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Rights concerns put EU-Turkey deal in peril as MPs brawl in Ankara - The Guardian Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:42:51 GMT

The Guardian

Rights concerns put EU-Turkey deal in peril as MPs brawl in Ankara The Guardian Brawling between ruling party and pro-Kurdish MPs late on Wednesday resulted in Turkey's parliament being suspended until Monday, halting work on laws the country needs to pass if the European commission is to recommend the controversial visa-waiver ... Paris, Berlin mull 'emergency brake' for visa-free travel deal with Turkey – reportRT Turkey rejects any quota-based Schengen system for nationalsDaily Sabah Turkey-EU rights gap widening: TimmermansHurriyet Daily News Daily Mail -euronews -ABC News all 38 news articles »

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Terrorism Fears And Travel Bans Shake Tourism In Turkey - NPR Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:26:40 GMT

Bloomberg

Terrorism Fears And Travel Bans Shake Tourism In Turkey NPR Two years ago in Istanbul, I dragged Selcuk Altun, a Turkish author and lover of all things Byzantine, to the Hagia Sophia, a sixth century church that's now a museum. But we couldn't even get close. Altun took one look at the mass of sweating humanity ... Turkey Peace Talks Off Table in All-Out PKK War, Aide SaysBloomberg Turkey in NATO? NoAmerican Enterprise Institute Punches thrown in Turkey's parliamentRudaw YLE News -Express.co.uk -Hurriyet Daily News all 81 news articles »

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Turkey sentences journalists to prison over Charlie Hebdo cartoons - Telegraph.co.uk Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:42:25 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Turkey sentences journalists to prison over Charlie Hebdo cartoons Telegraph.co.uk Turkey sentenced two columnists to prison for two years on Thursday for illustrating articles with cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. A court in Istanbul convicted Hikmet Cetinkaya and Ceyda Karan with ... Turkey columnists get two years in jail over Charlie Hebdo cartoonFRANCE 24 Turkey Sentences Two Journalists Over Cartoon of Prophet MuhammadVoice of America Turkey's Charlie Hebdo Case: Cumhuriyet Journalists Sentenced For Republishing Controversial CartoonInternational Business Times Jerusalem Post Israel News -Deutsche Welle -Sputnik International all 30 news articles »

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Fifteen people held over suicide bomb in Turkey: interior minister - Reuters Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:41:00 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Fifteen people held over suicide bomb in Turkey: interior minister Reuters The attack on Wednesday was the fifth suicide bombing in a major urban center in Turkey this year. "Fifteen people have been detained in connection with the Bursa attack. There are strong indications that it is related to a group," the broadcasters ... Explosion reported near mosque in Bursa, TurkeyCNN Female suicide bomber wounds 13 in Turkey's Bursa in latest attackTelegraph.co.uk Suicide Bombing Near Historic Mosque in Turkey Wounds 13New York Times euronews -Newsweek -WSOC Charlotte all 228 news articles »

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Seeing shared threats, Turkey sets up military base in Qatar - Reuters Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:08:29 GMT

Reuters

Seeing shared threats, Turkey sets up military base in Qatar Reuters Davutoglu told students at Qatar University that the base, Turkey's first overseas military installation in the Middle East, was not intended for any specific operation but was a "presence for stability". "I came here and I met with our officers. I ... Secularism under attack in TurkeyThe Week UK Is Turkey poised to become an Islamic Republic?Newsweek Turkey wants to seal trade deal with QatarAl-Arabiya Daily Sabah -BBC News -Deutsche Welle all 219 news articles »

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Islamic State claims strikes on Turkish artillery as tensions rise on Turkey-Syria border - Washington Post Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:27:58 GMT

Press-Enterprise

Islamic State claims strikes on Turkish artillery as tensions rise on Turkey-Syria border Washington Post According to the video description, the attack occurred on the Turkey-Syria border. Once a conduit for foreign fighters, Turkey has since tried to limit the illegal traffic of people and equipment flowing into the region after facing pressure from the ... SYRIA: Shells fired from IS-area in Syria hit TurkeyPress-Enterprise Turkey begins military operation in SyriaMiddle East Monitor all 24 news articles »

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Adopt-A-Golden fights drug trafficking rumors in Turkey - 11alive.com Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:01:20 GMT

11alive.com

Adopt-A-Golden fights drug trafficking rumors in Turkey 11alive.com "They're not fighters. They're not survivors," Genkinger said. But it also got the attention of a small group of people from Turkey who began posting on Adopt-A-Golden's Facebook page -- accusing the organization of stealing the dogs, of trafficking ...

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Turkey, China agree to deepen political and economic ties - TRT World Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:33:16 GMT

TRT World

Turkey, China agree to deepen political and economic ties TRT World Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attend the meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on April 28, 2016. and more »

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US Arrest Awakens Ghosts Of Turkey's Iran-Gold Scandal - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:14:12 GMT

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

US Arrest Awakens Ghosts Of Turkey's Iran-Gold Scandal RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Reza Zarrab, a dual citizen of Turkey and his native Iran, is surrounded by journalists as he arrives at a police center in Istanbul in December 2013. Will his U.S. trial expose facts Turkey's president would rather not be made public? and more »

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Donald Trump Jr. talks Indiana, politics and turkey - Fox 59 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 23:40:30 GMT

Fox 59

Donald Trump Jr. talks Indiana, politics and turkey Fox 59 PARKE COUNTY, Ind. - Who would have thought an interview with the son of a billionaire who's running for president would happen in rural western Indiana near an old barn, but if you know Donald Trump Jr., this is exactly where he'd be. “Very much. and more »