Middle East

2017/04/01

Twelve hours after a Turkish court ruled to release 21 journalists in a decision that offered a glimmer of hope...

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Turkey Fires 293 Public Workers In Latest Purge

2017/03/29

In the latest decree published on Wednesday, the Turkish government has fired 293 public officials ahead of a referendum on...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Photo: AP

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Tillerson Won’t Meet With Opposition During Turkey Visit

by Can Erdem

2017/03/29

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson won't meet with Turkish opposition figures or imprisoned journalists during his visit to Turkey...

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Turkish Journalists Are On Trial Over Tweets, News Reports

2018/03/09

“I wanted to die with a sense of departure from life when I was put into custody, to a three-man...

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Singer-Turned-Journalist Defies Court As Journalism Faces Trial

2017/03/27

Atilla Tas is a former Turkish singer who likes to make fun of himself. His self-humiliating jokes earned him hundreds...

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Erdogan Eyes Brexit-style Referendum On EU

by Can Erdem

2017/03/27

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country may have a Brexit-style referendum on whether or not to continue...

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8 Months On, Turkey Fails To Sell Coup Narrative To Allies

2017/07/26

For every visiting foreign official, making a pilgrimage to a bombed part of the Turkish Parliament has been made compulsory....

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Erdogan: If You Call Me Dictator, I Will Call You Nazi

2017/03/24

Turkish president has said he would keep throwing Nazi slurs as long as he is called "a dictator," refusing to...

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Erdogan Cited Hitler’s Germany To Promote Presidential System

2017/03/22

Turkey has a president whose pastime is to throw Nazi slurs on European nations, particularly Germany and the Netherlands. This...

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Erdogan Says Europeans May Not Safely Set Foot On Streets

2017/03/22

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Europeans and Westerns may not safely set foot on streets, a statement critics...

Trump Hails Turkey’s Anti-ISIS Fight, Pledges US Support

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Erdogan Vows To End EU Membership Bid, Migrant Deal

2017/03/21

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to put an end to his country's longstanding but deadlocked membership negotiations with...

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US House Intel Chair Says ‘Hard To Believe’ Gulen Behind Turkey Coup

2017/03/21

The United State House Intelligence Committee chairman has said it is "hard to believe" that U.S.-based Turkish cleric is behind...

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Coup Trials Cast Doubt On Turkey’s Hero Commander

2017/03/19

Zeki Aksakalli is a famous general leading the Turkish troops in northern Syria. When he was dispatched to Syria, he...

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Erdogan Tells Europe To Forget About Migrant Readmission Deal

2017/03/16

For years, Turkish leaders negotiated visa-free travel for their citizens to the European Union, an agreement that was supposed to...

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68 Int’l Rights Groups Ask Turkey To Release All Journalists

2017/03/16

A number of leading world organizations, including PEN International, Article 19 and 66 other well-known organizations expressed extreme wariness over...

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Turkish IT Technician Found Dead While Fleeing To Greece

2017/03/21

The body of a Turkish IT specialist, who was fleeing Turkish crackdown, was recovered from a river that divides Turkish-Greek...

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Dutch Rescue Erdogan’s Sluggish Yes Campaign

2017/03/15

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said police's heavy-handed response to Turkish rioters in Rotterdam was reminiscent of July 15...

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Erdogan to Merkel: Shame On You

2017/03/13

Amid escalating diplomatic fury between Turkey and the Netherlands, leaders are putting aside diplomatic etiquette. Even German Chancellor Angela Merkel,...

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How Turkish Media Normalizes Post-Coup Mobbing Culture