EU to press Turkey for help in anti-ISIL fight New EU foreign policy chief Mogherini makes her first visit to Turkey with ISIL on top of her agenda EU to press Turkey over IS militants BBC News | Europe | World Edition EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is in Turkey to urge it to participate fully … Read more
Turkey falls behind in global corruption index Turkey slumps alarmingly in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index Turkey’s Growing Corruption Problem Is Getting Harder to Hide Global Voices Online by Ece Basay Money in a shoebox. Viral image. In the last twelve months, the Turkish state has appeared significantly more corrupt. That is the underlying message of … Read more
Isis launches attack on Kobani from inside Turkey for first time World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Assault by Islamic State militants reportedly began with suicide attack on border between Turkey and strategic Syrian town Islamic State (Isis) has launched an attack on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey for the first time, a Kurdish … Read more
Turkish President Erdoğan says women’s equality with men ‘against nature’ Gender equality is against nature: Thus spoke Turkish President Erdoğan President cites Oslo talks to justify exclusion of third-party from Kurdish peace process Time has proven that the involvement of any third party would further complicate Turkey’s Kurdish peace process instead of helping it, President Erdoğan has … Read more
Conservative, Sunni and anti-leftist Cihan agency frames the news like this: Police disperses ultra-leftist demonstrators protesting PM in Tunceli Cihan News Agency–54 minutes ago About 300 people attempted to protest Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu in Tunceli province on Sunday, but police did not allow them to hold Turkish gov’t against discrimination toward Alevis, says PM Davutoğlu … Read more
Biden, in Turkey, calls concentration of powers ‘corrosive’ US Vice President Joe Biden tells Europe it is time to act on improving its energy security, warning of Russia’s ‘track record’ in using energy supplies as a weapon US, Turkey at odds over ISIS, Syria The U.S. and Turkey met on Saturday, but offered no indication of agreement … Read more
My mission is ISIL, not al-Assad, says US army chief General Dempsey says his duty is defeating the Islamist militants reigning in Iraq and Syria, not toppling al-Assad Amnesty report reveals desperate plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch Government-run camps full to bursting and those outside camps battling to … Read more
Graft probe tapings consistent with transcribed files A forensic report on a graft probe started last year has said the transcribed documents and tape recordings of the telephone conversations between the high-profile suspects are consistent Pope Francis to visit Virgin Mary’s House in Turkey Residents of the western town of Selçuk enthusiastically await Pope’s visit to Christian … Read more
GREEN – Istanbul makes audacious bid to be named European Green Capital 2017 hurriyetdailynews.com – Istanbul has witnessed a major construction spree in the last years under the banner of ‘urban transformation,’ particularly in terms of residential complexes. HÜRRİYET Photo Boastful of its environmental policy despite activists’ outcry… Tension high in Istanbul grove amid police … Read more
NATO would defend Turkey: New chief NATO must be very clear that it would come to Turkey’s aid if Turkey was attacked, Stoltenberg said Gov’t Motion on Military Action Abroad Faces Confrontation A government motion to be voted tomorrow that would allow the Turkish Army to “make a military invention in Syria and Iraq if necessary” … Read more
Foreign Ministry vehemently denies bargain with jihadists over Turkish territory Foreign Ministry has categorically denied a report that Ankara has agreed to hand over the tomb of Süleyman Shah to jihadists in return for the release of 49 Turkish nationals Police remove shop signs in Arabic in Gaziantep amid refugee influx Officers have requested from Syrian … Read more
Turkey asks for satisfactory explanation from Germany over wiretapping reports Ankara warned Berlin that such practices would also harm the two countries’ cooperation in providing international security Turkish anger over German ‘spying’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition The German ambassador to Turkey is called to the foreign ministry over reports that Germany spied on … Read more
Yusuf Kaplan in an article entitled, 20 suggestions for Erdoğan, published in AKP’s Pravda, Yeni Şafak declared that: 19- Bogaziçi, Bilkent and ODTÜ, which are being the volunteer agencies of other cultures, should be ‘demolished’ and in their place pilot universities, which are similar to Ivy League universities in the U.S.A. that trace the American culture and world … Read more
You don’t worth my shoe, angry MP yells at male colleagues Turkish Parliament has witnessed a rare moment of protest when an infuriated MP told her male colleagues that she might hurl her shoe at them. ‘But it doesn’t worth,’ CHP deputy Aylin Nazlıaka concluded Turkey: A future of anxiety and unknowns Although Erdogan’s election is worrisome, … Read more
AKP spokesperson just Hüseyin Çelik declared that the AKP convention to choose the new PM will be on Aug 27, a day before Gül’s retirement from the Presidency… This decision is apparently to prevent Gül’s return to party… Outgoing President Gül signals return as AKP seeks road map for post-Erdoğan era Outgoing President Gül has signalled that he … Read more