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How Turkey Misreads the Kurds - New York Times Wed, 24 Feb 2016 08:21:19 GMT

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How Turkey Misreads the Kurds
New York Times
Turkey has long feared Kurdish aspirations for a separate state. The Kurds are an ethnic group of perhaps 35 million in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey, where about 15 million live. Last fall, in a politically calculated move before an important election ...
MURAT YETKİN >Sidelining Turkey from the Syria equationHurriyet Daily News
ISIS would be easy to defeat if Turkey and Saudi Arabia did not support it – Assad's adviser to RTRT
The PKK's war against Turkey and Washington's suspicious intentionsDaily Sabah
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Turkey's finance minister Naci Agbal faces growing challenges - Financial Times Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:25:00 GMT

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Turkey's finance minister Naci Agbal faces growing challenges
Financial Times
Yet four months into his new post, any joy is tempered by Mr Agbal's awareness of the storm clouds circling Turkey on multiple fronts — from investors' sudden aversion to emerging markets to the weakness in Europe and worsening regional instability.

Syrian teacher flees carnage only to find new challenges in Turkey - PBS NewsHour Wed, 24 Feb 2016 23:40:00 GMT

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Syrian teacher flees carnage only to find new challenges in Turkey
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Editor's Note: More than 1.7 million Syrian refugees currently live in Turkey, according to a United Nations report. A Human Rights Watch study says about 400,000 Syrian children in Turkey are not in school because of obstacles such as language ...

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L. TODD WOOD: Putin encircles Turkey in massive troop buildup - Washington Times Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:50:34 GMT

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L. TODD WOOD: Putin encircles Turkey in massive troop buildup
Washington Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of S-400 missiles in Syria as he and other officials in Moscow escalated a war of words with Ankara after Tuesday's shootdown, which Turkey claims was justified on grounds that two Russian ...
The Syrian crisis cannot be resolved without TurkeyDaily Sabah
Russia takes concrete steps towards Syria ceasefire, Turkey continues shelling – MoDRT
Ministry: Turkey continues shelling Syria's border areas from its territoryRussia Beyond the Headlines
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Turkey suspends construction of mine following protests - Fox News Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:35:50 GMT

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Turkey suspends construction of mine following protests
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's government has suspended the construction of a copper mine in the northeast of the country pending a court a decision, following a week-long protest by opponents. Residents and activists fear that the mine will ruin the ...
Turkey suspends contested gold mine project after protestsAl-Arabiya
Turkey halts gold mine project after mass protestsMiddle East Eye

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Turkey, Egypt Take Steps Toward Rapprochement - Voice of America Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:04:04 GMT

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Turkey, Egypt Take Steps Toward Rapprochement
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FIILE - Egyptian security forces clash with supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi at Nasr City district in Cairo, Nov. 22, 2013. Ties between Turkey and Egypt were severed following Morsi's removal, but relations between the two countries are ...

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Ankara blast: DNA tests suggest bomber born in Turkey - BBC News Tue, 23 Feb 2016 20:44:09 GMT

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Ankara blast: DNA tests suggest bomber born in Turkey
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Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency quoted prosecutors confirming the report. It said that Abdulbaki Somer was believed to have joined the Kurdish militant PKK group in 2005 at the age of 16 and was based in the Qandil mountains in northern Iraq ...
Kurdish oil flows shut as pipeline sabotaged in TurkeyReuters
Turkey Demands Total US Support Against YPGVoice of America (blog)
Soldier martyred in southeast TurkeyAnadolu Agency
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BARÇIN YİNANÇ >Turkey–EU deal not just about Syrians - Hurriyet Daily News Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:08:23 GMT

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BARÇIN YİNANÇ >Turkey–EU deal not just about Syrians
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European officials in the Turkish capital tell me that part of the money has already been unlocked and - despite initial resistance from Turkey – Ankara has started to come forward with projects catering for the needs of Syrian refugees, such as health ...
EU-Turkey migration summit on March 7 in BrusselsKathimerini
Turkey, EU to hold migration summit on March 7Today's Zaman
EC Calls Upcoming EU-Turkey Migration Summit Chance to Assess ProgressSputnik International

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Russian spy planes near Syria-Turkey border - TRUNEWS Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:17:22 GMT

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Russian spy planes near Syria-Turkey border
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Even though the airspace between Turkey and Syria has been closed, the Russians get timely information using their intelligence aircraft, according to Arutz Sheva, which just arrived at Latakia air base in Syria. The plane contains state of the art ...

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Turkey Weighs New Defense Technology Amid Growing Regional Tensions - International Business Times Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:27:35 GMT

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Turkey Weighs New Defense Technology Amid Growing Regional Tensions
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mead Turkey is weighing the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) amid growing regional threats. Above, a MEADS presentation at European Defense Group MBDA in Schrobenhausen, Germany, June 25, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Michaela Rehle.