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Turkey's war on the Kurds - The Hindu Mon, 04 Jan 2016 19:35:17 GMT

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Turkey's war on the Kurds
The Hindu
Mr. Demirtas, who is Kurdish, leads a party that unites the Kurdish nationalist forces and Turkey's left-wing groups. Until recently, he and the HDP have called for more rights for the Kurdish population within Turkey rather than for the creation of a ...
The rapid rise and fall of Turkey's pro-Kurdish partyAl-Monitor
Erdogan backs criminal probe into Turkey's pro-Kurdish oppositionReuters

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Migrant crisis: Turkey police seize fake life jackets - BBC News Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:05:46 GMT

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Migrant crisis: Turkey police seize fake life jackets
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Police in Turkey say they have confiscated more than 1,000 fake life jackets made for migrants wanting to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece. Officers raided a workshop in the port of Izmir, where they say they found life jackets stuffed with packaging ...
Turkey seizes defective life jackets for migrants in raidFox News
Turkey blames Greece for latest migrant tragedyHurriyet Daily News

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No hand holding for engaged couples in Turkey – religious watchdog - RT Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:50:16 GMT

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No hand holding for engaged couples in Turkey – religious watchdog
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As Turkey is officially a secular nation, the statements published by the agency carry no legal weight. However, while some parts of the country like Istanbul are more secular, large areas of the country still remain very conservative. Turkish parents ...

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US-Based Muslim Cleric on Trial in Absentia in Turkey - ABC News Wed, 06 Jan 2016 11:01:37 GMT

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US-Based Muslim Cleric on Trial in Absentia in Turkey
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FILE – In this March 15, 2014 file photo, Turkish Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, sits at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. A U.S.-based Muslim cleric, who has become Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief foe, went on ...
Poconos-based Muslim cleric on trial in absentia in TurkeyAllentown Morning Call
Turkey puts influential critic on trial in absentiaDeutsche Welle

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US, Turkey Have 'Common Site Picture' of ISIL, Dunford Says - Department of Defense Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:20:17 GMT

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US, Turkey Have 'Common Site Picture' of ISIL, Dunford Says
Department of Defense
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu at his official residence in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A.

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Turkey Aims to Sidestep Saudi-Iranian Tensions - Voice of America Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:25:32 GMT

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Turkey Aims to Sidestep Saudi-Iranian Tensions
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Turkey is seeking to avoid being embroiled in the deepening crisis between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Following Saudi Arabia's execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr and violent protests against the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, Ankara has been careful not to ...
Turkey sees storms on the horizon, seeks moderationDaily Sabah
Turkey Condemns Iranian Attacks on Saudi Diplomatic MissionsWall Street Journal
Turkey warns Saudi-Iran tensions will hurt 'powder keg' regionYahoo News
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Losing Turkey - Huffington Post Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:19:54 GMT

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Losing Turkey
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Turkey's foreign policy in the Balkans promotes a neo-Ottoman agenda, aimed at expanding its influence in former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey exports Islamism under the guise of cultural cooperation, building mosques and financing Islamic ...
There's no Kurdish issue in Turkey, just terrorism: ErdoğanHurriyet Daily News
An Act of Terror: Deporting a Kurdish Activist Back to TurkeyTruthdig
Three female Kurdish campaigners 'killed in Turkey curfew town'Yahoo News
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Just What the Middle East Needs: Turkeys Getting an Aircraft Carrier - Daily Beast Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:13:43 GMT

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Just What the Middle East Needs: Turkeys Getting an Aircraft Carrier
Daily Beast
ISTANBUL — Turkey is getting ready to widen the reach of its military considerably by building a multipurpose aircraft carrier with “trans-continental” capabilities. The 225-meter ship dubbed the Anadolu (or Anatolia), set to enter service in 2021, is ...

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In Turkey's borderlands, Syrians show refugees' economic potential - Al-Arabiya Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:55:46 GMT

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In Turkey's borderlands, Syrians show refugees' economic potential
Al-Arabiya
His firm is one of nearly 2,000 set up by Syrians in Turkey in the almost five years since their homeland descended into civil war. A quarter of a million people have been killed since then and millions more displaced, with Turkey now home to 2.2 ...

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Amid rising tensions, Turkey is building an aircraft carrier - Business Insider Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:56:44 GMT

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Amid rising tensions, Turkey is building an aircraft carrier
Business Insider
As tensions continue to rise drastically throughout the wider Middle East, Turkey has announced construction plans for a multipurpose aircraft carrier, The Daily Beast reports. The carrier, named the Anadolu after Turkey's Anatolia region, will be ...
Escalating Mideast Tensions, Trade Conflicts to Hit Turkey HardSputnik International
First the Middle East, now Central Asia slipping away from TurkeyAl-Monitor

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