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WFAE
March 28, 2018
“Pastor Brunson is being used as a political pawn by some elements of the Turkish government. These elements seek to undercut the longstanding partnership between the United States and Turkey, in which our two nations have enjoyed close diplomatic, economic, and military ties. It is vital that ourÃâà...
Yardbarker
March 27, 2018
Moreover, he adds that recent negotiations he had with Nike broke down because the corporation was scared of losing business in Turkey. The Turkey native is a fierce critic of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his regime. As a result, Kanter has been labeled a traitor in his home country andÃâà...
SLAM Online
March 27, 2018
New York Knicks center Enes Kanter is an outspoken critic of Turkey's political leadership, and as a result, he thinks “American companies are scared” to bring him onboard as an endorser of their products and services. The big fella is hiring the powerful agent Mark Bartelstein to see if he can help drum upÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 26, 2018
“Egypt's growing exports to Turkey is also a pointer that the government does not mix politics with economy,” Fahmy noted. She said that Egypt's political disagreements with Turkey have never affected the two countries' economic ties. “This proves that Egypt is open to all investors and committed to createÃâà...
Rudaw
March 25, 2018
The Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria issued symbolic accreditation for 95 imprisoned Turkish journalists to cover the Turkey-EU summit. The Association invited journalists who will be attending the summit to take a symbolic badge bearing the name and photograph of a Turkish colleague.
Deutsche Welle
March 23, 2018
But the Hamburg-based Turkey expert Yasar Aydin takes a more measured view. He says he doesn't currently see a protest wave sweeping through wide parts of Turkish society. As he explained in an interview with DW, people in Turkey are used to crossovers in the worlds of media, politics and business.
Jacobin magazine
March 23, 2018
The establishment of political autonomy in Rojava in 2012 gave both a political-moral and a military boost to the Kurdish movement in Turkey. The pro-Kurdish, leftist party HDP surged, and after the Turkish state opted for a more overtly authoritarian form of repression, Kurdish forces declared autonomy inÃâà...
The Daily Progress
March 23, 2018
Turkey's key media group to be sold to pro-Erdogan business ... ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's largest media group said Thursday it is in talks with a business group close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the sale of its ... "We are deeply concerned for the Turkish press and freedom of press.".
CNN
March 23, 2018
Washington (CNN) The US has dropped charges against 11 of the 15 bodyguards for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who were indicted after a ... The source said they are not aware of any political pressure having an impact on the decisions to dismiss charges as they were based on evidentiaryÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 22, 2018
To be clear, Western opposition to Turkey's direct involvement in the Syrian civil war reflects political concerns as opposed to genuine care for local communities or the war-torn country's stability. By extension, Turks do not mind this politically motivated smear campaign against the successful militaryÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 7, 2018
In the referendum, Turkish voters approved a package of constitutional changes handing wide-ranging executive powers to the president and also allowing the president to retain ties to a political party. The MHP has also worked with the AK Party on foreign policy issues, particularly since the July 2016Ãâà...
Kuwait News Agency
March 1, 2018
I decree: To cancel the procedure for signing the protocols 'On the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey' and 'On the development of relations between Armenia and Turkey", signed on October 10, 2009 in Zurich." He argued that Armenia has announced numerous times inÃâà...
Newsweek
March 1, 2018
Political dissidents who flee their countries to escape persecution do not always find safety in their newly adopted homelands. Many are targeted by repressive regimes that try to silence their critics from afar, sometimes even by putting their lives at risk. Dramatic abductions and assassinations of exiledÃâà...
Rudaw
March 1, 2018
The two Turkish leaders, Ataturk and Erdogan, will be remembered in history for two different things. The former will be remembered as the ... Because the bulk of Kurdish territory and population is located in Turkey, political changes in Turkey affect Turks and Kurds alike. The Kurdish fate depends on whatÃâà...
The Independent
February 28, 2018
I'm a human rights lawyer who travelled to Erdogan's Turkey to see his political opponent tried in court. ... Erdoğan: the face of the man labelled by the opposition as a “fake sultan” is plastered on advertising billboards, LED displays, and every lamppost on the main highways through the Turkish capital.
Sacramento Bee
February 28, 2018
The tense relations between Armenia and Turkey, which continues to deny that the then-Ottoman Empire committed a genocide of 1.5 million ... The divestment push has found more success at the University of California, which is reported to hold more than $70 million in Turkish bonds and investments.
CNN
February 28, 2018
Washington (CNN) Turkey's military incursion against Kurdish groups in Afrin, Syria, has helped bring US-backed ground offensives targeting ISIS to a near halt, multiple US officials tell CNN, putting the military campaign against the terror group at risk, an effort seen as one of the Trump administration'sÃâà...
Open Democracy
February 26, 2018
Long way to Afrin: Turkey's strategic refugee policy aimed at electoral hegemony and regional political ambitions ... The Turkish intervention is backed by the Free Syrian Army (FSA), comprised of several Syrian opposition groups such as the Islamic Ahrar Al-Sham and the Hamza Brigade. Turkey'sÃâà...
Middle East Eye
February 21, 2018
ISTANBUL, Turkey – It was a fantastic day for Deniz Yucel, his loved ones, and Turkey's journalist community, when he was released last week, after spending more than a year in jail - during which time he was not even formally indicted. But the sequence of events leading to the dual German-TurkishÃâà...
