaster New York Times Ms. Yilmaz, 26, is one of 10 women from Elmadere, in western Turkey, who were widowed by the deadliest industrial disaster in modern Turkish history, the explosion and fire that tore through a coal mine in the nearby town of Soma in May 2014, leaving ... |
New York Times | Turkey key to stopping flow of ISIL recruits: Column USA TODAY According to authoritative estimates, roughly 1,000 aspiring foreign holy warriors travel to join the ranks of the Islamic State every month. Moreover, U.S. and foreign officials admit, the overwhelming majority of them do so via a single transit ... Turkey Needs Help to Combat Foreign Fighters on Border - US State Dep't |
In Turkey, Violence Against Women Is Often A Private Family Matter NPR There have been demonstrations protesting attacks against women in Turkey, but not on behalf of Mutlu Kaya. Last month, there were nationwide protests for a young woman studying at a school far from home, allegedly murdered by a minibus driver during ... |
Newsweek | Islamists and Secularists Battle Over Turkey's Hagia Sophia Museum Newsweek “Atatürk made the Hagia Sophia a monument to what Turkey could become,” said Antony Eastmond, A.G. Leventis reader in the history of Byzantine art at London's Courtauld Institute of Art. “By turning it from a mosque into a museum, he made it a place ... As Turkey turns from the West, Islanbul's most iconic building is claimed for ... |
Turkey Advances Regional Jet Program DefenseNews.com ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's selection last week of Dornier to provide primary base models for its future regional jet program puts the aircraft on track to join an indigenous fighter jet in operation by 2023. "By 2023 both [regional and fighter jets ... |
Spring turkey harvest survey underway Casper Star-Tribune Online The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is asking spring turkey hunters to participate in the harvest survey for the 2015 spring turkey season. The survey link has been sent via email to 2,506 license holders who provided email addresses. An additional ... |
Marine Lubricants Market by Product , by Application - Turkey Industry ... PR Newswire (press release) This research study analyzes the marine lubricants market in Turkey in terms of volume and revenue. The market has been segmented on the basis of product and application. For the research, the base year is 2013, while the forecast is for the period ... |
Turkey: 4 Detained for Leaking Exam Questions ABC News Turkey's state-run news agency say police have detained four people suspected of cheating by leaking questions to military school entrance exams. The Anadolu Agency said Wednesday's arrests in the central Turkish city of Kayseri and in the capital ... |