Tag: Turkey

2017/08/17

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As Turkey contemplates to widen its military endeavor in northern Syria to keep Kurdish expansion in check, Syrian Kurds moved ...

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In First Since 1979, NATO Member Turkey Hosts Iran Army Chief

2017/08/17

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In a sign that NATO's only Muslim member Turkey is looking to other powers to handle regional matters, Ankara hosted ...

emergency rule, religious freedom, Turkey

Report: Religious Freedom Takes Hit In Post-Coup Turkey

2017/08/16

Religious freedom has been curbed significantly under the state of emergency imposed in Turkey in the aftermath of the failed ...

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Kurdistan Independence Referendum To Destabilize Region, Turkey Warns

2017/09/15

As Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is finalizing its plans for an independence referendum in September, Turkey expressed its strongest objection ...

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Turkey Introduces Neighborhood Watches In Istanbul Amid Controversy

2017/08/14

In a new government project launched during the state of emergency, 386 neighborhood watches will begin on Monday to scout ...

Turkey Detains 9 Journalists Over Use Of Encrypted Messaging App

2017/08/10

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The Turkish authorities on Thursday detained nine journalists in a new operation targeting 35 journalists over the alleged use of ...

Turkey, After NATO Mediation, Allows German Lawmakers To Visit Troops

2017/08/10

After months of quarrel, Ankara finally agreed to allow German lawmakers to visit German troops at a base in the ...

This T-Shirt Will Land You In Prison In Turkey

2017/08/08

Turkey literally started imposing fashion rules. If you wear a T-shirt emblazoned with HERO, you will face a certain arrest. ...

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For Turks, Uniforms For Coup Suspects Evoke Images of Guantanamo

2017/08/12

Though what the government designed for coup suspects to wear for trial hearings in court is not the feared orange ...

Mueller Investigates Flynn’s Financial Ties To Turkey

2017/08/06

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President Donald J. Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn's tenure at the post lasted very short, only 23 ...

In Turkey, Even Constitutional Court’s Web Page Blocked

After ECtHR, Turkey’s Top Court Rejects To Review Purge Cases

2017/08/05

In a decision that concerns more than 150,000 public servants who were dismissed by government decrees during the state of ...

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Babies In Turkey’s Prisons — Cartoon/Latuff

by Carlos Latuff

2017/08/02

Turkish military, purge, top brass, reshuffle

Turkey Reshuffles Top Army Brass Amid Controversy

2017/08/10

A botched coup on July 15, 2016, sent the Turkish military, once a formidable actor with a wide-range political sway, ...

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Turkey’s Critical Journalists Face Trial On Terrorism Charges

2017/12/25

In a public display of the disheartening state of media freedom in Turkey, journalists and staff from a secular opposition ...

Turkey’s Ties With Western Allies Sink Deep Into Abyss

2017/07/25

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In less than a week, Turkey’s relations with its Western allies, the U.S., the U.K., and Germany, plunged into an ...

Turkish State Media Publishes US Bases In Syria, Putting Them At Risk

by Anna Varfolomeeva

2017/07/20

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Turkey's state-run news agency has published a detailed map of U.S. military bases in northern Syria, putting U.S. forces fighting ...

After Coup Commemoration, Turkey Extends Emergency Rule

2017/07/17