BBC News | Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP party offices attacked in Ankara BBC News A crowd has attacked the headquarters of Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP party, amid rising violence between Turkish forces and the militant Kurdish PKK group. Pictures from the scene appeared to show the HDP building in the capital, Ankara, on fire. As violence in Turkey soars, concern for election security Clashes and curfews cast doubt on free election in southeast Turkey Is Turkeys President Dragging His Country to War for Votes? |
BBC News | Turkey sends ground forces into Iraq after militant attacks BBC News Turkish ground forces have crossed into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish militants for the first time since a ceasefire two years ago. Government officials said the incursion was a "short-term" measure to hunt down PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) rebels ... Turkey and Kurdish rebel clashes intensify Turkey deploys forces into Iraq to hunt down PKK rebels Kurdish Rebels Kill at Least 14 Police in Eastern Turkey |
Belinelli, Italy down Spain; Turkey upsets Germany NBA.com (blog) Dennis Schroeder, who scored 14 of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter, brought Germany within seven in the final quarter but Turkey held on for a victory that improves its chances of advancing to the knockout stage. Turkey is 2-1, while ... |
Financial Times | Roadside bomb kills 14 police as violence worsens in Turkey Financial Times At least 14 Turkish police were killed in a roadside bomb attack close to the Turkey-Azerbaijan border on Tuesday. The attack on a convoy of police vehicles escorting customs officials to the Dilucu border gate has been blamed on the Kurdistan Workers ... At least 13 policemen killed in PKK attack in eastern Turkey: Report |
Deutsche Welle | Germany outplayed by Turkey at Euro Basket Deutsche Welle The hosts could not have got off to a worse start, as Turkey - who had the same one win, one loss record as Germany going into the match - took a blistering 9-0 lead, which they extended to lead 31-11 at the end of the first quarter. And Germany never ... Pistons' Ersan Ilyasova scores 15 points, helps Turkey in win over Germany at ... Basketball: Turkey defeats Germany and Serbia advances at Eurobasket Ilyasova's fast start leads Turkey to win at EuroBasket |
Moonlight rescues as migrants paddle from Turkey to Greece CNN In an interview with CNN last week, Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said coast guard teams had rescued more than 50,000 migrants and refugees in the last nine months. Harder to quantify is the number of people who perished trying to make the ... |
Council on Foreign Relations (blog) | Night Terror, Turkey, and Refugees Council on Foreign Relations (blog) These are the reasons why I have been unable to bring myself to read about poor Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian-Kurdish toddler who washed ashore in Bodrum on the southeastern coast of Turkey, fleeing the cataclysm that has engulfed his country. It is why I ... |
The Guardian | Australian senator Cory Bernardi criticises Aylan Kurdi's father for fleeing ... The Guardian “That boy and his family had lived in Turkey for three years. The money for that boy's father to pay the people smugglers was sent from Canada. “The father sent them on that boat so the father could get dental treatment. They were in no fear, they were ... |
The Guardian | Vice News journalist: Turkey arrest one of my most traumatic experiences ever The Guardian Hanrahan, cameraman Philip Pendlebury and their Turkey-based colleague Mohammed Rasool, were arrested and put in a high-security prison after filming clashes between police and youth members of the pro-Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) on 27 August. Vice News reporter calls for release of Iraqi translator in Turkey Freed British journalist urges Turkey to free colleague Mohammed Ismael Rasool With arrest of VICE journalists, Turkey signals forbidding posture toward ... |
Huffington Post | Christian Leaders Gather in Turkey Huffington Post Deep in the heart of Turkey, in the historic city of Constantinople (Istanbul), high-ranking religious leaders gathered recently to examine and deliberate on a range of both spiritual and secular issues. The assembly in Taksim Square -- where the ... |