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Three assassinated PKK members are awaited in Istanbul Airport
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Assassinations in Paris as Peace talks in Turkey continue…
Members of Paris’s Kurdish community gather outside the office block where three Kurdish activists were found dead. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images Turkey’s Paris envoy reveals crucial detail in PKK murders... Read more
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Heavy snow, earthquake in the Agean region..While gov’t-PKK peace talks continue.. Politics roundup…
Quake in Aegean Sea Shakes Turkey and Greece-ABC News Heavy snow hits Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News An anticipated cold front from the Balkans brought heavy snow to the whole... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Hunger Strikes seems to have ended after Öcalan’s call, 5 more soldiers killed today, illegal police documentation in Tunceli…
PKK leader calls for end of hunger strikes from Hurriyet Daily News Outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan. Hunger strikes unacceptable in democracies: Rapporteur from Hurriyet Daily News... Read more
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Citizens seems to be opposing the presidential plan in Turkey… A politics roundup…
Turkey opposes AKP’s presidential plan: Poll from Hurriyet Daily News Popular support for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has decreased by 2.5 percent.. Erdoğan and his capacity to... Read more
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A Turkish politics roundup… as AKP is in power for a decade now…
Three leaders of AKP- a decade ago… Abdullah Gül, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bülent Arınç Turkey’s Erdogan hails party’s decade of power from Yahoo news Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip... Read more
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First decisions in the critical trial: 3 general gets 20 years at Balyoz Trial
Turkish generals sentenced to 20 years in jail in coup case from Hurriyet Daily News A court in Istanbul has sentenced retired Air Force Cmdr. Gen. İbrahim Fırtına, retired 1st... Read more
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Blood politics today:( at least 10 killed in PKK ambush… A politics roundup..
A photo from the attacked bus convoy carrying soliders… PKK hits unarmed soldiers returning from leave: 10 killed, 60 injured from Hurriyet Daily News Ten soldiers were killed and 63... Read more
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NY Times: “Turkey’s Kurdish Problem Morphs But Remains
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdigan addresses his party members in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Erdogan said Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime is engaged in “state terrorism” an... Read more
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Blood politics continues: 10 Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attack this morning…
Turkish troops die in clashes with Kurds from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Latest fighting with rebels leaves nine soldiers and police dead, with more wounded, say Turkish security sources... Read more
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What President Gül reads at the hospital bed? A politics roundup..
via What President Gül reads a the hospital? According to Hürriyet report, on his hospital table, there is a report on Syria, a book on Bush Presidency, Decision Points, and... Read more
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Intense clashes in SE Turkey… Five PKK reports… a politics roundup..
Intense clashes continue in SE Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News Intense clashes are continuing throughout southeast Turkey following close to a month of operations in the area. Turkey’s longest... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Deputy PM’s belated April Fools Day joke: “The Turkish media is free enough
The Turkish media is free enough, Arınç from Hurriyet Daily News Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has rebuffed criticisms that Turkey has problems in the area of freedom of the press,... Read more
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Bombing kills 8 in Gaziantep, blackout in Turkish media and…
despite lack of evidence and possible psy-op potential in the region as it is close to Syria border, even our liberal minded Turks turn into patriots. It is just a... Read more
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Serhatcan Yurdam: “İzmir’de ‘Teröre Lanet’ Mitingi”
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