Business Insider | Turkey's flirtation with terrorists is falling apart Business Insider A key Hamas official who operated out of Turkey for years was sanctioned by last week by the US Treasury Department for his role in organizing and inciting terrorism in the West Bank and Israel. And given Ankara's history for working with US-designated ... |
BBC News | Turkey targets Dogan media 'terror propaganda' BBC News A ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK unravelled in July and the conflict has escalated in recent weeks. As tensions increased, protesters attacked Hurriyet's offices last week. Pro-government demonstrators accused the paper of misquoting President ... Turkey Is Investigating a Major Media Group for Alleged 'Terrorism Propaganda' Turkey on the verge of civil war, says Kurdish leader Media freedom at stake as Turkey fights rebels |
Reuters | Saddled with 2 million Syrian refugees, Turkey shows signs of strain Reuters ANKARA The strain of sheltering the world's largest refugee population is showing in Turkey, whose open door to those fleeing Syria and Iraq is shielding European nations from a migration crisis far worse than the one they are struggling with now. As ... Syrian refugee count nears 2m in Turkey |
PBS NewsHour (blog) | Risking journey to Greece, more than 20 migrants drown off Turkey PBS NewsHour (blog) A boat filled past capacity with more than 200 migrants and refugees capsized off the Turkish coast, less than two miles from their starting point. Twenty-two people, including some children, drowned. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant was on shore ... |
Yahoo News | Migrant shipwreck off Turkey kills 22, police bar route to Greece Yahoo News Edirne (Turkey) (AFP) - At least 22 Greece-bound migrants drowned on Tuesday when their boat sank off Turkey, officials said, as police blocked hundreds of others seeking to find an alternative route to Europe by land. Migrant shipwreck off Turkey kills 22 Migrants march towards Turkey's border with Greece Deterred by sea deaths, Syrians choose land route from Turkey to Europe |
Al-Monitor | Russia deepens Turkey's Syrian impasse Al-Monitor Russia's latest military moves in Syria — which include renovating and expanding the airport at Latakia, the dispatch of hundreds of military advisers to train regime forces and the supply of advanced weaponry to the Syrian army — have compounded ... |
Turkey's Erdoğan Is Hanging on for Dear Life Huffington Post ISTANBUL -- The June 7 elections in Turkey spelled the end of 13 years of single-party rule by the Islamist Justice and Development Party. The electorate's messages were clear. First and foremost, in the most decisive way, the electorate denied Erdoğan ... MURAT YETKİN > Turkey's AKP is Erdoğan's party after all |
Middle East Eye | Thailand, Turkey clash over Bangkok bombing suspect Middle East Eye Confusion has emerged between the governments of Turkey and Thailand over the status of a suspect in last month's bombing of a Hindu shrine in Bangkok. The suspect, Abudureheman Abudusataer - also known as Ishan - was believed to have fled to ... Bomb plotter 'fled to Turkey' |
Reuters | Turkey lifts curfew in southeast city of Diyarbakir Reuters It is the worst violence NATO member Turkey has seen in two decades, coinciding with heavy fighting across the border in Syria involving government troops and Islamic State and other rebels. The curfew had been introduced due to attacks on public ... Turkey's escalating violence, explained Turkey lifts new curfew in restive Kurdish city of Cizre Turkey's PKK Conflict Takes Toll on Kurdish City |
Business Insider | One tweet shows just how ridiculous Turkey's media crackdown has become Business Insider Turkey's crackdown on the media appears to have reached a new level. Sevgi Akarcesme, an Istanbul-based reporter for the major Turkish newspaper Zaman, was put on trial after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, a member of the ruling AKP party, sued her ... Turkey's AK Party needs to adopt a new narrative In shadow of Erdogan, Turkey's AKP re-elects Davutoglu leader Taking Note | Amid Violence, Journalists in Turkey Vow to Remain Resilient |