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Turkey: Torture, Sexual Abuse Rampant in Prisons
Source:Gatestone Institute Date:10Sep2018
AKP returns Turkey to the dark days of 1990s “under the military tutelage”. Events reported here do not befit a civilized country. Inmates in a jail in Şanlıurfa in southeast
Turkey Masses Troops on Syrian Border, Braces for Refugees
Source:Bloomberg Date:10Sep2018
Russia is trying to secure a green light from Erdogan because it understands that staging an assault on Idlib in the face of Turkish opposition risks pitting Russia and Iran against the U.S. and
The Idlib quagmire is yet another test for the international system
Source:Daily SABAH Date:08Sep2018
Presidential Advisor Mr Ibrahim Kalin outlines Turkey’s position in Idlib: Idlib is a de-escalation zone under the Astana agreement. As the three guarantor countries, Turkey, Russia and
America Can’t Be Trusted to Run the Global Economy
Source:Foreign Policy magazine Date:08Sep2018
Economy czar Albayrak writes at Foreign Policy to complain about US: While the scale of the attack resulted in exchange rate fluctuations, the incident ultimately demonstrated the strong
Turkey needs the EU; the question is how much its relationship will cost
Source:Euronews Date:08Sep2018
The key challenge for Turkey is not the form of its relationship with the EU, but the fact that it crucially needs EU markets, funds, and investment to prosper. This in turn requires the rule of
Idlib braces for assault as Russia and Iran dismiss ceasefire calls
Source:The Guardian Date:08Sep2018
In addition to the looming human catastrophe, Idlib offensive will crack open the budding alliance among Turkey, Russia and Iran. At a closing press conference, Russia’s Vladimir Putin
Turkey’s options limited as world awaits Idlib operation
Source:al Monitor Date:05Sep2018
Turkey can ill afford to take in further refugees, who would most likely include jihadis. Yet its options are limited. In its report “Saving Idlib from Destruction,” the ICG observed, “Turkey,
Turkey seeks a way to ease tension with United States
Source:Ahval News Date:04Sep2018
Turkey is seeking a formula to ease tensions with the United States before the next hearing of the trial of American pastor Andrew Brunson on October 12, opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet said .
Turkey’s woes could be just the start as record global debt bills come due
Source:Washington Post Date:04Sep2018
“We were supposed to correct a debt bubble,” said David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff, a wealth-management firm. “What we did instead was create more debt.” Those bills are coming
Even as Turkey pulls away, the west must help its people resist
Date:03Sep2018
Bravo to award winning novelist Mrs Elif Shafak for these lines: Every weekend I would gather with friends and family to watch a western. John Wayne spoke fluent Turkish back then,