Wall Street Journal | NATO, Turkey, Greece Reach Agreement on Migrant Monitoring Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS—The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced that its military commanders had reached an agreement with Turkey and Greece over the area of operations for the alliance mission to monitor migrants trying to cross the Aegean Sea. Migrant crisis: Leaders gather for Turkey-EU summit EU-Turkey summit will focus on stemming flow of migrants to Europe EU looks to refugee-laden Turkey to ease its migrant burden |
Washington Post | Undercover teams, increased surveillance and hardened borders: Turkey cracks down on foreign fighters Washington Post ANKARA, Turkey —The plea for help came from Sweden: Two young Muslim males had left Stockholm for Syria and would soon be terrorists-in-training unless authorities in Turkey could intercept them. Turkish security caught the men arriving at an airport ... |
Chicago Tribune | 25 migrants drown off Turkey as more restrictions placed on border crossings Chicago Tribune With thousands of kilometers of coastline, Greece says it cannot staunch the flow unless Turkey stops the boats from leaving its shores. Athens has also criticized Europe for not sticking to agreements to take in refugees in a relocation scheme that ... David Cameron under fire as PM continues support for Turkey's EU membership bid 25 migrants drown leaving Turkey; Macedonia blocking refugees at Greece border Europe refugee crisis: 18 drown off Turkey as Macedonia imposes new restrictions |
NBCNews.com | International Women's Day Rally in Turkey Turns Violent NBCNews.com They were seeking to draw attention to women's issues in Turkey, which ranks 77th out of 138 countries on a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) index of gender equality. The government frequently faces criticism for its handling of women's ... Turkey police attack Women's Day protesters |
Deutsche Welle | Showdown in Brussels: EU-Turkey summit Deutsche Welle Speaking to the press on Friday, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said cooperation with Turkey was key. That sentence could be the motto for the meeting. The question is whether the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is willing to ... EU To Pressure Turkey Into Accepting 'Large-Scale' Deportations EU Refugee Crisis: Turkey as an Effective Partner? Turkey agrees to take back people who don't qualify for EU asylum |
Bloomberg | Turkey Steps Up Crackdown on Erdogan Foes on Eve of EU Meetings Bloomberg On Friday, Turkey seized control of the Zaman newspaper, the latest twist in a 2 1/2-year campaign against Fethullah Gulen, a former ally of Erdogan accused of running a “parallel state” to undermine the government. The move sparked clashes between ... The EU is ignoring civil liberties attacks in Turkey – and for what? Seeds of a New Boycott Movement Against Turkey's Repressive State EU pressured over Turkey's seizure of anti-Erdogan newspaper |
FT.com (blog) | EU-Turkey summit: high-stakes and unpleasant choices FT.com (blog) Rarely has the EU needed Turkey so badly. And rarely has Turkey looked like such an unattractive partner. The EU's strategy to end its “migrant crisis” hinges on an effort to persuade Turkey to stop the flow of would-be refugees heading from Turkish ... What's Europe's next move? The world is watching what some hope is our collapse Turkey needs more than the EU's money Turkey detains refugee smugglers, stops 120 Syrians from sailing to Greece |
VICE News | In Photos: Thousands March in London to Protest the War in Turkey's Southeast VICE News Thousands of activists from across the UK took to the streets of London on Sunday to protest against the ongoing conflict between the Turkish military and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey's southeast. The first large-scale national ... PKK's suicide mission in Turkey Turkey keeps shelling Kurds, backing terrorist groups in Syria – Russian MoD |
Reuters | Rivals Turkey and Iran seek to 'manage differences' Reuters "We have our differences on some regional issues, but we are determined to manage the differences to reach stability in the region ... Iran and Turkey would both benefit from regional security and stability," said Iranian Vice-President Eshagh ... Turkey, Iran seek to 'manage differences', boost trade Turkey, Iran seek to triple bilateral trade despite differences over Syria Davutoglu: Iran, Turkey must develop 'common perspective' to end regional strife |
Deutsche Welle | Commentary: EU-Turkey summit is just a first step Deutsche Welle Refugees and migrants, whom the Chancellor initially welcomed last autumn, saying there would be no limit on numbers, are now supposed to remain in Greece – or, better still, in Turkey. There is enough accommodation in Greece, the Chancellor now says; ... Merkel calls Turkey 'right' in wanting to share refugee task with Europe |