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Nearly 500 People On Trial In Turkey Over Failed Coup - NPR Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:55:16 GMT

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Nearly 500 People On Trial In Turkey Over Failed Coup
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Nearly 500 people are standing trial in Turkey's capital, Ankara, for their alleged roles in a failed coup attempt last July. "They're charged with murder, violating the constitution and attempting to kill the president," NPR's Lauren Frayer reports ...
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Turkey in uproar over McGurk - Al-Monitor Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:46:01 GMT

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Turkey in uproar over McGurk
Al-Monitor
It is no secret that Turkey is enraged by the alliance between the United States and the YPG and fumes about McGurk's publicized visits to the Syrian Kurdish zone, where he hobnobs with militia commanders, some of whom are thought to have begun their ...

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Two dead in explosion in Turkey as military hunt down bombmakers - Express.co.uk Tue, 01 Aug 2017 13:55:23 GMT

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Two dead in explosion in Turkey as military hunt down bombmakers
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Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast has been rocked by violence following the collapse of a 2-1/2-year ceasefire between the state and the PKK in 2015. The autonomy-seeking PKK took up arms in 1984, and more than 40,000 people have died in the conflict.

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Erdogan's Purge Campaign in Turkey Reaches New Depths - Haaretz Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:36:16 GMT

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Erdogan's Purge Campaign in Turkey Reaches New Depths
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In “The Imam's Army,” Sik describes the involvement of Fethullah Gulen, now Erdogan's bitterest rival, and his Gulen movement – which makes Gulen Turkey's biggest enemy too, in all branches of government but in particular in the police and justice system.

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Times of Israel Persian blogger faces deportation from Turkey, fears being sent back to Iran - The Times of Israel Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:27:23 GMT

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Times of Israel Persian blogger faces deportation from Turkey, fears being sent back to Iran
The Times of Israel
Amin has appealed to the United Nations in Turkey to protect her, noting that the UN previously designated her a refugee in 2015, and has also appealed to human rights organizations and others to intervene on her behalf, asking that a country be found ...

Turkey Central Bank Raises Inflation Forecast, Pledges Tight Policy - Bloomberg Tue, 01 Aug 2017 11:37:48 GMT

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Turkey Central Bank Raises Inflation Forecast, Pledges Tight Policy
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Turkey's central bank raised its inflation forecast for this year on higher food prices, and reiterated its policy not to loosen monetary conditions until the outlook improves. The bank revised its prediction for year-end inflation to 8.7 percent from ...

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Hundreds go on trial over failed Turkey coup - Reuters.com Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:42:27 GMT

Hundreds go on trial over failed Turkey coup
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... on trial over failed Turkey coup. 12:08pm EDT - 01:15. Nearly 500 suspects including military generals and pilots went on trial in Turkey on Tuesday, many of them accused of commanding last year's failed coup attempt from an air base in the capital ...

Pilot Lands Plane 'Blind' In Turkey During Mammoth Storm - Huffington Post Australia Tue, 01 Aug 2017 03:23:00 GMT

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Pilot Lands Plane 'Blind' In Turkey During Mammoth Storm
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The storm hit the aircraft flying from Istanbul to Northern Cyprus just 10 minutes after take-off. Akopov gained permission to land at Ataturk, despite the airport being closed to other flights. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Hail the size of golf ...

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Sweden asks Turkey to free jailed human rights activist - The Local Sweden Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:48:39 GMT

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Sweden asks Turkey to free jailed human rights activist
The Local Sweden
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has yet to receive a concrete answer from Turkey however. In a statement on Tuesday, Wallström said that there had been continued contact with Gharavi's relatives, his lawyer and Amnesty International, and that ...

Manufacturing growth continues in Poland and Turkey - Financial Times Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:03:13 GMT

Manufacturing growth continues in Poland and Turkey
Financial Times
In Turkey, manufacturing PMIs reached the second-highest level in over three-and-a-half years at 53.6. This was down from 54.7 in June, but IHS Markit, which produces the figures, said it showed that “overall improvement in business conditions in the ...

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