Reuters | Turkey to complete Syria border wall within 5 months, official says Reuters ANKARA/ISTANBUL A concrete wall being built to stop illegal crossings along the length of Turkey's 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria will be finished by the end of February, an official at a Turkish state institution with knowledge of the project ... Turkey Risks Kurdish War on Two Fronts as Army Advances in Syria What is Turkey's military strategy in Syria? Turkey sealing Syrian border with giant wall |
Reuters | Turkey: 32000 jailed for links to group 'behind' coup Aljazeera.com The trials of tens of thousands will be the biggest legal process in Turkey's history and are set to put the system under immense pressure. "It is not entirely clear how the trials will be carried out," Bozdag acknowledged. He said trials would take ... Turkey security council to recommend extending state of emergency Turkey building more courts to deal with mass arrests of political foes Minister: 32000 People Arrested Since Failed Coup in Turkey |
Wall Street Journal | EU Migrant Deal With Turkey Largely Working, European Commission Says Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS—The European Union's deal with Turkey to prevent large flows of migrants entering the bloc continues to work, but Greece still has to do more to improve reception facilities for asylum seekers, the EU's executive arm said Wednesday. In a set ... Turkey denies protection to returning Syrians Turkey arrests 3 foreigners suspected of smuggling 62 migrants into Greece EU Commission gives update on Turkey visa-free talks |
German ministry says mother, baby escape from Syria to Turkey ... Reuters A German woman who was kidnapped in war-torn Syria last year and gave birth while in captivity escaped with her baby to Turkey on Wednesday, the German ... |
CBC.ca | Turkey's bid to make Twitter block reporter part of growing digital censorship trend, advocates say CBC.ca Two years after Turkey deported journalist Mahir Zeynalov for "posting tweets against high-level state officials," the country's increasingly paranoid government wants Twitter to silence the outspoken reporter for good. The government has issued a ... Journalist Says Twitter Blocking His Account for 'Instigating Terrorism' at Turkey's Request |
Bloomberg | Erdogan Adviser Says Turkey Should Consider Buying Deutsche Bank Bloomberg "For months on TV programs, I've been calling on Turkey's private and public capital: 'Some very good companies in the EU are going to fall into trouble and we need to be ready to buy a controlling stake in them,'” Bulut wrote on Twitter. "Wouldn't you ... Would Turkey Buy Deutsche Bank? |
Mail & Guardian | Turkey's credit downgrade could be a bad omen for South Africa Mail & Guardian Part of the morbid allure was thanks to the incredible theatrics of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who reacted similarly to how you would imagine Rumpelstiltskin did after the miller's daughter guessed his name. “I don't care at all; they're ... |
Netherlands calls on EU to suspend aid to Turkey Daily Sabah The main opposition Socialist Party (SP) and Christian Union (CU) offered a motion that proposes to halt 600 million euros of yearly aid to Turkey with respect to the country's "applicant" status to the EU, by claiming Turkey is going away from the ... |
Reuters | Preparations under way for Putin to visit Turkey in October: Kremlin Reuters MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday that preparations were under way for President Vladimir Putin to visit Turkey in October, a further sign that Moscow is keen to restore full political, trade and economic ties with Ankara. Relations between the two ... Russian President Putin to visit Turkey in October Putin may visit Turkey in October: Business leader Putin to visit Turkey on Oct. 10 |
Quartz | Boris Johnson hails Turkey, criticises Russia and Iran Middle East Monitor British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson blamed Russia and Iran yesterday for the Syrian regime's most egregious crimes in Aleppo while hailing Britain's NATO ally Turkey as a crucial partner in international security efforts, Anadolu Agency reported. This week's most outrageous political flip-flop by someone not named Trump |