BBC News | Turkey faces big losses as Russia sanctions bite BBC News Russian sanctions are now affecting Turkish tourism, construction firms and food exports, amid a bitter dispute over the Syria conflict. The Kremlin reacted with fury when a Turkish F-16 fighter shot down a Russian Su-24 bomber on the Syria-Turkey ... Turkey Sees Economic Downturn Over Russian Sanctions, Fears to Lose $ 10 Bn Russia Suspends Visa-Free Travel with Turkey Russia suspends visa-free regime with Turkey |
New York Times | Turkey Says Hitler Comment by President Erdogan Was 'Distorted' New York Times ISTANBUL — Turkey issued a statement on Friday saying that comments by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — in which he cited Hitler in response to a question about whether a strong presidency was possible in Turkey — had been misinterpreted. Turkey's President Wants to Be More Like Adolf Hitler It's No Surprise That Turkey's Erdogan Likes Adolf Hitler's Government Turkey's president says all he wants is same powers as Hitler |
AccuWeather.com | Major winter storm unleashes 60 cm of snow, travel delays in Turkey AccuWeather.com The first winter storm of the season unloaded significant snowfall across northern and eastern Turkey into Friday. The coldest air of the season thus far rushed southward across the Black Sea, causing intense snow squalls in Istanbul from Thursday into ... Snow in Turkey Brings Chaos in New Year | The Weather Channel |
Vancouver Sun | Opinion: Turkey can't win a war against its own people Vancouver Sun In scenes reminiscent of Syria's five-year-old civil war, fighting between the Turkish government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey has increased dramatically in the last few months, leading to concerns that Turkey ... Turkey's Campaign Against Kurdish Militants Takes Toll on Civilians Kurdish Nationalism Resurfaces In Turkey Conflict: As Fighting Intensifies ... Kurdish militants kill policeman in Diyarbakir: Turkey |
Today's Zaman | Turkey faces daunting challenges in foreign policy in 2016 Today's Zaman The year 2015 proved to a be tough one for Ankara as Turkey found itself locked in disputes with a number of countries, mostly its neighbors including Russia and Iraq, and struggled to navigate through a mix of regional crises -- the refugee problem ... Russia Expands Sanctions Against Turkey After Downing of Jet Spotlight: Turkey faced by significant challenges in politics, economy ... Turkey's Syrian Tangle |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey in review 2015 Hurriyet Daily News The Kurdish issue, one of the most violent problems in Turkey which has taken thousands of lives since the early 1980s, transformed from “peace process talks” into the “fight against terrorism” in Turkey's southeast in 2015, with a large number of ... Stakes are high in Turkey's domestic policy this year Political events that rocked the country: Turkey bids farewell to year of busy ... |
WMUR Manchester | New year starts with wild turkey sightings for annual survey WMUR Manchester The turkeys will soon be gathering at birdfeeders, and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is asking the public to report flock sightings via its online N.H. Turkey Winter Flock Survey. Last year, volunteer turkey watchers submitted 730 flock ... |
Irish Independent | Turkey's no longer a safe haven for Syria's exiled journalists Irish Independent The family was due to leave the following day for a new life in France, where they would be far from the threats that had become a daily occurrence even in what they had previously considered to be the relative safety of Turkey. But Jerf never made it out. Syrian refugees in Turkey are facing the same terror they once fled |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey's main opposition leader vows to strengthen parliamentary system Hurriyet Daily News Calling the creation of a new constitution and laws “democratization project for Turkey,” Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu stated that Turkey must strengthen its 200-year-old parliamentary system through a libertarian ... |
ABDULLAH BOZKURT Today's Zaman Although Turkey has a chronic problem with how it inefficiently spends its defense budget rather than how much it actually spends, stemming from the weakened rules on transparency and accountability, the amount of money it allocates to meet its defense ... |