New York Times | A Crackdown on Dissent in Turkey, Where Insulting the President Is a Crime New York Times Turkey has never had a wide regard for freedom of expression, and in previous times the judicial system aggressively targeted those who insulted Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey's founding father, as well as those insulting “Turkishness” or the ... Turkey Has Opened at Least 1845 Cases Over Insults to … Nearly 2000 legal cases opened for insulting Turkey's Erdogan Erdogan says Turkey 'ready' to fight terrorism in Nigeria |
Jerusalem Post Israel News | Report: Turkey demands weapons from Israel as part of normalization effort Jerusalem Post Israel News A representative appointed by Turkey's Defense Ministry has been sent to Israel in order to procure Israeli made weapons and aircraft equipment as a condition for the return to normalized relations between the two countries, Arab media reported Wednesday. |
PBS NewsHour | Syrian children in Turkey heal through storytelling PBS NewsHour Syrian refugee students in Reyhanli, Turkey, conducting elections for their first student council as part of their Democracy 101 workshop. The event took place during a four-day education program sponsored by Karam Foundation. Photo courtesy of Karam ... |
The Moscow Times (registration) | Turkey and Russia: History Fuels Rancor The Moscow Times (registration) In Turkey, nearly every military and political mishap is now blamed on Moscow – from the defeat of Syrian rebels backed by Turkey to the February 21 expulsion of a senior Turkish diplomat from Bulgaria, a country which Tsarist Russia liberated from ... |
The Guardian | Turkey eases curfew after assault on PKK rebels leaves Cizre in ruins The Guardian The PKK, considered a terror group by Turkey and its allies, has been waging an insurgency in south-eastern Turkey since 1984. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people since then. A fragile two-year-old peace process with the rebels broke ... As Turkey reaches an impasse, a federal solution needs to be found Residents return to flashpoint town in southeastern Turkey, find it destroyed Turkey says US pinning Syria strategy on 'small terror group' |
Kathimerini | Turkey says proposing migrant return deals with 14 countries Kathimerini Turkey on Wednesday said it had proposed signing agreements with 14 countries on the return of migrants from EU member states. Ankara had "offered to conclude readmission deals with 14 countries,” foreign ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said at a ... Turkey stops 24120 irregular migrants in 45 days Turkey Proposes to Sign Migrant Readmission Deals with 14 Countries Turkey, wary of its NATO allies, to acquire more advanced weapons |
Express.co.uk | 'Send them back to Turkey' EU kicks out illegal immigrants as huge deportation plan begins Express.co.uk The EU finally tried to wrestle back control of the spiralling migrant chaos today with the announcement that 308 illegals are being shipped back to Turkey as part of a landmark agreement. Brussels also urged member states to automatically deport any ... EU wants migrant flow from Turkey to drop below 1000 a day: officials Turkey says it is proposing migrant return deals to 14 countries Brussels, Berlin want Turkey to help reduce migrant flows |
Sputnik International | Russian MoD Accuses Turkey of Attempts to Derail Syrian Ceasefire Sputnik International On February 25, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the truce in Syria is not obligatory for Turkey to follow if the country feels a threat against its security. "We consider these actions by Turkey as blatantly provocative and aimed at ... Is Russia afraid to face Saudi and Turkey in Syria? Don't sacrifice Turkey to save Syria WW3? Fighters From Turkey Are Attacking Targets in Syria Despite the Ceasefire |
Breitbart News | Merkel Ally Predicts Chaos If Turkey Joins EU Free Movement Area Breitbart News A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that her plan to stem mass migration from Turkey may backfire, and induce a “new, uncountable influx” of migrants from the Muslim world. In October last year, the European Union (EU) led by ... |
The Guardian | Elif Shafak on Turkey's turmoil: 'Intimidation and paranoia dominates the land' The Guardian Ankara, the city where I spent most of my childhood and early youth, is not only the capital of modern Turkey, and the centre of Turkish politics and the military. It is also home to a vast population – students, white-collar professionals, human ... Judy Asks: Is Erdoğan Destroying Turkey? |