Politico | US to Turkey: Back off Politico Erdogan also blasted the U.S. in particular for not quickly extraditing Fethullah Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based Muslim leader whom Turkey says masterminded the coup attempt — with some Turkish officials saying the U.S. is putting its entire relationship ... Turkey's Erdogan, Russia's Putin reset relationship after jet shootdown Turkey's Erdogan Patches Up Relations With Putin Turkey unlikely to drop Syria rebels in latest realignment |
Wall Street Journal | Turkey-Russia Rapprochement Spells Bad News for Azerbaijan Wall Street Journal Russia and Turkey signaled that they would resuscitate the development of a natural-gas pipeline between them, potentially undermining European efforts to reduce reliance on Russian energy with fuel piped in from Azerbaijan. Presidents Vladimir Putin ... |
Seeker | Is Turkey An Islamic or Secular Country? - Video - Seeker Seeker While Turkey's president has enacted religious policy, the country's constitution declares that it is secular. So how secular is Turkey? |
Spectator.co.uk (blog) | Germany turns against EU-Turkey deal Spectator.co.uk (blog) Is the tide in Germany turning against Turkey? It certainly seems to be. A poll today shows a majority of Germans favour ending the refugee deal agreed between the EU and Turkey back in March. The agreement has helped stem the flow of migrants flooding ... |
Fox News | NBA player disowned by family in Turkey changes name to honor US-based cleric Fox News Turkish politics spilled onto the basketball court Monday when an Oklahoma City Thunder player was disowned by his family in Turkey and responded by changing his last name to show devotion to a controversial U.S.-based cleric locked in a bitter feud ... Enes Kanter's family disowns him over Turkey's political strife Symbol of a troubled Turkey, pro-Gulen NBA star splits with family Enes Kanter disowned by family in manifestation of Turkey's political ... |
euronews | Turkey arrests 16000 people following failed coup euronews In an interview with Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency on Tuesday the Justice Minister Bozdag also warned Washington it would be effectively sacrificing its relations with Turkey if it refused to extradite US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. |
CBC.ca | Turkey: US will sacrifice alliance 'to a terrorist' if it refuses to hand over cleric CBC.ca Turkey's justice minister said Tuesday the United States would be sacrificing its alliance with Turkey to "a terrorist" if it were to refuse to extradite a U.S.-based Muslim cleric whom the government says is behind the July 15 failed coup. Justice ... Turkey warns US not to 'sacrifice relations' over Gulen Stranger Than Fiction in Turkey Close Gulen's institutions in India, demands Turkey |
Deutsche Welle | Turkey to halt EU migrant deal if visa-free EU travel drags on Deutsche Welle In an interview with Turkey's Habertürk television, Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Ömer Celik said that Europe would endanger its own security by refusing visa-free travel to Turkish citizens, as Turkey would then annul its refugee agreement with the EU. Turkey Warns of Three Million More Migrants, If Accord With Europe Falls EU rift with Turkey deepens as Austria threatens to veto membership talks Austria Will Veto Turkey's Bid to Join European Union: Kurier |
Anadolu Agency | Militants kill two soldiers in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast Reuters Security forces use the curfews to stage operations to root out fighters from the PKK, listed as terrorists by Turkey, the United States and European Union, since July 2015, when a ceasefire collapsed and a three-decade conflict reignited. Thousands of ... 7 soldiers wounded in southeastern Turkey |
The Globe and Mail | Turkey's anti-coup continues, and Turkish democracy is taking the hit The Globe and Mail Was it just a coincidence that on July 15, the very day of the abortive coup d'état attempt in Turkey, an academic by the name of Henri Barkey of the Woodrow Wilson Center, a Washington, D.C. think tank, was on the island of Bukuyada near Istanbul ... US says inflammatory rhetoric about Turkey coup is 'not helpful' How Turkey's Accusations Against Academics in Wake of Coup Attempt Echo Iran's Practices |