The Economist | Europe's murky deal with Turkey The Economist IT WAS meant to be a game-changer. When a deal between the European Union and Turkey was struck in March with the aim of limiting the numbers of asylum-seekers coming to Europe, many in Brussels felt cautiously optimistic. Angela Merkel, the German ... Europe's migrant deal with Turkey may be unraveling. But it was flawed from the start. EU warns Turkey 'threats won't work' in migrant deal negotiations 'Don't threaten us' Juncker slams Turkey's migrant blackmail attempt as war of words grows |
Al-Monitor | Turkey's Islamists, nationalists both silent on Israeli weapons flow to Azerbaijan Al-Monitor In early April, as renewed fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region made headlines in Turkey, there was little talk of the crucial role of Israeli weapons in the clashes. Only the daily Hurriyet reported on ... |
Al-Monitor | Why an old-fashioned novel is trending among Turkey's youth Al-Monitor "Kurk Mantolu Madonna" ("Madonna in a Fur Coat") by Sabahattin Ali is a highly quotable book on issues such as love, relationships, loneliness, coincidences and miracles. But why is the 1940s novel still so popular in today's Turkey, and linked to a ... |
Washington Post | On Syria, the United States and Turkey need each other Washington Post INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey. Here's a positive move by Turkey, a country that often seems to be heading in the wrong direction: Despite Ankara's severe misgivings, it is allowing the U.S. military to fly daily bombing missions from here against the ... |
Huffington Post | Turkey Is About to Change Huffington Post ISTANBUL — How will the emergence of Turkey's Binali Yıldırım as the country's latest prime minister affect Turkish foreign policy? Many analysts here are focused on the domestic policy implications of Yıldırım's ascension to the prime ministerial job ... |
Kansas City Star | Is Turkey still a model country? Kansas City Star Americans rarely talk about foreign politics. In daily small talk, overseas matters don't come up for discussion too often. Yet when I tell someone I am from Turkey, they immediately ask me, “Hey, what is wrong with your country?” Almost 10 years ago ... Erdogan's adviser says Turkey's central bank will continue rate cuts |
Eurosport.com | Euro 2016 team profile: Turkey Eurosport.com Turkey left it late to reach Euro 2016, but then they are used to coming back when all hope seems to have gone. Back in their last European Championship appearance, eight years ago, they defeated Switzerland at the death before overcoming a 2-0 deficit ... Euro 2016: Turan looks to steer Turkey through group |
Open Democracy | Turkey and NATO as seen from Ankara Open Democracy The reasons are well known: on the one hand, Turkey is accused of having supported, at least indirectly, the so-called Islamic State (or Daesh) in the north of Syria, especially for anti-Kurdish reasons, threatening to undermine all western efforts ... Turkey: Top security meeting focuses on terror measures |
Bloomberg | Turkey's Kurdish Conflict Turns Once-Great Town into Deserted Battleground Bloomberg For separatist Kurds in Turkey, curfew is code for crackdown. So when one was declared in Nusaybin on the Syrian border in March, most of its 90,000 residents ran with whatever they could carry. Two months and hundreds of killings later, what began as ... Kurdish YPS withdraws from Turkey's Nusaybin to protect civilians |
Asbarez Armenian News | Russia Accuses Turkey of Supplying Islamic State Extremists ABC News Russia has accused Turkey of supplying the Islamic State extremist group with components for improvised explosive devices. Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said in a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon circulated Wednesday that the devices ... At UN, Russia Makes Case for Turkey-ISIS Ties Turkey supplying Daesh with bomb components: Russia Russian UN envoy Churkin names Turkish companies helping ISIS make bombs |