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100000 and Counting: No Letup in Turkey Coup Purges a Year On - Bloomberg Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:19:00 GMT

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100000 and Counting: No Letup in Turkey Coup Purges a Year On Bloomberg The scale of Turkey's crackdown on alleged government opponents following last year's attempted coup was confirmed by a top official, as the nation prepares to mark the anniversary of the failed putsch amid deepening concern over the rule of law. Turkey Detains 42 Academics Allegedly Linked To US-Based ClericNPR Turkey Issues Detention Orders For 34 State-Owned TV StaffteleSUR English Turkey's Erdogan says lifting emergency rule out of questionFRANCE 24 Premium Times -Haaretz -ABC News all 229 news articles »

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Turkey is the 'Cool Runnings' team of the Men's World Softball Championship in Whitehorse - CBC.ca Wed, 12 Jul 2017 23:28:00 GMT

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Turkey is the 'Cool Runnings' team of the Men's World Softball Championship in Whitehorse CBC.ca Thomas McDermott, of New Jersey, has been coaching American football in Turkey for about a year, but recently turned his attention to softball. He says a training camp was held outside Ankara, Turkey's capital, a little more than a month ago and a team ...

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Turkey's Erdogan says 'journalists commit crimes, too' - Christian Science Monitor Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:04:00 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Turkey's Erdogan says 'journalists commit crimes, too' Christian Science Monitor Cevheri Guven, editor in chief of Turkey's Nokta magazine, fled while out on bail late last year, smuggling his family out of a country he says is rapidly descending toward all-out dictatorship. He took refuge in Greece, where he applied for political ... and more »

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EU-Turkey deal fails to stop migrant route between Europe and Asia - Sky News Thu, 13 Jul 2017 02:43:40 GMT

Sky News

EU-Turkey deal fails to stop migrant route between Europe and Asia Sky News Turkey was given a range of incentives to stop migrants from making the journey with smugglers to Greece in March 2016. The alternative for migrants trying to reach Europe is a much more dangerous route through Africa and Libya and across the ...

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The Border Between Turkey And Syria Is Open for Business. Jihadists Welcome - Newsweek Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:10:00 GMT

Newsweek

The Border Between Turkey And Syria Is Open for Business. Jihadists Welcome Newsweek In May, a French woman and her two children entered Syria from Turkish territory near Khirbat al-Joz. The woman was part of a French armed group and crossed by liaising with Turkish officers, paying them a sum thought to exceed two thousand dollars, ...

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President Erdogan tells BBC: EU wastes Turkey's time - BBC News Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:20:49 GMT

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President Erdogan tells BBC: EU wastes Turkey's time BBC News Turkey will find it "comforting" if the EU says it cannot be accepted as a member, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told the BBC. Speaking to HARDtalk's Zeinab Badawi, he said Turkey was "able to stand on its own two feet". He also denied the country ... Europe says 'no' to TurkeyThe Jerusalem Post EU not indispensable for Turkey: ErdoganTRT World The government of Sweden would like to arrest the President of TurkeyHot Air Anadolu Agency -Daily Sabah all 36 news articles »

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Turkey's Energy Minister to Visit Israel By Year's End [video] - The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:03:10 GMT

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Turkey's Energy Minister to Visit Israel By Year's End [video] The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com Turkey's Energy Minister Berat Albayrak is set to visit Israel by the end of this calendar year, according to Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz. Albayrak will travel to the Jewish State in order to close a deal for the construction of a natural ... Turkey energy minister 'to visit Israel for pipeline deal'i24NEWS Israel hopes to conclude gas pipeline deal with Turkey by end of yearDaily Sabah all 7 news articles »

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Destiny, duty and democracy: Turkey a year after the failed coup - CBC.ca Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:00:28 GMT

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Destiny, duty and democracy: Turkey a year after the failed coup CBC.ca Vahide Sevkatlioglu was willing to die. So was Ilhami Cil. They are two of the roughly 2,500 people who now carry the formal title "Gazi," or veteran, in Turkey after flooding the streets on July 15, 2016 to stop those trying to topple their government ...

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EU-Turkey deal 'driving suicide and self-harm' among refugees trapped in Greek camps - The Independent Wed, 12 Jul 2017 06:50:54 GMT

The Independent

EU-Turkey deal 'driving suicide and self-harm' among refugees trapped in Greek camps The Independent A deal struck by the European Union to slow refugee boat crossings to Greece is driving rising rates of suicide and self-harm in squalid camps, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned. Asylum seekers detained on islands in the Aegean Sea have described ... and more »

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5 IS militants killed in police raid in Turkey - Minneapolis Star Tribune Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:06:10 GMT

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5 IS militants killed in police raid in Turkey Minneapolis Star Tribune ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police killed five Islamic State group militants in a firefight that erupted during a raid on a house in the central city of Konya, officials said Wednesday. Four police officers were slightly wounded in the operation. Eight ... Five ISIL suspects killed in police raid in central Turkeyeuronews Police kill 5 suspected IS jihadists in TurkeyAsiaOne Turkey Police Kill 5 Islamic State Suspects, Detain Over 200Bloomberg Sputnik International -Daily Sabah all 34 news articles »