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Opposition leader: Turkey is misusing its emergency powers - Washington Post Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:56:15 GMT

Washington Post

Opposition leader: Turkey is misusing its emergency powers
Washington Post
ANKARA, TurkeyTurkey's opposition leader accused the government on Friday of using emergency powers from the aftermath of a failed coup to clamp down on dissenting voices, as authorities ordered 12 more news organizations to shut down for alleged ...
Greek anger at Turkey border treaty remarksBBC News
Turkey's state of emergency may be extended, Erdogan hintsChristian Science Monitor
Turkey gets a three-month extension of its state of emergencyUPI.com
The Guardian
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Turkey's Gulen crackdown hits Canada - The Globe and Mail Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:51:17 GMT

The Globe and Mail

Turkey's Gulen crackdown hits Canada
The Globe and Mail
A delegation from Turkey recently visited Canada to urge the closing of the Nile Academy, a private Toronto school that follows the teachings of Fethullah Gulen, a 75-year-old preacher whom Turkish officials accuse of masterminding an attempted coup d ...


Report: Israel pays compensation to Turkey - Arutz Sheva Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:32:09 GMT

Arutz Sheva

Report: Israel pays compensation to Turkey
Arutz Sheva
Israel on Friday paid $20 million in compensation to Turkey over the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in 2010, which led to the suspension of diplomatic ties between the two countries, the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper reported, citing CNN Turk. The amount ...
Israel pays Turkey $20 million over flotilla raid: officialDeutsche Welle
Israel sends $20 million to Turkey for families of Mavi Marmara victimsThe Times of Israel
Israel pays Turkey $20M compensation over Mavi MarmaraAnadolu Agency
The Indian Express -Hurriyet Daily News -Yeni Şafak English
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1 killed, 2 wounded in bomb attack in southeast Turkey - Fox News Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:04:00 GMT

Al-Monitor

1 killed, 2 wounded in bomb attack in southeast Turkey
Fox News
ANKARA, TurkeyTurkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have detonated a roadside bomb in southeastern Turkey as a military vehicle was passing by, killing a village guard and wounding two soldiers. Anadolu Agency, citing unnamed military ...
Why Turkey is boosting its budget for dubious 'village guards'Al-Monitor
PKK bomb attack martyrs village guard in SE TurkeyAnadolu Agency
Six Kurdish PKK terrorists exterminated in TurkeyAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
EUROPP - European Politics and Policy (blog) -Hurriyet Daily News -Sputnik International
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Turkey's President Recommends Extending State Of Emergency - NPR Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:44:03 GMT

NPR

Turkey's President Recommends Extending State Of Emergency
NPR
The council is chaired by the Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has presided over tens of thousands of dismissals and arrests of opposition leaders, journalists and others since the initial state of emergency went into effect on July 20 ...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey emergency may be extendedAljazeera.com
Erdogan says to extend Turkey's emergency rule, rounds on rating agenciesReuters
Turkey's Erdogan backs extending state of emergency, attacks Moody's junkingABC Online
Huffington Post -Times of Malta -Newsweek
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Turkey hoards well-educated Syrians - POLITICO.eu Fri, 30 Sep 2016 04:46:43 GMT

POLITICO.eu

Turkey hoards well-educated Syrians
POLITICO.eu
ISTANBUL — Last December, a Syrian refugee living in Turkey received a phone call his family had dreamed about for over three years: The United States had accepted their resettlement application. By May, he was later told, he would be in Chicago.


EU-Turkey migrant deal is 'close to COLLAPSE' - despite Brussels saying it's a success - Express.co.uk Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:09:23 GMT

Express.co.uk

EU-Turkey migrant deal is 'close to COLLAPSE' - despite Brussels saying it's a success
Express.co.uk
On Wednesday the EU Commission released new figures on the refugee agreement with Turkey, incredibly playing down the crisis. Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos spoke of "concretely positive results" before suggesting only 85 migrants ...

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Turkish jets hit PKK positions in SE Turkey - Anadolu Agency Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:11:50 GMT

Anadolu Agency

Turkish jets hit PKK positions in SE Turkey
Anadolu Agency
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU and resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015. Since then, PKK terrorist attacks have martyred more than 600 security personnel and also claimed ...


Turkey threatens to shut down Kurdish media - ARA News Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:51:59 GMT

Turkey threatens to shut down Kurdish media
ARA News
ANKARA – The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) said on Friday that Turkey is pressuring Eutelsat SA, a French satellite provider, to shut down the Kurdish TV-station Med Nuçe. Kurdish activists have started a campaign to prevent the closure.


Turkey shutters at least 20 more TV, radio stations - International Press Institute (press release) Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:53:44 GMT

Digital Journal

Turkey shutters at least 20 more TV, radio stations
International Press Institute (press release)
Turkey's use this week of emergency powers granted in the wake of the July 15 coup attempt to shutter more than 20 media outlets with no discernible relationship to the failed putsch, and calls to extend the state of emergency, again illustrate the ...
Turkey raids courthouses and jails in post-coup purgeeuronews
Support Turkey's DemocracyHuffington Post
Turkey seeks arrests of judicial, prison staff in coup probeDigital Journal

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