Turkey’s reaction to Gezi Park protests was ‘brutal’, says Amnesty
An Amnesty International report to be released today has found that Turkish authorities reacted in a “brutal and unequivocal” manner to peaceful protests during the Gezi Park demonstrations in June....
View ArticleTurkish Soccer's Financial Crisis Potentially Sharpens Political Divide
Financially stressed Turkish soccer clubs are becoming pawns in the political struggle between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and militant soccer fans who rank prominently among his detractors as...
View ArticleTurkey’s reaction to Gezi Park protests ‘brutal’, says Amnesty
An Amnesty International report to be released today has found that Turkish authorities reacted in a “brutal and unequivocal” manner to peaceful protests during the Gezi Park demonstrations in June....
View ArticleTurkey Accused of Gross Human Rights Violations in Gezi Park Protests...
(Source: Amnesty International) Contact: Sharon Singh, ssingh@aiusa.org, 202-675-8579, @AIUSAmedia (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Turkish authorities committed human rights violations on a massive scale in the...
View ArticleFor Erdogan, or Against Him: Turks in Germany Get the Vote
For decades, Turks in Germany weren't able to vote, neither in their homeland nor in their adopted country. Now, Prime Minister Erdogan has changed that in the search for more support. But the Turkish...
View ArticleTurkey's lopsided presidential election campaign
Share PhotoReddit✉ The main opposition candidate in Turkey’s Aug. 10 presidential election, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the former head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, answers questions from...
View ArticleTurkish PM unveils reforms after summer of protests
Some critics say Recep Tayyip Erdogan's proposals do not go far enough in driving Turkey's faltering democratisation...
View ArticleTurkey announces reforms aimed at promoting peace with Kurds
Comments 0 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a long-awaited package of reforms Monday. (Associated Press / September 30, 2013) Also Syrian refugees flee amid clashes between Kurds...
View ArticleTurkey's Erdogan proposes reforms
ISTANBUL -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan on Monday announced political reforms aimed at strengthening democracy, including greater freedoms for the Kurdish minority and lifting a ban on...
View ArticleTurkish soccer’s financial crisis potentially sharpens political divide
Financially stressed Turkish soccer clubs are becoming pawns in the political struggle between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and militant soccer fans who rank prominently among his detractors as...
View ArticleEU starts talking Turkey - again
It's fair to say that the detailed machinations of European Union membership processes fail to spark the curiosity of many people, and most Turks appear to be among the least interested. The results of...
View ArticleTurkey unveils political reforms package
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday announced a long-awaited package of proposals aimed at democratic reform, including lifting some restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language...
View Article73 dead after boat sinks off coast of Italy
October 3, 2013 -- Updated 0938 GMT (1738 HKT) Weather-beaten boats once used by illegal immigrants to arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa lay in the harbour. (CNN) -- At least 73 people,...
View ArticleAt least 2 die in Turkey-Kurd clashes
June 8, 2014 -- Updated 1233 GMT (2033 HKT) Istanbul (CNN) -- Crowds of mourners gathered Sunday to bury a young man in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir after clashes the previous day...
View ArticleTurkey to unveil reforms key to Kurdish peace next week: Erdogan says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he would announce next week a package of reforms designed to strengthen democracy and keep on track a fragile peace process...
View ArticleFacebook censorship of Kurdish political party
Social media giant Facebook has waded into one of Europe longest-running conflicts after it banned pages belonging to Turkey's largest pro-Kurdish political party. The main page of the Peace and...
View ArticleFacebook censorship of Turkish political party
Social media giant Facebook has waded into one of Europe longest-running conflicts after it banned pages belonging to Turkey's largest pro-Kurdish political party. The main page of the Peace and...
View ArticleFacebook censorship of pro-Kurdish political party
The main page of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) came down on Tuesday, October 29, following several warnings about posting content related to a Kurdish militia fighting in northern Syria and an...
View ArticleTurkish Premier Announces Proposals Aimed at Kurds
ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a package of measures on Monday that appeared intended to revive the stalled peace process with the country's ethnic Kurds, who have fought a...
View ArticlePlane crashes at Nigeria airport
October 3, 2013 -- Updated 1014 GMT (1814 HKT) (CNN) -- A small charter plane crashed at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday morning, a spokesman for Nigeria's Accident...
View ArticleTurkey Reform Proposals Include Changes On Use Of Kurdish Language And...
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's prime minister on Monday announced a long-awaited package of proposals aimed at democratic reform, including lifting some restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language and...
View ArticleTurkey unveils reforms aimed at Kurds
The Associated Press ANKARA (AP)—Turkey’s prime minister on Monday announced a long-awaited package of proposals aimed at democratic reform, including lifting some restrictions on the use of the...
View ArticleHard news for Turkey's journalists
"The police were just behind us. The first tear gas they threw hit me. I clutched my head. Blood was pouring out." Ahmet Sik is a widely respected, well-known investigative journalist in Turkey. He...
View ArticleThe killing of Ali Ismail Korkmaz
On June 3 last year, Ali Ismail Korkmaz - a 19-year-old student in Turkey - was clubbed to death at an anti-government protest in the city of Eskisehir. He slipped into a coma, struggling with a brain...
View ArticleTurkey unveils reforms, some aimed at Kurds
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister on Monday announced a long-awaited package of proposals aimed at democratic reform, including lifting some restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language...
View ArticleTurkey's 'Second Silent Revolution'
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s democratic reform package for Turkey has raised the hopes of supporters and even opponents. Some feel the plan is meant only to elicit EU approval. That could...
View ArticleTurkish government guilty of human rights abuses, group says
October 2, 2013 -- Updated 1511 GMT (2311 HKT) Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish authorities' use of live ammunition, tear gas, beatings and sexual assaults to crush street protests earlier this year...
View ArticleTurkish police sentenced to 10 years in jail for death of protester
By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two Turkish policemen were jailed for ten years on Wednesday for their part in beating a student to death during anti-government protests that Turkish leader...
View ArticleTurkey profile
A chronology of key events: 1923 - Assembly declares Turkey a republic and Kemal Ataturk president. Continue reading the main story Istanbul Europe meets Asia in Turkey's largest city Former capital of...
View ArticleTurkey profile - Timeline
9 June 2015 From the section Europe A chronology of key events: 1923 - Assembly declares Turkey a republic and Kemal Ataturk president. Istanbul Europe meets Asia in Turkey's largest city Former...
View ArticleTurkey lists string of reforms in 'democratization package'
Turkey will lift a ban on wearing headscarves in public institutions and allow Kurdish-language education in private schools as part of a string of reforms announced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleTurkey's Erdogan announces Kurdish reforms
Turkey's PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced major political reforms, including new Kurdish rights and a reversal of the headscarf ban. He has proposed lowering the 10% electoral threshold, which...
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