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Tillerson's Turkey visit: Will it help mend ties? | Turkey | Al Jazeera - Aljazeera.com (blog) Sat, 10 Feb 2018 17:44:37 GMT

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Tillerson's Turkey visit: Will it help mend ties? | Turkey | Al Jazeera
Aljazeera.com (blog)
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Turkey twice during his first year in office, but his third trip due next week may well be the most important. Turkish-US relations were strained during former President Barack Obama's tenure. Some observers ...
Tillerson sees tough talks with Turkey, others on Mideast tripReuters
Last Stop Turkey, Rex Tillerson to Visit Middle East as Conflicts Heats UpHaaretz
Tillerson Expecting 'Difficult' Talks With Turkey Over SyriaRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Ahval -The Daily Star
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Turkey's offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria runs into problems: mountains and mud - Chicago Tribune Sat, 10 Feb 2018 22:41:15 GMT

Chicago Tribune
Turkey's offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria runs into problems: mountains and mud
Chicago Tribune
Those fighters are allied with Kurdish separatists inside Turkey, who have been locked in a brutal decades-long conflict with the Turkish state. Erdogan has framed the new offensive as a fight against terrorists. The military campaign could reshape ...
Erdogan's offensive in Syria runs into problems: Mountains and mudWashington Post
The US Must Stop Turkey NowDefense One
Turkey suffers deadliest day in SyriaSBS
Haaretz -Aljazeera.com -Ahval -Aljazeera.com
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These brrrrrrrawlers could give Stone Cold a run for his money! Bare-chested wrestlers battle it out in the snow to ... - Daily Mail Sat, 10 Feb 2018 21:20:00 GMT

These brrrrrrrawlers could give Stone Cold a run for his money! Bare-chested wrestlers battle it out in the snow to ...
Daily Mail
Bare-chested brawlers rolled in the snow as they battled it out at a wrestling competition. The topless fighters braced the freezing cold as they competed at the 23rd Karakucak Wrestling Festival in Velikoy village of Artvin, Turkey, yesterday. A total ...

Turkey and the Law of the Sea: some facts - Cyprus Mail Sun, 11 Feb 2018 03:05:57 GMT

Cyprus Mail
Turkey and the Law of the Sea: some facts
Cyprus Mail
(Legislative History, Article 121, published by the UN Secretariat). Similarly, Articles 122 and 123, “Enclosed or Semi-enclosed Seas”, negate the Turkish proposal that special rules should apply in such areas in terms of maritime delimitation and ...

Impose sanctions on Turkey – US senator - Ahval Sat, 10 Feb 2018 14:51:53 GMT

Ahval
Impose sanctions on Turkey – US senator
Ahval
Sentencing of a NASA engineer in Turkey warrants additional U.S. action against the country, a U.S. senator wrote in an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal. A dual Turkish-U.S. citizen Serkan Gölge was sentenced to over 7 years in prison on ...
The heartbreaking story of Turkey sentencing an American NASA scientist to 7.5 years in prisonWashington Examiner
Turkey responds to US in growing row over Turkish-American NASA scientistHurriyet Daily News
Impose Sanctions on TurkeyWall Street Journal
Reuters -Science Magazine
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Turkey is taking everything from academics - Times Higher Education (THE) (blog) Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:07:53 GMT

Times Higher Education (THE) (blog)
Turkey is taking everything from academics
Times Higher Education (THE) (blog)
We will also encourage our universities to offer colleagues in Turkey visiting fellowships so that they can continue their academic work and be part of a supportive community. For those who cannot leave Turkey, UK universities can offer honorary ...

Turkey's largest airport will open in October - transport minister - Reuters Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:24:24 GMT

Turkey's largest airport will open in October - transport minister
Reuters
The airport is among Turkey's mega-projects which include a third bridge across the Bosphorus that opened in 2016 and plans to build a huge canal in Istanbul that would render a large chunk of the city an island. Incoming flights will be directed to ...

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Turkey's opponents in Congress seeking to block F-35 deal – newspaper - Ahval Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:01:59 GMT

Ahval
Turkey's opponents in Congress seeking to block F-35 deal – newspaper
Ahval
A growing number of members of the U.S. Congress are speaking out against the sale of 100 fighter jets to Turkey, Greek newspaper Kathimerini said . One example, it said, was Congressman David Cicilline, who “called for the deal to be scrapped in July ...

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Turkey detains 48 suspected Islamic State members: Anadolu, police - Eyewitness News Sat, 10 Feb 2018 17:22:33 GMT

Eyewitness News
Turkey detains 48 suspected Islamic State members: Anadolu, police
Eyewitness News
Officers seized digital material and documents during the operations, Anadolu said. Turkey has been a partner in the US-led coalition against Islamic State fighters. Turkish police stepped up operations against Islamic State suspects at the end of last ...
Turkey detains 48 IS suspects 'planning attacks': reportGulf Times
Turkey detains 48 Daesh suspects 'planning attacks': ReportArab News
48 Daesh-linked suspects arrested across TurkeyAnadolu Agency

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Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP party to select new leadership duo - Deutsche Welle Sat, 10 Feb 2018 13:07:30 GMT

Deutsche Welle
Turkey's pro-Kurdish HDP party to select new leadership duo
Deutsche Welle
The HDP is a Kurdish umbrella organization that unites several different groups active in western Turkey, including socialist parties, feminists, anti-militarists, environmentalists and LGBTI activists. As a matter of principle, the HDP leadership duo ...
Turkey orders arrest of pro-Kurdish party leader: agencyReuters
The Latest: Turkey to detain pol for opposing offensiveWJHL
Turkey orders arrest of pro-Kurdish party leaderAhval
Cyprus Mail -Sputnik International -Kurdistan24
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