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Turkey pledges to slow enormous tide of refugees - SFGate Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:13:51 GMT

SFGate

Turkey pledges to slow enormous tide of refugees
SFGate
Since reaching a deal with the EU in November, Turkey has stepped up its counter-smuggling efforts, increasing sea patrols, detaining thousands before they make the sea crossings, cracking down on trafficking groups and raiding workshops that produce ...

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Turkey to keep supporting armed groups fighting Assad regime in Syria – PM Davutoglu - RT Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:02:03 GMT

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Turkey to keep supporting armed groups fighting Assad regime in Syria – PM Davutoglu
RT
Some unexpected statements emerged in Al-Jazeera's interview with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who acknowledged that Ankara was supporting armed groups in Syria, while ruling out a Turkish invasion and accusing Russia of ethnic cleansing.
Opinion/Commentary: U.S. ally Turkey faces major security threatsThe Daily Progress
PM: Turkey Will Not Respect Syrian Cease-Fire if 'Under Threat'Breitbart News

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Reports of Syrian town attacked by militants coming from Turkey – Russian military - RT Sun, 28 Feb 2016 09:32:03 GMT

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Reports of Syrian town attacked by militants coming from Turkey – Russian military
RT
The Russian ceasefire monitoring center near Latakia says it is verifying reports of an attack on the Kurdish town Tell Abyad in northern Syria carried out by militants coming from Turkey. The reports came overnight and claim that the forces coming ...
Russia says Turkey has to admit downing jet 'disaster' to normalize tiesToday's Zaman
Turkey's "Fall and Fall"Gatestone Institute
Russia reports Syria ceasefire breaches by Turkey, rebelsYahoo News
Sputnik International -Hurriyet Daily News -gulfnews.com
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Turkey on Lookout for Anti-Terror Systems - DefenseNews.com Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:04:27 GMT

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Turkey on Lookout for Anti-Terror Systems
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Turkey is in cold to conventional and asymmetrical war with a large number of state and non-state actors in this part of the world, including restive Kurdish militants and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” said one London-based Turkey specialist.
Turkey has foiled 18 suicide attacks so far this year: interior ministerReuters
Turkey has foiled 18 suicide attacks since start of year, minister saysToday's Zaman
Interior minister: Turkey has foiled 18 suicide attacks so far this yearJerusalem Post Israel News
Anadolu Agency -Yeni Şafak English (press release)
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Scottish MP detained in Turkey talks of 'terrifying experience' - The Guardian Sun, 28 Feb 2016 01:11:00 GMT

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Scottish MP detained in Turkey talks of 'terrifying experience'
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Natalie McGarry says she was shoved repeatedly by a security officer and taken to a shack “filled with guns” during a tank bombardment on Kurds in the city of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey. The Glasgow East MP was held for about two hours while ...
Scottish deputy tells of "terrifying" experince in southeast TurkeyToday's Zaman
Natalie McGarry tells of Turkey ordeal 'terror'Scotsman
Natalie McGarry: Turkey experience was 'terrifying'BBC News
Express.co.uk
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Turkey's president Erdogan rejects court ruling to free journalists - The Independent Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:16:00 GMT

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Turkey's president Erdogan rejects court ruling to free journalists
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he has “no respect” for and would “not abide” by a court ruling that two prominent journalists were unfairly jailed. The editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper, Can Dundar, and its Ankara bureau ...
Turkey's Erdogan lambasts court ruling to free journalistsYahoo News
Erdogan's policies to end in chaos in Turkey: AnalystPress TV
Turkey's Erdogan says does not respect court ruling on journalistsReuters
euronews -AfricaNews
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13 corpses discovered under rubble in Turkey's Cizire - Rudaw Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:26:09 GMT

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13 corpses discovered under rubble in Turkey's Cizire
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The bodies of 13 civilians were discovered under the rubble in the troubled Kurdish city of Cizire in southeastern Turkey late Saturday in the aftermath of armed clashes between the Turkish army and pro-Kurdistan Workers Party ...
Soldier killed during operation against PKK in southeast TurkeyDaily Sabah
Clashes erupt during Kurdish protest in southeast TurkeyFox News
Turkey starts repairs on Iraqi Kurdish oil pipeline as violence flaresReuters
RT -The Maritime Executive
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Russia accuses Turkey of violating the "Open Skies" Treaty - Voltaire Network Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:11:10 GMT

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Russia accuses Turkey of violating the "Open Skies" Treaty
Voltaire Network
Russia has called for an extraordinary meeting of the Advisory Commission of the "Open Skies" Treaty about repeated breaches by Turkey. Since 2002, 34 states of NATO and the former Soviet space have achieved "understanding and mutual trust." Unarmed ...


The Syrians Keep Fleeing, But Now They Hit Turkey's Closed Border - NPR Sat, 27 Feb 2016 13:02:41 GMT

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The Syrians Keep Fleeing, But Now They Hit Turkey's Closed Border
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A whistle shrills, and a dozen boys tear across a gray schoolyard. Some are in sneakers, others have bare feet slapping the concrete. "This is a physical education class," announces Metin Yildiz, the director of education at Elbeyli refugee camp in ...
Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey unclearToday's Zaman

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Turkey Grants BMC Land To Relocate, Build $430M Plant - DefenseNews.com Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:04:43 GMT

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Turkey Grants BMC Land To Relocate, Build $430M Plant
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ANKARA, Turkey — One of Turkey's leading armored vehicles producers, the privately-owned BMC, was given land to relocate its plant, a government minister said. Turkey's Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri Isik said that the government ...