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Turkey's New Constitutional Crisis Could End the Rule of Law - The Nation. Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:33:16 GMT

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Turkey's New Constitutional Crisis Could End the Rule of Law
The Nation.
The crisis began when Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled on January 11 that two journalists being tried on terrorism charges relating to the 2016 coup attempt must be released pending a verdict. Since then, five different lower courts have failed to ...

Turkey and US relations at a tough spot - Ahval Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:21:53 GMT

New York Times
Turkey and US relations at a tough spot
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Relations between the United States and Turkey, the nations with the two biggest armies in NATO, are "at a tough spot", a senior U.S. official said. U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert opened her press conference on Tuesday with stern ...
On Northern Syria Front Line, US and Turkey Head Into Tense Face-offNew York Times
Iran's Rouhani urges Turkey to halt Afrin operationAljazeera.com
France's Foreign Minister: Turkey, Iran Are Violating International Law in SyriaHaaretz
Washington Post -Newsweek -FRANCE 24
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Kurds: Turkey Shelling Closes Schools for 40000 Students in Northern Syria - Voice of America Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:15:02 GMT

Voice of America
Kurds: Turkey Shelling Closes Schools for 40000 Students in Northern Syria
Voice of America
Kurds in northern Syria say Turkish bombings have barred more than 40,000 students from education as local officials in Afrin shut down schools following airstrikes in the city's countryside. "We regrettably have decided to halt the second term of the ...
Syrian rebels seek relevance by joining Turkey's offensiveABC News
European Parliament condemns Turkey's crackdown on Afrin criticsDeutsche Welle
Manbij "extraordinarily dangerous and volatile" - Turkey expert ReynoldsAhval
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Turkey welcomes EU's latest strategy for Balkans - Financial Times Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:01:48 GMT

Financial Times
Turkey welcomes EU's latest strategy for Balkans
Financial Times
Sir, Regarding your editorial “The EU seeks to regain influence in the Balkans” (February 7): you state that “if the EU steps back, others — Russia and Turkey — are ready to fill the gap”. Please let us know what gap you are talking about. This kind ...

Turkey's broadcasting watchdog to monitor online content under draft law - Reuters Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:36:01 GMT

Turkey's broadcasting watchdog to monitor online content under draft law
Reuters
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will expand the powers of its radio and television watchdog to include overseeing online content providers, under a draft law submitted to parliament on Thursday which the main opposition party said amounted to digital ...

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Turkey extends military deployment near Yemen - Ahval Thu, 08 Feb 2018 21:23:04 GMT

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Turkey extends military deployment near Yemen
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The Turkish Parliament has extended the deployment of its forces in the Gulf of Aden, Somalia and the Red Sea for one more year, the Middle East Monitor reported . Yemen is currently enduring a civil war which erupted in September 2014, when Houthi ...

Defying Turkey, Top US General in Syria Vows to Continue Support for the Kurds - Haaretz Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:42:58 GMT

Haaretz
Defying Turkey, Top US General in Syria Vows to Continue Support for the Kurds
Haaretz
The U.S.-backed opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, led mainly by a Syrian Kurdish militia which Turkey is now fighting in Syria, liberated the town of Manbij from the Islamic State group in 2016. Manbij was hailed as an early success story in the ...

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Rights watchdog to visit Turkey over rule of law - EUobserver - EUobserver Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:35:00 GMT

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Rights watchdog to visit Turkey over rule of law - EUobserver
EUobserver
The head of the human rights watchdog Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, is going to Turkey next week amid a proposed roadmap from Ankara to fastrack EU-required reforms, in order to lift visa restrictions on Turks. But his visit, the third to ...
Turkey to press for visa-free travel at Varna summitEURACTIV
Turkey told to lift its state of emergency by MEPseuronews
Turkey pledges to change terror law to win EU visasAl-Monitor
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Swedish parliament demands withdrawal of ambassador from Turkey - Ahval Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:58:44 GMT

Swedish parliament demands withdrawal of ambassador from Turkey
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Members of the Swedish Parliament on Tuesday have demanded that their government withdraws its ambassador from Ankara in protest at the ongoing Turkish military offensive on Syria's Afrin. Sweden's foreign minister, Margot Wallström, and members of ...

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Turkey and US lock heads as relations reach new low - BBC News - BBC News Wed, 07 Feb 2018 01:20:34 GMT

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Turkey and US lock heads as relations reach new low - BBC News
BBC News
Nato allies Turkey and the US are quarrelling over Syria and other issues, Mark Lowen reports.

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