USA TODAY | What Turkey's looming election could mean for the fight against ISIS Vox This is a tenuous moment for Turkey and a potentially difficult time to hold elections. The country is engaged in major military offensives against ISIS and is also combating the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish militant group. It has ... President Erdogan of Turkey to Call for New Election Turkey's Erdogan will call a new election for Nov. 1 Turkey snap election called after coalition talks fail |
International Business Times | Turkey to form interim government before snap election on 1 November The Guardian Erdoğan appears to be betting that a new ballot could revive the fortunes of the Islamic-rooted party which he founded and led for more than a decade, and thus put him back on course to reshape Turkey's democracy into a system in which the president ... New elections in Turkey: Will they help Erdoğan's bid for more power? Turkey To Form Interim Government Before November Snap Election Turkey to hold snap elections on Nov. 1, President Erdoğan says |
Politico | The Real Reason Turkey Is Fighting ISIL Politico On July 23 virtually every news outlet in the United States ran some version of the following headline: “Turkey Joins the Fight Against ISIL; Opens Air Base to Coalition Forces; Washington and Ankara Agree to Safe Zone in Syria.” The media, being what ... |
Voice of America | Pentagon Chief: Turkey Must Do More to Fight IS Voice of America Islamic State fighters and equipment have been able to cross into Iraq and Syria from Turkey. "We need them also as a neighbor to this conflict zone, as a longtime NATO ally and a responsible member of the anti-ISIL coalition to control ... the long ... Pentagon: Turkey needs to do more, use of airfield not enough Turkey seeks to extend mandate for Iraq, Syria incursions: official Turkey Awakens to the Islamic State Threat Within |
Bloomberg | Why Tourists Are Still Flocking to Greece And Avoiding Turkey Bloomberg Greece and Turkey — neighbors, historic foes — share the same blue Aegean waters, tasty food and ancient ruins, though only one has triumphed on the tourist front. While near-economic collapse in Greece proved to be no deterrent in attracting ... |
Haaretz | Report: Turkey Erects Concrete Wall Along Border With Syria ABC News Turkish media reports say Turkey has started to construct a 45 kilometer- (28 mile-) long concrete wall along a key stretch of its border with Syria. The private Dogan news agency says 12 kilometers (7 miles) of barrier have already been erected along ... Report: Turkey Starts Construction on Concrete Wall Along Syria Border Turkey constructing 45km wall along border with Syria Turkey starts building wall along Syria border |
Report from Turkey: Enjoying the Med Beaches While the Rest of the Mid East Burns Huffington Post Shiite civil war in Syria which has sent millions of refugees fleeing to neighboring Turkey (as well as several suicide bombers who have wreaked havoc in southern Turkey in recent weeks). The ISIS terrorism has spread farther afield to Kuwait, to Saudi ... |
ABC News | It's Time to Get Over Your Unfounded Fears of Turkey Burgers ABC News It really is time for all of us to get over our hesitation about turkey burgers. I get that people are nervous about turkey burgers being dry and flavorless, but that really isn't necessary. Avoiding a dry, tasteless turkey burger — or any type of ... |
Center for Research on Globalization | Turkey is Looting and Destroying Aleppo, Syrian Industrialists Seek ... Center for Research on Globalization Turkey's [Justice and Development Party] government provided all kinds of support to terrorists who came from all corners of the world to fight against the Syrian people. They stole most of the industrial plants of Aleppo and carried them off to Turkey. |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey: 8 soldiers killed by roadside bomb CNN Turkey has been experiencing an escalation in violence on multiple fronts. In July, a suicide blast that authorities blamed on ISIS killed 33 people in Suruc in southeastern Turkey. The country launched airstrikes against ISIS in Syria after the group ... Urban Warfare Escalates in Turkey's Kurdish-Majority Southeast Turkey calls for int'l support in fight against terror Decision time for Turkey |