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Turkey unity rally draws thousands as post-coup torture claims emerge - The Guardian Mon, 25 Jul 2016 03:48:07 GMT

The Guardian

Turkey unity rally draws thousands as post-coup torture claims emerge
The Guardian
In the latest reaction, the prime minister, Binali Yıldırım, said Turkey would disband Erdoğan's 2,500-strong Presidential Guard, almost 300 of whose members have been detained. Under new emergency powers, they can be held without charge for 30 days.
Turkey: Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegationsAmnesty International
Detainees beaten, tortured and raped after failed Turkey coup, Amnesty saysThe Independent
Amnesty International: After Turkey's Failed Coup, Some Detainees Are Tortured, RapedNPR
Middle East Eye -RT -NPR -NPR
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Police, civilians killed in Turkey car bomb blast - Aljazeera.com Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:15:09 GMT

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Police, civilians killed in Turkey car bomb blast
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At least four police officers and three civilians, including a child, have been killed in a powerful car bomb explosion outside a police station near Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir, according to state media. A further 21 people, including six ...
Six people killed in PKK car bombing in Turkey's southeast: deputy PMReuters
Six people killed in PKK car bombing in Turkey's south-east, Deputy PM saysABC Online
Car Bomb Kills Three In Southeastern TurkeyHuffington Post
Fox News -Deutsche Welle -The Japan Times
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Exclusive: Behind Closed Doors at the UN, Russia and Turkey Are Still Battling - Foreign Policy Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:10:44 GMT

Foreign Policy

Exclusive: Behind Closed Doors at the UN, Russia and Turkey Are Still Battling
Foreign Policy
But there have been few signs so far of a major thaw at the United Nations, where Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin used a closed-door session of the U.N. Security Council last week to criticize Turkey for permitting what he claims is the continued ...
Turkey's improved relationship with Russia is unlikely to change its stance on Syria's president: Assad must goLos Angeles Times
The Meaning of Turkey's Five Million Strong Nationalist MomentWar on the Rocks
Analyst: Warming in Russia-Turkey relations to persuade other countries to negotiateTASS
Sputnik International -Aljazeera.com
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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters Credit: REUTERS - Telegraph.co.uk Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:49:00 GMT

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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters Credit: REUTERS
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Ankara has summoned Austria's ambassador this weekend over over a news ticker headline in Vienna airport claiming Turkey had legalised sex with children. Images shared on social media showed a headline displayed at an airport screen saying “Turkey ...
Give us EU visa freedom in October or abandon migrant deal, Turkey saysReuters
Turkey hits back after Sweden accuses it of legalising child sexThe Guardian
Turkey repeats ultimatum over EU visa rulesDeutsche Welle
ABC News -FRANCE 24
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The Coup May Have Failed But Fear Still Rules Turkey - TIME Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:01:00 GMT

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The Coup May Have Failed But Fear Still Rules Turkey
TIME
A month ago, on the night of the bloody coup attempt here in Turkey, I together with millions in Istanbul and Ankara experienced gut-tightening fear as explosions shook our living rooms and gunfire crackled outside our windows. Downstairs my neighbours ...
What Turkey's crackdown looks like one month onCNN
Decades of planning went into Turkey's failed coup, investigators allegeCBC.ca
Police Raid Courthouse as Turkey Crackdown ContinuesVoice of America
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US Turkey Airbase Nukes At Risk of Seizure From 'Terrorists': Report - Newsweek Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:29:00 GMT

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US Turkey Airbase Nukes At Risk of Seizure From 'Terrorists': Report
Newsweek
A missile-loaded Turkish Air Force warplane takes off from the Incirlik Air Base, in the outskirts of the city of Adana, southeastern Turkey, on July 28, 2015. A think-tank report released on Monday said that U.S. nuclear weapons stored at the air base ...
US nukes in Turkey vulnerable to 'terrorists & other hostile forces' – think tankRT
US nukes at Turkey base at risk of seizure: reportYahoo7 News
Congress was briefed on possibly moving the US's nuclear weapons from Turkey's Incirlik Air BaseBusiness Insider
Sputnik International
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Islamic State says bus blast killed 50 fighters at Syria-Turkey crossing - Reuters Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:40:00 GMT

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Islamic State says bus blast killed 50 fighters at Syria-Turkey crossing
Reuters
Pictures circulating on social media showed the burnt-out remains of a bus and medics treating wounded people. Turkey's CNN Turk television reported that the explosion occurred at the entrance to the Atmeh refugee camp in Syria, near the frontier ...
Syria conflict: Bus blast kills rebels near Turkey borderBBC News
Bus blast kills fighters at Syrian border crossing with TurkeyJerusalem Post Israel News

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Chemical castration of sex offenders in Turkey condemned by women's groups - The Guardian Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:09:06 GMT

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Chemical castration of sex offenders in Turkey condemned by women's groups
The Guardian
Women's rights groups, lawyers and doctors have condemned Turkey's decision to introduce a mandatory chemical castration programme for convicted sex offenders, arguing the treatment does not address the underlying reasons for widespread violence ...


What's it like living in Turkey one month after the failed coup? - The Guardian Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:44:41 GMT

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What's it like living in Turkey one month after the failed coup?
The Guardian
A month has passed since the failed military coup in Turkey. The nightly demonstrations against the attempted coup culminated in pro-government rally in Istanbul a week last Sunday, where hundreds of thousands of flag-waving supporters were addressed ...

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Turkey summons Austria charge d'affaires over "indecent" report - Reuters Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:34:00 GMT

Turkey summons Austria charge d'affaires over "indecent" report
Reuters
"Our disturbance and reaction over this display which tarnishes Turkey's image and deliberately misinforms the public have been strongly conveyed to the charge d'affaires," the Turkish ministry official said, adding that the headline was removed ...

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