New York Times | How Turkey's Promise to Stop the Flow of Refugees Is Creating a New Crisis New York Times Turkey is struggling to cope with the 2.7 million Syrians it hosts and honor its agreement to stop refugees from crossing into Europe. And renewed fighting in Syria last week pushed tens of thousands of Syrians closer to the border with Turkey, in a ... Turkey to boost legal protection for migrants, easing EU returns Brussels Briefing: Tied to Turkey Angela Merkel visits refugee camp in Turkey to promote migrant deal |
Business Insider | An American journalist living and working in Turkey was barred from re-entering the country Business Insider ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An American reporter living and working in Turkey was barred from re-entering the country and forced to fly home on Monday in the latest incident in which a foreign journalist has been denied entry or accreditation. Freelance ... Turkey bars entry to foreign journalists, gives no explanation US journalist says he was denied entry into Turkey American journalist denied re-entry to Turkey for 'no reason' |
Newsweek | Erdogan: Turkey is 'Most Meaningful Place' to Mark Armenian Genocide Newsweek Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaves the Ottoman-era Dolmabahce mosque after Friday prayers in Istanbul, April 15. He has declared Turkey the “most meaningful place” to commemorate the Armenian Genocide, which ... Armenian migrants in Turkey live in shadow of century-old massacre German orchestra accuses Turkey of trying to censor 'Armenian genocide' performance Turkey demands EU cuts funding for Armenian genocide event and censures Swedish TV station |
Business Insider | Turkey says it has deported 3300 foreigners suspected of links to jihadists Business Insider ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has deported more than 3,300 foreigners suspected of links to jihadi groups, particularly Islamic State militants, and another 41,000 foreigners have been barred from entering the country as part of its fight against the ... Turkey says it deported 3300 suspected jihadists |
Washington Post | Dutch newspaper publishes cartoon depicting Turkey's Erdogan as an ape crushing free speech Washington Post After a Dutch journalist was arrested in Turkey this weekend for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the most-read newspaper in the Netherlands on Monday published a front-page editorial cartoon that shows Erdogan as an ape, apparently ... Turkey Fines Journalist For 'Insulting' President Foreign journalists under fire in Turkey Turkey demands Geneva remove photo attacking Erdogan |
TRT World (press release) | Kurdish PKK warns Turkey of long fight for freedom BBC News The Kurdish rebel PKK movement has told the BBC that it is ready to intensify its fight against Turkey because Ankara is trying to make it surrender. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Cemil Bayik said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "escalating ... Turkey condemns BBC for 'indirect support to terrorism' Kurdish PPK rebels warns of escalation of violence across Turkey PKK leader says his group ready to escalate war with Turkey |
Cyclingnews.com | Bilbao wins Tour of Turkey stage 2 Cyclingnews.com The Caja Rural-RGA team made the Cappadocia stage a decisive one as they catapulted Pello Bilbao to a brilliant victory in Uçhisar in the heart of the astonishing natural beauty of the central Anatolia, but stage 1 winner Przemyslaw Niemiec of ... Caja Rural delivers Bilbao to stage 2 win in Turkey |
ABC Online | Turkey's parliamentary speaker seeks religious constitution; AKP blamed for eroding secularism ABC Online Turkey should have a religious constitution, its parliamentary speaker Ismail Kahraman has said in comments that will likely add to concerns of the erosion of secularism under the ruling party. "As a Muslim country, why should we be in a situation ... |
RT | ISIS shipped oil from Syria's Jabisah field to Turkey via Raqqa, locals tell RT RT Ghazi Hussein, a resident of Hasakah province, who witnessed the terrorists having Jabisah under their control, said they were transferring oil to Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa and then to Turkey through the Tell Abyad checkpoint on the Turkish ... |
The Independent | A Syrian rebel's slaying in Turkey points to the long, lethal reach of Isis The Independent An apparent Islamic State militant followed the 36-year-old into an alley in the Turkish city of Gaziantep and fired a round into his head. He was the fourth prominent Syrian critic of the Islamic State to be assassinated in the past six months in ... Turkey's military says it destroyed an ISIS missile launcher 4 miles from its border Turkey Kills Almost 900 ISIS Members In Syria Raids: Report Turkey has killed 860 ISIS members since January: military source |