Huffington Post | Turkey Appears Headed For New Elections Huffington Post Turkey's parties have until Aug. 23 to agree a working government or Erdogan could call a new election. Critics of the president see a fresh vote as his preferred option, offering an opportunity for the AKP to regain its parliamentary majority and ... |
TIME | These 5 Stats Explain Turkey's War on ISIS—and the Kurds TIME On the heels of a major suicide bombing in the border town of Suruç a couple weeks ago, Turkey has officially joined the war against ISIS—though it's not clear what it actually aims to achieve. Turkey and its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan were riding ... The Guardian view on Turkey and the Kurds: putting peace at risk Turkey's Erdogan uses terror fight for political gain Turkey's Dark Future |
BBC News | Turkey: Five dead in PKK attacks on police and railway BBC News Five people have died in Turkey after Kurdish PKK rebels launched two separate attacks on a police station and railway, officials said. Two officers and two PKK fighters died in the police station raid in the southern town of Pozanti on Thursday. In ... Turkey: 5 killed in clashes between authorities and PKK Iraq's Kurds Want A Ceasefire Between Turkey And The PKK 'Turkey has hijacked the fight against IS' |
UPI.com | 'Very aggressive' turkey terrorizes University of Michigan campus UPI.com "When we first heard about it, we contacted the DNR [Department of Natural Resources], and their original response was they would not remove the turkey and relocate it unless it was causing damage to the buildings," Overton said. "Then we had further ... Meet 'Gobbles,' the turkey terrorizing University of Michigan campus Wild turkey sparks hunt for angry bird at University of Michigan Wandering Turkey Causes Stir at University of Michigan |
Turkey emerges from shadows in fight against Islamic State BBC News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in Pakistan on Saturday for a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as Ankara repositions itself as a key player in the region, writes author and journalist Ahmed Rashid. Less than two years ago Turkey ... |
New York Times | Turkey Is on the Road to Armageddon Huffington Post ISTANBUL -- The current situation in Turkey is nothing short of apocalyptic. Radical Islamists who have turned the country into a "jihadi highway" to Syria -- while Ankara has looked the other way -- are now carrying out attacks within Turkey itself ... Turkey Escalates Airstrikes on Kurdish Targets in Northern Iraq Who is Turkey really targeting with its buffer zone? Turkey pounding 'betrayed' Kurds after deal with US |
Yahoo7 News | Migrants 'attacked' at sea between Greece and Turkey Yahoo7 News An international NGO, which did not wish to be named, has launched an investigation after several witnesses reported being attacked en route from Turkey to Greece, with some saying they were robbed and others saying the motors from their boats were ... |
Council on Foreign Relations (blog) | This Week in Markets and Democracy: TIP Report Questioned, Turkey Targets ... Council on Foreign Relations (blog) The leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, July 30, 2015. The main aim of Turkey's recent military operations in northern ... Turkey: HDP files legal complaints against president, PM |
Hurriyet Daily News | Syria issue injured Turkey's Kurdish process: Business leader Hurriyet Daily News He noted that a possible coalition government should be formed by the two political parties that represent the largest social basis in Turkey and shape the mainstream policies, referencing the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican ... |
Uyghur Exile Pursues Life in Turkey After Taunts and Torture Back in China Radio Free Asia The 29-year-old Uyghur, who had been a political prisoner, took his passport and headed to the airport in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, to board a plane to Turkey where he planned to spend the rest of his life in exile. “Through ... |