CNN | Turkey jails 6 Turkish journalists for life, releases German reporter ... CNN A Turkish court sentenced six journalists and other media professionals to life in prison Friday, an hour after another court freed a German-Turkish reporter. Turkey: 6 journalists sentenced to life in prison After Yücel, Germany looks to others detained in Turkey Turkey Releases Long-Held Turkish-German Journalist Deniz Yucel |
Brookings Institution (blog) | The United States and Turkey should fix their relationship—Before it's too late Brookings Institution (blog) U.S.-Turkey tensions spiked in January, when American military officials announced plans to train a 30,000-strong “border security force” with a significant YPG component to be deployed along the Turkish border. When Ankara erupted with predictable ... Turkey Is Out of Control. Time for the US to Say So. US Wants Turkey To Restrain Offensive Against Kurds In Syria Turkey assails US over ties with Syrian Kurdish militia |
CNN | Tillerson works to repair ties with Turkey CNN Acknowledging that US-Turkey relations have been in crisis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Turkish counterpart said Friday in Ankara that the two countries will create the groups to deal with points of friction. Even as Tillerson called out ... Tillerson Tries To Ease Tension With Turkey Tillerson Can't Fix What Ails US Ties With Turkey Turkey Launches Gas Attack on Syrian Kurds, Doctors and Assad-run Media Say |
Arab media: Iran seeks cooperation with Turkey despite Syrian complications Ahval Turkey's ongoing military incursion in northwest Syria, and some of the geopolitical implications of these on Turkish-Iranian relations were the focus of a number of interesting articles in the Arabic press this week. A Saudi newspaper also described ... |
New York Times | Turkey's Effort to Repair Relations Trips Over Its Crackdown - The ... New York Times ISTANBUL — Efforts by Turkey this week to repair relations with the United States and Europe stumbled over deepening concerns about the length and breadth of its state of emergency, which has been used to round up tens of thousands. Europe's top human ... No EU visa-free travel for Turkey until terror laws relaxed - Belgium ... EU tells Turkey NO to visa-free travel as it cracks down on Erdogan Turkey belongs to Europe, which would suffer without Turkey ... |
PRESSTV | Turkey summons Dutch charge d'affaires over Armenian 'genocide' motions Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey summoned the Dutch charge d'affaires to Ankara on Saturday to express its unhappiness with a pair of proposed bills that would see the Netherlands recognize as genocide the 1915 killing of as many as 1.5 million Armenians. The ... Turkey summons Dutch envoy over Armenian 'genocide' motions |
The Guardian | Turkey sentences journalists to life in jail over coup attempt The Guardian “The court decision condemning journalists to aggravated life in prison for their work, without presenting substantial proof of their involvement in the coup attempt or ensuring a fair trial, critically threatens journalism and with it the remnants of ... Turkey sentences 4 journalists to life in prison, releases and indicts another Turkey: Six journalists given life sentences over coup Turkey frees reporter, but sentences 6 other journalists to life for alleged involvement in failed 2016 coup |
AMN Al-Masdar News | Turkey extradites high ranking ISIS commander to Iraq AMN Al-Masdar News Turkish authorities have reportedly extradited a top Daesh leader to Iraq following the militant commander's capture. Baghdad and Ankara collaborated with the US to execute the capture and extradition. Ismail Alwan Salman al-Ithawi, 55, is an Iraqi ... |
Ahval | Biggest impediment to finish the war against ISIS is Turkey - David Ignatius Ahval The most significant obstacle to finishing the war against the ISIS "is America's supposed friend and NATO ally, Turkey," wrote renowned American Journalist David Ignatius in an article. Ignatius quoted a U.S. senior administration official saying that ... |
New York Times | Florida, Russia, Turkey: Your Friday Evening Briefing New York Times (Want to get this briefing by email? Here's the sign-up.) Good evening. Here's the latest. Photo. Credit WPLG-TV, via Associated Press. 1. He had a “desire to kill.” That's what a tipster told the F.B.I. about Nikolas Cruz, the Florida school shooting ... |