CBS News | UN demands Turkey opens to Syrians fleeing new slaughter CBS News Turkey, already home to 2.5 million Syrian refugees, insists it has an open-door policy toward Syrians escaping conflict but has still kept the key Bab al-Salameh border crossing closed for days. Government officials say Turkey will provide assistance ... UN Urges Turkey to Open Border to Syrians Fleeing Aleppo Russia is 'trying to draw Turkey into a fight' in Syria, and it may be working |
The Guardian | Turkey's rising tension with Russia over Kurds puts Erdoğan in a corner The Guardian Escalating tension between Russia and Turkey will reach a new high when the Democratic Union party (PYD), the leading Kurdish political organisation in north-eastern Syria, which Ankara regards as a terrorist group, opens a representative office in ... Foreign press feels free to say anything about Turkey Turkey gives mixed signals on Syria Turkey's murky role in Syria |
The Guardian | Turkey Holidays Down 40% On Security Worries Sky News Terror attacks in Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia and Paris in recent months have hit demand for the travel industry, while the Zika outbreak in the Americas is also hurting bookings. The start to any year is crucial for holiday firms because the bulk of summer ... Turkey holiday bookings hit by migrant crisis, Tui says Tui hit by 40% fall in bookings to Turkey amid safety fears TUI says bookings to Turkey down 40 per cent after terror attacks |
U.N. exhorts Turkey to take in refugees Tribune-Review KILIS, Turkey — Turkey must open its doors to the tens of thousands of Syrians who have massed at the border after fleeing violence, the United Nations demanded Tuesday, as an aid group said tents on the Syrian side are overcrowded and food is in ... |
BBC News | Made in Turkey, stitched by Syrian children BBC News This is a sweatshop in Istanbul's textile manufacturing hub. It is not a place for children, but two Syrian boys are working here for at least eight hours a day. One of them is 15, the other 13. "I have been working in Turkey for two years," says ... |
Deutsche Welle | Press struggles to cover conflict in southeast Turkey Deutsche Welle For months, Kurdish militants and state security forces have been battling it out in the urban centers of southeastern Turkey, turning neighborhoods into piles of rubble that resemble scenes from neighboring Syria. But, in western Turkey and the ... Kurdish conflict overshadows cup quarter-final in southeast Turkey One policeman martyred in SE Turkey Turkey slaughtering people in anti-PKK campaign: HDP chief |
Tidal Wave Of Refugees Forces Turkey To Create Syrian Camps Daily Caller Turkish officials are making plans to aid the refugee crisis by creating a military-administered camp in Syria on the Turkey-Syria border. A high Turkish official says Turkey is trying to gain humanitarian support and will then propose a plan to create ... |
RT | Turkey main transit route of militants, lets Russian ISIS suspects move to 3rd countries –ambassador RT Turkey does not report to the Russian embassy when people with Russian passports are captured while trying to join IS. The Russian embassy often learns about such facts from media reports. Yet Karlov sees no reason not to believe the stats voiced by ... Turkey's 'artificial borders', a can of worms The Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkey Triangle Turkey Deports Russians Suspected of Daesh Affiliation to Georgia, Ukraine |
Al-Monitor | How Turkey's foreign policy may have lost it $25 billion in trade with Iran Al-Monitor While international appetites grow for business opportunities in Iran following the lifting of economic sanctions, Turkey, owing to its foreign policy, has failed to make use of a special trade arrangement it already had with Iran. A preferential ... |
BBC News | Migrant crisis: '27 dead' off Turkey as boat sinks BBC News At least 27 migrants have died off the Turkish coast trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkish media say. The victims, including 11 children, drowned when their boat capsized after setting off from Balikesir province. About 400 people have ... Germany, Turkey vow diplomatic effort to end Aleppo violence A smuggler's-eye view of Turkey's effort to stop the migrants At least 35 migrants die as boats capsize off Turkey |