Washington Post | Russia's Putin visits Turkey as ties between nation's deepen Washington Post ANKARA, Turkey — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Turkey on Thursday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that focused on the situation in Iraq and Syria along with bilateral trade. Putin's visit came as Turkey and Russia are working ... Russia Says Syria War Will End Soon With Help From Turkey Turkey's Erdogan links fate of detained US pastor to wanted cleric Gulen Turkey rebuffs Trump, won't send jailed US pastor back |
NPR | 'Turkey Has Turned Into A Veritable Madhouse,' Says Intellectual Who Escaped Jail NPR Over the summer, Turkey's Twitter-sphere went abuzz after the appearance of a cryptic tweet: "The bird has flown away." It was posted July 14 on the account of Sevan Nisanyan, a famous jailed intellectual, announcing he'd escaped from a Turkish prison. |
Reuters | Turkey raises oil threat after Iraqi Kurds back independence Reuters ERBIL/ISTANBUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Turkey threatened potentially crippling restrictions on oil trading with Iraqi Kurds on Thursday after they backed independence from Baghdad in a referendum that has alarmed Ankara as it faces a separatist insurgency ... Iraq Says Turkey Backs Baghdad in Fight Over Kurdish Oil Exports Turkey Inches Closer To Disrupting Kurdish Oil Exports Iraq, Turkey Move to Punish Kurdistan for Referendum Vote |
Reuters | Turkey's Erdogan calls Iraqi Kurdish referendum illegitimate Reuters Both Turkey and Russia have strong commercial ties with the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of north Iraq but Turkey - with a large Kurdish population of its own - bitterly criticized Monday's referendum, threatening economic sanctions and a military ... Turkey Calls For Summit With Iran, Iraq Over Kurdish Independence Vote Turkey warns its citizens to leave Iraqi Kurdish area Is Turkey the KRG's enemy? |
Turkey, Iran, Iraq may meet to discuss Kurdish Iraqi referendum: Turkey PM Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey, Iran and Iraq may hold a trilateral meeting to discuss the Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum, Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Thursday. Yildirim also said he agreed with his Iraqi counterpart Haider al ... |
Financial Times | Oil, not Qatar crisis, damaging Turkey-Gulf economic ties Financial Times When four Arab states launched an economic blockade against Qatar in June, threatening food and construction supplies to the gas-rich state, Turkey stepped in. Ankara helped airlift food supplies to ward off serious shortages in its close ally, and ... |
SBS | Australian jihadist Prakash, on trial in Turkey, 'regrets joining IS' SBS Neil Prakash, who was detained one year ago inside Turkey close to the Syrian border, is jailed in the Gaziantep region of southern Turkey. However, his trial, which got under way earlier this year, is being held in the neighbouring Kilis region with ... Australian IS member Prakash faces terrorism trial in Turkey Neil Prakash: IS recruiter says he was 'not 100% responsible' |
Deutsche Welle | German military leaves Turkey′s Incirlik airbase | News | DW ... Deutsche Welle Germany's military has finished its withdrawal from Turkey's airbase Incirlik, prompted by Ankara's refusal to allow visits by German parliamentarians. |
Pre-paid debit cards for refugees in Turkey euronews Four hundred and six-five thousand Syrians are reported to have been killed or missing in Syria's six-year civil war. Nearly one-quarter of these are presumed to be civilians. There are 5.5 million Syrian refugees in the world. 3.1 million are ... |
Financial Times | Investors look on the bright side in Turkey Financial Times Add the pursuit of Kurdistani independence to the list of worries yet to crease the brow of investors in Turkey. While prices for Turkish stocks, the lira and benchmark bonds have ticked lower since this week's Kurdish referendum, they have not ... |