AJC, a prominent Jewish organization in the US, has asked Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan to return a courage award he received in 2004, following his response to the recent Gaza operations
Washington has again called for ‘fair, transparent and democratic’ investigations into more than 100 police officers and chiefs who have been detained earlier this week
GTE Policy Brief (Istituto Affari Internazionali) No. 17, July 2014 by Ali Çarkoğlu * The results of Turkey’s municipal elections held on 30 March 2014, which consolidated the electoral strength of the conservative Justice and Development Party, surprised many. With presidential elections due to be held in August 2014 and a general election ten months later
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has parried speculation about his possible assumption of the prime minister’s post, saying he was focusing on his current job, particularly Palestine and Libya
Calls for a boycott of Israeli products circulating on social media have been extended to novels penned by Mario Levi, an acclaimed Turkish writer of Jewish descent, drawing criticism at overt anti-Semitism
The gov’t has announced that it spent 209 million TL, on health treatments for Syrian refugees
The case was related to the death of a passerby during a protest in 2006 due to the effects of tear gas
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