BBC News | Syria war: Turkey arrests hundreds for criticising Afrin offensive BBC News More than 300 people have been arrested in Turkey after posting messages online criticising the country's military offensive across the border in Syria. The messages condemning the Turkish military operation to push a Kurdish militia out of Syria's ... Will US Fight Turkey? American Soldiers Will Not Leave City About to Be Attacked, Says Top General We Fought for Our Democracy. Now Turkey Wants to Destroy It. Turkey Detains 300 People Over Criticism of Syrian Offensive |
Fourth-Century BC Crown Repatriated to Turkey Archaeology ANKARA, TURKEY—Hurriyet Daily News reports that an ancient gold crown, stolen from the Aegean site of Milas, has been returned to Turkey. The 2,400-year-old crown is said to have been taken from the burial chamber of Hecatomnus in 2008. It was found ... |
Foreign Affairs | The Remarkable Scale of Turkey's "Global Purge" Foreign Affairs In at least 46 countries across four continents, Turkey has pursued an aggressive policy to silence its perceived enemies and has allegedly used Interpol as a political tool to target its opponents. Ankara has revoked thousands of passports, and ... |
Mansion Global | Turkey Sees 22% Spike in Property Sales from Foreign Home Buyers Mansion Global Turkey saw a 22% spike in home sales to foreign buyers in 2017, according to a year-end report from the Turkish Statistical Institute, or Turk Stat. Despite Turkey's spiral into authoritarianism under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, foreigners ... |
Amnesty International USA | Turkey: More than a million people demand freedom for Amnesty chair as trial resumes Amnesty International USA More than one million people from 194 countries have demanded the release of Amnesty International's Turkey Chair, Taner Kılıç and the dropping of charges against him and 10 other human rights defenders as their trial resumes in Istanbul on January 31 ... |
Cyprus Mail | Turkey issues new Navtex warning Cyprus Mail The entire area reserved by Turkey comes within the Nicosia Flight Information Region (FIR), which is almost interchangeable with Cyprus' Search and Rescue Area of Responsibility. In response, Cyprus issued a Navtex of its own, notifying mariners to ... |
Xinhua | Spotlight: Turkey's expanded operation in Afrin risks clashes with US troops: expert Xinhua U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 16, 2017. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu). By Burak Akinci. ANKARA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip ... Strategic Syrian peak slips through Turkey's fingers — again Erdogan's Turkey drifts from US ally to frenemy US Must Kick Turkey Out of NATO, Declare Support for Kurds |
Chronicle | Zim gears up for Turkey encounter Chronicle ZIMBABWE'S Davis Cup team had their first session together yesterday at Harare Sports Club following the arrival of Benjamin Lock and Mehluli Sibanda over the weekend for the Europe/Africa Group II tie against Turkey. Zimbabwe takes on Turkey this ... |
The National | As Turkey fights in Afrin a different battle is unfolding at home The National The picture of a high-level meeting on military operations in Syria's Afrin region initially appeared no different from dozens released every year by Turkey's presidential palace. But the presence of one man, sitting at the top table in public for the ... Could Abdullah Gul be the unexpected saviour of Turkey's opposition? |
Hurriyet Daily News | Turkey slams European Parliament Rapporteur Piri over 'PKK remarks' Hurriyet Daily News Turkish EU Minister Ömer Çelik on Jan. 28 criticized the European Parliament's Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri over her recent remarks about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) “not being a threat.” “For us the PKK and its variations are not a ... Turkey foreign minister slams EP official's PKK remarks |