Wall Street Journal | In Turkey, a Kurdish City Confronts Its Ruins Wall Street Journal CIZRE, Turkey—Thousands of residents from a small Turkish city caught in the country's fight against Kurdish separatists returned to their homes this week to find their community in ruins. Neighborhoods at the heart of a monthslong battle have been ... Turkey's Decline The growing risk of civil war in Turkey 'Do not support PKK in Turkey' US tells Syrian Kurdish PYD |
The Guardian | Sur, Turkey: residents pay price of violence as curfew enters fourth month The Guardian Turkey's mainly Kurdish south-east has suffered the worst violence in two decades since a ceasefire between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) fell apart last July, leaving the three-year peace process in tatters and reviving a conflict that ... Call to protest curfew in Turkey town ill-respected |
DefenseNews.com | Procurement Debate Delays Turkey's Indigenous Fighter Jet Program DefenseNews.com ANKARA, Turkey — Administrative snags and differences of opinion between procurement and military officials are delaying Turkey's most ambitious indigenous program for the design, development and production of a fighter jet. The program, dubbed TF-X, ... |
Washington Times | Armenia pulled into Russia-Turkey clash in Syria Washington Times The clash between Russia and Turkey is not just taking place in the skies over Syria. It's also spreading to the nearby Caucasus region, where a fresh wave of Russian military overtures to Armenia threatens to reignite a frozen conflict that has pitted ... Turkey denies reports of blocking NATO warships in Aegean Sea Turkey says proposing migrant return deals with 14 countries EU pressures Turkey to reduce refugee influx |
Financial Times | EU closes on migrant deal with Turkey Financial Times The EU is close to a breakthrough deal with Ankara that would see all non-Syrian migrants reaching Greek islands returned to Turkey, marking a crucial step in the bloc's hardening stance against the flow of people pouring into its territories. After ... Tusk: Turkey must decide how to cut migrant flow EU's Tusk in key migrant talks with Turkey's Erdogan EU weighs 'large-scale' economic migrant deportations to Turkey to thwart traffickers, pared refugee flow |
BBC News | Turkey police kill two 'women militants' amid Istanbul attack BBC News Turkey says the group has killed dozens of police officers and soldiers along with scores of civilians since it was formed in 1978 with the aim of replacing the Turkish government with a Marxist one. It also opposes what it calls US imperialism and has ... Two female militants shot dead in Turkey after attack on police bus Two armed women in Turkey are shot dead in police siege after opening fire in Istanbul Turkey Terror: Two women who pull weapons from handbags shot dead by police in standoff - Yahoo7 |
The Independent | Turkey has become a rogue state - and even Erdogan must face up to the fact The Independent Under the AKP government, in power since 2002, Turkey risks not only being regarded as a rogue state but its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also risks being branded as a rogue president. Erdogan - who is already known to meddle with the rule of law, ... Bitter Reality: Erdogan's Policies Transforming Turkey Into 'Rogue State' Turkey: Thousands of cases against people accused of insulting Erdogan |
Telegraph.co.uk | Turkey is part of the Middle East's carousel of carnage too Telegraph.co.uk Turkey is supposed to be different. This EU aspirant is not supposed to be a Middle Eastern country, not in the sense of being part of the region's carousel of carnage. Think of Turkey and you think of Istanbul - city-break territory. That's why the ... |
New York Times | Turkey Cracks Down on Insults to President Erdogan 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: 1845 cases opened for insulting President Erdogan Erdogan says Turkey 'ready' to fight terrorism in Nigeria 1845 Erdoğan insult cases opened in Turkey since 2014 |
RT | Turkey must do more to stop terrorist oil trade, Washington says RT Turkey's rapid economic growth – combined with the country's commercial relationships and geographical proximity to unstable conflict-plagued areas like Iraq, Syria and Crimea – makes it "vulnerable to money laundering and terrorist finance risks," the ... |