Turkish economic slump raises election fears for Erdogan

Source:Financial Times Date:12Nov2018

Up for grabs are the mayors’ offices and elected councils across Turkey’s 81 provinces. The most important contests are in Ankara, the capital, and Istanbul, Turkey’s biggest urban centre, where

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Factbox: Greece’s territorial waters and Turkey

Date:12Nov2018

A Greek view on  the territorial waters dispute in the Aegean Sea.  Mostly impartial.   Why is Turkey taking issue with Greece’s maritime border expansion? A decision to extend Greek

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U.S. federal court has already prepared second indictment against Halkbank – columnist

Source:Ahval News Date:11Nov2018

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is said to have prepared a second indictment for Turkey’s state-run bank Halkbank accused of violating sanction on Iran, columnist Cansu

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Why Erdogan is unhappy with return of nationalist student oath

Source:al Monitor Date:09Nov2018

I’m not fully satisfied with her answers, but Ms Tremblay explains one of the truly  exotic Turkish disputes over the pledge allegiance:     A senior AKP official from the

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Turkey aims to exit from CoE monitoring process ASAP

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:06Nov2018

I say good luck with that   At a conference held by the TOBB University of Economics and Technology last week, Faruk Kaymakçı deputy Foreign Minister responsible of EU affairs, cited these

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Amid shelling of Kurdish positions, Turkey plans new incursion into Syria

Source:The Arab Weekly Date:04Nov2018

The Turkish government seems in no mood to call off its new push into Syria. “We have finalised our preparations, our plans, our programmes in that respect,” Erdogan said. Pro-government Turkish

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US-backed Syria Kurds accuse Turkey of jeopardizing ISIS fight

Source:Military Times Date:01Nov2018

In a new spike in tensions along the border, Turkey said its military shelled Kurdish positions across the border in Syria, east of the Euphrates River. It was the second time this week Turkish

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Erdogan won’t admit it, but Canal Istanbul dream is over

Source:al Monitor Date:28Oct2018

Wolfango Piccoli, the London-based Co-President of Teneo Intelligence, said, “Despite possible loan guarantees from the Turkish treasury, it will be a real struggle for Turkey to find

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The Breakneck Islamization of Turkey’s Education System

Source:Gatestone Institute Date:28Oct2018

All the same, the number of “imam hatip” schools has climbed from 450 in 2002 to 4,112 in 2017. Meanwhile, there are only 302 specialized science high schools in the country. Imam

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Leaders of Turkey, Syria, France and Germany hold Syria talks

Source:al Jazeera Date:28Oct2018

Not much progress in this summit, but Erdogan manages to involve Europeans, Idlib peace holds and agreement reached for all Syrians to return home safely.   Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr,

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