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European Union Says Migration Deal With Turkey Is Showing Results - Wall Street Journal Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:18:00 GMT

Wall Street Journal

European Union Says Migration Deal With Turkey Is Showing Results Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS—The number of migrants arriving from Turkey decreased sharply under a controversial deal with the European Union, the European Commission said Wednesday, though the future of the agreement remains unclear. The assessment comes a ... Council of Europe condemns EU's refugee deal with TurkeyThe Guardian EU states grow wary as Turkey presses for action on visas pledgeFinancial Times Turkey edges closer to EU visa-free travelEUobserver FRONTLINE -Deutsche Welle -Hurriyet Daily News all 204 news articles »

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Turkey denies entry to senior journalist from Russia's Sputnik: government spokesman - Reuters Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:53:01 GMT

RT

Turkey denies entry to senior journalist from Russia's Sputnik: government spokesman Reuters The exclusion comes a day after officials at Istanbul airport detained and denied entry to a German public television journalist who planned to interview refugees at the Turkey-Syria border. NATO member Turkey is hosting 2.5 million refugees from ... Erdogan's war on media: Sputnik Turkey chief banned from entering Istanbul, told to fly to RussiaRT Turkey denies entry to Russian news agency officialWTOP Turkey Should Reverse Decision on Sputnik Bureau Chief Entry Ban - NGOSputnik International Shanghai Daily (subscription) -Al-Arabiya -International Business Times all 38 news articles »

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A new voice from the opposition in Turkey - Washington Post (blog) Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:53:45 GMT

Washington Post (blog)

A new voice from the opposition in Turkey Washington Post (blog) Selin Sayek Boke, the spokesperson for Turkey's largest opposition group, outlined in an interview a broad program her party is crafting to challenge the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Boke, 44, a former economics professor who took ... Erdogan says Turkey targeted over successAnadolu Agency all 2 news articles »

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Turkey's Central Bank Chief Cuts Key Rate in Inaugural Move - Wall Street Journal Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:44:03 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Turkey's Central Bank Chief Cuts Key Rate in Inaugural Move Wall Street Journal ISTANBUL—Turkey's central bank cut a key interest rate Wednesday, with incoming Governor Murat Cetinkaya kicking off his tenure by accelerating a policy-easing cycle in the face of slowing inflation and a stabilizing domestic currency. Led by Mr ... Turkey is scrambling to stop hedge funds from driving the lira higherMarketWatch Turkey Cuts Rates, Bank Stocks MixedBarron's (blog) Turkey Central Bank Cuts Overnight Lending Rate to 10%Bloomberg Financial Times all 30 news articles »

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Analysis: Turkey trying to balance relations between Iran, Saudis - Jerusalem Post Israel News Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:38:00 GMT

Jerusalem Post Israel News

Analysis: Turkey trying to balance relations between Iran, Saudis Jerusalem Post Israel News However, despite the fact that the Turks and Saudis are aligned with the Syrian rebels who are at war with the Syrian regime and its allies Iran, Russia and Hezbollah, Turkey has strong economic connections with Iran. In order for Turkey to project its ...

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Turkey-EU refugee deal: New arrivals fall as ethical concerns rise - Christian Science Monitor Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:59:47 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Turkey-EU refugee deal: New arrivals fall as ethical concerns rise Christian Science Monitor Despite a Turkey-EU vow that the deal now being implemented would be conducted in “full accordance” with international law, rights advocates say refugees' varying circumstances are not taken into account. Rights group: Turkey must let in Syrians shelled at borderFox News Managing the Refugee Crisis: Commission reports on implementation of EU-Turkey StatementEU News Europe Refugee Crisis: Greece Defends EU-Turkey Deal As Arrival Numbers DropInternational Business Times Bloomberg -Reuters -New Internationalist (blog) all 321 news articles »

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Sending the Wrong Signal to Turkey - New York Times Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:21:52 GMT

New York Times

Sending the Wrong Signal to Turkey New York Times The choice Angela Merkel had when Turkey's imperious president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, demanded that Germany prosecute a comedian was a variation on the dilemma posed by a kidnapper: Paying the ransom solves the immediate problem but sets a ... Germany and Turkey: No More AppeasementAmerican Thinker German TV journalist refused entry to Turkey, detained in Istanbul airportRT German Reported Denied Entry to Turkey Back in EgyptABC News gulfnews.com -Reuters -BBC News all 92 news articles »

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Turkey's Long Wait For Peace - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:16:14 GMT

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Turkey's Long Wait For Peace RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Turkish media reports indicate that political representatives of the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, may be willing to return to negotiations on "the solution process," -- the term commonly used in Turkey to find a ... A Test of Turkey's PragmatismSTRATFOR Turkey Rejected Return to Talks with PKK: Opposition PoliticianteleSUR English Turkey's Strategy for Syria and IraqAINA (press release) Ahram Online -Daily Sabah -Center For American Progress all 43 news articles »

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Yiddish may have originated in Turkey, not Germany - Wired.co.uk Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:08:10 GMT

Wired.co.uk

Yiddish may have originated in Turkey, not Germany Wired.co.uk By analysing the genetics of Yiddish and non-Yiddish speakers, researchers from the University of Sheffield were able to calculate that the language originated from four villages in north-eastern Turkey. Established theory had suggested Yiddish was ... Do all Jews' genes lead back to Turkey?Arutz Sheva Ashkenazi Jews, as well as the Yiddish language, came from four villages in northeastern Turkey: studyNational Post all 13 news articles »

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Trump's foreign policy advisor thinks Turkey is conspiring with Native Americans to build nukes - Raw Story Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:43:46 GMT

Raw Story

Trump's foreign policy advisor thinks Turkey is conspiring with Native Americans to build nukes Raw Story “The nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative says Turkey is active in nuclear proliferation prevention efforts and is a member of all major treaties governing the acquisition and use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons,” reported the Associated Press. and more »