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Turkey increasingly arrests and detains German and US citizens; Merkel says Germany rethinking relationship - Fox News Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:52:52 GMT

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Turkey increasingly arrests and detains German and US citizens; Merkel says Germany rethinking relationship
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American pastor Andrew Brunson, 48, was detained in Turkey in October and then accused two months later of “membership in an armed terroristic organization." Turkish authorities then piled on new charges of espionage. Brunson's lawyer told the Wall ...
Merkel call to stop Turkey's EU bid draws mixed responseReuters
Ironically, Erdogan has done exactly what the failed coup wanted to do in TurkeyThe Independent
EU divided over calls to block Turkey's bidHurriyet Daily News
Daily Mail -Deutsche Welle -Kathimerini
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18 Years After Turkey's Deadly Quake, Safety Concerns Grow About ... - NPR Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:57:00 GMT

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18 Years After Turkey's Deadly Quake, Safety Concerns Grow About ...
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Earthquake survivors look at a collapsed building in Istanbul in August 1999. The magnitude 7.4 quake killed 17,000 people across northwestern Turkey.

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TSA will mandate air cargo from Turkey must be screened - CNN Thu, 07 Sep 2017 23:52:34 GMT

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TSA will mandate air cargo from Turkey must be screened
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The new mandate follows a foiled terror plot in Australia, which revealed a senior ISIS commander had shipped partially assembled components of a bomb on a commercial cargo plane from Turkey to Australia, according to Australian law enforcement.

US requires enhanced screening of cargo from Turkey - Reuters Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:56:15 GMT

US requires enhanced screening of cargo from Turkey
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Thursday it is issuing a new security directive requiring enhanced screening of cargo from Turkey. The change was “to adequately address emerging threats to cargo and raise ...

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France's Macron urges continued EU ties with Turkey - Reuters Thu, 07 Sep 2017 07:17:15 GMT

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France's Macron urges continued EU ties with Turkey
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Turkey remained a vital partner of the European Union and ties should be maintained even if the country had strayed from the EU path, according to a newspaper interview published on Thursday.
Macron: EU must avoid rupture with TurkeyThe Local France

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Torture returns to Turkey - The Economist Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:51:56 GMT

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Torture returns to Turkey
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THE masked special-ops officers barged into their apartment in Diyarbakir, in Turkey's south-east, in the dead of a December night, says Tulay Yer-Celik. For the next two hours Mrs Yer-Celik, her month-old son and her mother-in-law listened as the ...

US Aviation Security Enhances Screening of Cargo from Turkey - Sputnik International Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:31:00 GMT

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US Aviation Security Enhances Screening of Cargo from Turkey
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is issuing a security directive and emergency amendment on Thursday to enhance screening of cargo flying into the United States from Turkey, TSA spokesperson Mike England ...

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Turkey's $200 Billion Wealth Fund Paralyzed by Internal Strife - Bloomberg Thu, 07 Sep 2017 06:02:21 GMT

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Turkey's $200 Billion Wealth Fund Paralyzed by Internal Strife
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Days after last year's failed coup, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his allies set to work creating a wealth fund to safeguard what is now about $200 billion of assets, including cash, property and shares. Since then, officials have been ...

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US charges Turkey's former economy minister in Iran sanctions probe - Financial Times Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:00:26 GMT

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US charges Turkey's former economy minister in Iran sanctions probe
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The allegations stem from an investigation that has engulfed Reza Zarrab, a 33-year-old Iranian-Turkish gold trader arrested in Miami last year, as well as Halkbank, one of Turkey's largest banks. The bank's deputy chief executive, Mehmet Hakan Atilla ...
US Government Indicts Ally Of Turkey's Erdogan In Major Money Laundering CaseThe Daily Caller
US Charges 4 Turks With Conspiring to Violate Iran SanctionsNew York Times

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Villages evacuated in Turkey forest fire - NEWS.com.au Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:34:38 GMT

Villages evacuated in Turkey forest fire
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Villages evacuated in Turkey forest fire. Residents have been forced to flee two villages in western Turkey due to the latest wildfire to hit the country. Deutsche Presse AgenturSeptember 7, 20178:43pm. Two villages have been evacuated as a forest fire ...

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