Tag: Turkey

2017/06/11

A mundane murder case unusually grabbed the attention of national media, not for who was the killer or how many ...

Turkey Approves Troop Deployment In Qatar Despite Saudi-led Embargo

2017/06/07

As Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries moved to isolate Qatar amid a deepening rift in the Gulf region, Turkish ...

Journalist Faces Life Sentence For Tweeting About Edison’s Bulb

2017/06/07

"If Edison had seen these days, he wouldn't have invented the light bulb," celebrity-turned-journalist Atilla Tas wrote on Twitter in ...

Following Trump’s Suit, Turkey Suspends Paris Climate Pact

2017/06/06

Days after President Donald J. Trump decided to pull the United States out of Paris Climate Agreement in a move ...

Turkey Crackdown Now Hits AKP Bigwigs

2017/06/05

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In many chaotic and tumultuous historical periods, political upheavals eventually begin to target the people close to the power center, ...

Turkey To Strip Citizenship Of 130 Turks Abroad

2017/06/05

The Turkish government will strip the citizenship of 130 Turks abroad over alleged ties to militant organizations or the failed ...

Erdogan Signals Turkey Won’t Release Jailed American Pastor

2018/03/13

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President Donald J. Trump's plea for the release of an imprisoned American pastor in Turkey has fallen victim to arcane ...

US Congress: Erdogan No Longer Wanted In America

2017/05/28

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The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has adopted a harsh language against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, revealing the ...

US House Committee Condemns Turkey Over Crackdown On Protesters

2017/05/26

In a sign of new diplomatic standoff, the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously condemned the violent crackdown ...

No Future For Turkey’s Purged Officials

by Macit Ferhan

2017/05/25

The humanitarian and socio-economic cost of Turkey's sweeping purge steadily worsens, with dismissed officials striving to make ends meet, fight ...

Turkey Summons US Ambassador To Protest Treatment Of Bodyguards

2017/05/22

The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador to Ankara to convey Turkey's dismay over the treatment of the Turkish bodyguards ...

Turkey Cracks Down On Newspaper For Questioning Erdogan’s Whereabouts

2017/05/20

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At least 4 to 5 days, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slipped out of the public eye in prior to July ...

UK’s Corbyn Against NATO Commitment For Turkey’s Defense

by Emrah Ulker

2017/07/14

British main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn questioned Turkey’s reliability as a NATO member, cautioned against a NATO intervention ...

Malaysia Deports 3 Turkish Nationals Back To Turkey

2017/05/12

In disregard of international norms and laws, the Malaysian government sent 3 Turkish nationals wanted by Ankara back to Turkey, ...

Hundreds of Ill Prisoners Left To Die In Turkey’s Prisons

2017/05/11

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A fresh controversy broke out after the release of Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas's son-in-law who was previously jailed over links ...

Upheaval Stirs Turkey’s Main Opposition Party

2017/05/16

Many expected that a razor-thin win in the controversial referendum last month would plunge the ruling Justice and Development Party ...

Wikipedia Is Latest Victim of Turkey’s Frenzy Over ISIS Reporting

2017/05/06

Any report or hint that links Turkey to jihadi operatives in Syria is certainly bound to draw ire of Ankara. ...

Report: Turkey Is Preparing To Arrest 215,000 More In Crackdown

2017/05/10

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Turkey's sweeping purge is set to further expand as the pro-government media is sending signals of a larger wave with ...

Turkey, Iran, Russia Agree To Set Up ‘De-escalation Zones’ In Syria

2017/05/04