BBC News | Seven killed in military helicopter crash in northern Turkey, army says Reuters ISTANBUL Seven people were killed and eight injured when a helicopter carrying Turkish military personnel, their wives and children crashed in the Black Sea region of northeast Turkey on Tuesday, the Turkish armed forces said. The cause of the Sikorsky ... Turkey helicopter crash kills seven in Giresun At least five dead in Turkey helicopter crash Seven Killed in Military Helicopter Crash in Northern Turkey |
Bloomberg | Russians Are Eager to Embrace Turkey Again Bloomberg In the few days since Russian President Vladimir Putin's decree allowing travel agencies to sell trips to Turkey again, Turkey regained its status as Russians' favorite holiday destination. The speed of the turnaround has astonished some nationalists ... Turkey Makes Up With Russia; America Also Needs To End New Cold War With Moscow Turkish Leader Erdogan Making New Enemies and Frustrating Old Friends Turkey's Erdogan moots plan to grant citizenship to Syrians |
The Daily Dot | The reality of life under Turkey's internet censorship machine The Daily Dot And despite Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan having sued nearly 2,000 people for insulting him—many for social media posts—he couldn't manage to stop online political criticism inside Turkey, nor could he stop networks of activists spreading ... |
Huffington Post | How the 'Normalization' of Salafi Extremism Has Come Back to Haunt Turkey Huffington Post ISTANBUL — The escalating terror acts by the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Turkey are exceedingly dangerous because the ISIS presence in the country is organic — a direct consequence of larger developments in the Middle East in which Turkey has ... Turkey's Future and the US Election |
The Globe and Mail | Cory Joseph leads Canada to 77-69 win over Turkey at Olympic basketball qualifier The Globe and Mail Toronto Raptors point guard Cory Joseph led Canada to a 77-69 win over Turkey on the opening day of the FIBA Olympic basketball qualifying tournament. Joseph led the Canadian attack Tuesday with 21 points, five assists and three rebounds. The No. Canada starts Olympic men's basketball qualifier with win over Turkey Cory Joseph leads Canada Basketball to OQT opening win over Turkey Canada's speed too much for Turkey |
LobeLog | Turkey proposes cooperation with Russia in fighting Islamic State Yahoo News ANKARA/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Turkey said on Monday it wanted to cooperate with Moscow in combating Islamic State in Syria but denied having suggested it might allow Russia to use its Incirlik Air Base, near the Syrian frontier. Turkish President Tayyip ... Turkey and Russia Soon to Renew Relations Turkey Signals Cooperation With Russia Against Islamic State Kazakhstan Gets Thanks for Russia-Turkey Rapprochement |
Huffington Post | Turkey Blames Ex-Soviet Members Of ISIS For Istanbul Attack, As It Jails Another 17 Suspects Huffington Post ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey jailed 17 suspects on Tuesday, mostly foreigners, over last week's suicide bombing at Istanbul's main airport, which President Tayyip Erdogan described as the work of Islamic State militants from the ex-Soviet Union. The ... Turkey jails 17 over Istanbul attack, blames ex-Soviet members of IS Turkey airport attack: 13 suspects charged over Istanbul bombings Istanbul airport attack: 30 charged including foreigners |
Al-Arabiya | U of T expert examines the terror attacks in Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq and Saudi Arabia News@UofT The world has been shaken by terror in widely separated cities over the past week. Bombers struck in three cities in Saudi Arabia. At least 157 in perished Baghdad's Karada neighborhood. Forty-two are dead and more than 250 injured after three suicide ... Turkey's Erdogan rules out Egypt thaw despite diplomatic blitz |
Voice of America | Russian Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Linked to Turkey Airport Attack Voice of America A source inside the small North Caucasus Muslim diaspora in Turkey told VOA that Airat Vakhitov, who spent two years in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility after he was captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2001, was arrested Tuesday. VOA has no ... |
Wall Street Journal | The Tragedy of Modern Turkey Wall Street Journal It wasn't that I wasn't saddened by the attack, but like most people in Turkey I've grown dangerously accustomed to living with violence and death. Between Islamic State and Kurdish separatists, across Turkey over the past year there have been 15 ... Turkey's torment: US policy has not helped the NATO ally |