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Parliamentary system is dead: “Turkey extends state of emergency for additional three months”
Turkey extends state of emergency for additional three months The Turkish government has extended the state of emergency, first implemented in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt, for an... Read more
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Turkey denied entry to Lagendijk, who was one of the permanent advocate of Turkey’s EU candidacy…
Dutch politician, columnist Joost Lagendijk denied entry to Turkey Joost Lagendijk, the former co-chair of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and Today’s Zaman columnist, was denied entry to Turkey on Sept.... Read more
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Bayram work: Turkey slams Germany’s Spiegel magazine and US embassy in Turkey…
Turkey slams Germany’s Spiegel over ‘provocative’ edition Turkey on Sept. 14 angrily criticized leading German news magazine Der Spiegel for a special edition that called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “a dictator,”... Read more
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“First Comic & Arts Festival in Istanbul” Istanbul News roundup…
First Comic & Arts Festival in Istanbul The Istanbul Comics & Art Festival (ICAF) will be held for the first time this year at the St. Joseph Social Club in the... Read more
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After 9 years, new footage that proves some state officials’ involvement in Hrant Dink Assassination leaked…
The day Hrant Dink was assassinated, this blog turned to be a critical one, we always knew state was involved in one way or another, but only after the political... Read more
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Turkey’s “unexpected allies” in Europe: i.e. Former Swedish PM Bildt…
https://twitter.com/emeyersson/status/771822923380248576 CB used to have good relations w both the RTE & GM components of AKP. https://t.co/N8a1dZIsme At some point, he picked one side: Erdoğan's — Ξrik Meyersson (@emeyersson)... Read more
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As Biden comes to Turkey, Turkish military strikes YPG and ISIL targets in Syria, recalls ambassador to Austria after rows…
Turkish military strikes YPG and ISIL targets in Syria AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Turkish army shells ISIL targets in Syria’s Jarablus and Kurdish YPG fighters north of Manbij. Turkey recalls ambassador... Read more
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“Turkey to play more active role in Syrian War” -as if she did not play before…
Biden, Turkish PM to discuss Syria, extradition of Gülen U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım will discuss issues regarding Syria and the extradition of the U.S.-based... Read more
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Turkey and Russia rapprochement… Who knows until when and for what…
Putin mends broken relations with Turkey’s Erdogan BBC News | Europe | World Edition The leaders of Russia and Turkey patch up a damaging quarrel, pledging to restore close economic relations... Read more
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Even the talk of death penalty is a further distance from European Union…
All the death penalty talk maybe tactical as it is hard to catch up with Turkish leadership’s discursive tactics, but some of these are so primitive that even mentioning them signifies where... Read more
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After a promising Sunday- with rallies etc- Detention warrant issued for 42 journalists including Bülent Mumay and Nazlı Ilıcak #TurkeyCoup
A list of 42 journalists: Abdullah Abdulkadiroğlu, Abdullah Kılıç, Ahmet Dönmez, Ali Akkuş, Arda Akın, Nazlı Ilıcak, Bayram Kaya, Bilal Şahin, Bülent Ceyhan, Bülent Mumay, Bünyamin Köseli, Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu,... Read more
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#TurkeyCoup aftermath: Amnesty asks Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations…
Turkey: Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations amnesty.org – Jul 24, 1:27 PM Amnesty International has gathered credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being... Read more
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Erdoğan in NATO Summit…
(Reuters/Kacper Pempel) Not too impressed with the air show… Olive branches and bombs: President Erdogan and Turkey’s precarious politics New Statesman Ergenekon Sungec, a young Turkish travel agent, finally... Read more
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“Significant Digits For The Istanbul Attacks
Significant Digits For The Istanbul Attacks FiveThirtyEight » Features by Walt Hickey You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. Turkey Did Nothing About... Read more
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NYT asks: “Is Istanbul Safe? What Travelers Should Know… Istanbul news roundup…
Is Istanbul Safe? What Travelers Should Know. New York Times A suicide attack Tuesday night at Istanbul Ataturk Airport killed dozens of people and wounded more than 200. Here’s what... Read more
