Turkey Struggles to Fight War on Two Fronts
Suicide attacks by Islamic State and Kurdish separatists hurt government’s credibility
By Dion Nissenbaum
March 16, 2016 8:27 p.m. ET
ISTANBUL—Over the past nine months, Turkey has been hit by six major bombings that have killed more than 220 people and exposed how the government has failed to insulate the country from the fallout of the Syrian war next door.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016
A British scholar in Turkey has been deported from Istanbul after being found with invitations to Kurdish New Year celebrations
A British scholar in Turkey has been deported from Istanbul after being found with invitations to Kurdish New Year celebrations
By DOMINIQUE SOGUEL
Published: 3/16/16 4:16 pm EDT - Updated: 3/16/16 4:16 pm EDT
ISTANBUL — A British scholar was deported from Turkey Wednesday after he said he was found with invitations to Kurdish New Year celebrations.
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By DOMINIQUE SOGUEL
Published: 3/16/16 4:16 pm EDT - Updated: 3/16/16 4:16 pm EDT
ISTANBUL — A British scholar was deported from Turkey Wednesday after he said he was found with invitations to Kurdish New Year celebrations.
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Refugees in Greek limbo fear return to Turkey | Europe | DW.COM | 16.03.2016
Refugees in Greek limbo fear return to Turkey
As the EU and Turkey discuss a plan that would see migrants returned to Turkey, many asylum seekers already in Greece say they would resist such an outcome at all costs. Pavlos Zafiropoulos reports from Athens.
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As the EU and Turkey discuss a plan that would see migrants returned to Turkey, many asylum seekers already in Greece say they would resist such an outcome at all costs. Pavlos Zafiropoulos reports from Athens.
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Erdogan Wants Turkey's Anti-Extremism Law to Include Journalists and Politicians
Erdogan Wants Turkey's Anti-Extremism Law to Include Journalists and Politicians
By Jack Moore On 3/16/16 at 11:34 AM
Turkey’s President Tayyip Recep Erdogan called on Wednesday for the country’s parliament to redefine the country’s anti-extremism law to include journalists, politicians and academics.
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By Jack Moore On 3/16/16 at 11:34 AM
Turkey’s President Tayyip Recep Erdogan called on Wednesday for the country’s parliament to redefine the country’s anti-extremism law to include journalists, politicians and academics.
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Refugee Crisis Policies Have Merkel on Defensive in Europe - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Alone in Berlin: How Merkel Has Gambled Away Her EU Power
Photo Gallery: Merkel's Waterloo Photos
AFP
With her refugee policies, Chancellor Merkel has isolated Germany to a greater degree than any of her predecessors. The Balkan Route has been closed down against her will and many EU leaders believe her overtures to Turkey are delusional.
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Photo Gallery: Merkel's Waterloo Photos
AFP
With her refugee policies, Chancellor Merkel has isolated Germany to a greater degree than any of her predecessors. The Balkan Route has been closed down against her will and many EU leaders believe her overtures to Turkey are delusional.
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Ankara bombing: Female suicide bomber spent time in Syria - CNN.com
Ankara bombing: Female suicide bomber spent time in Syria
By Gul Tuysuz, CNN
Updated 6:44 PM ET, Tue March 15, 2016
Seher Cagla Demir has been identified as the suicide car bomber behind the attack in Ankara
She was born in 1992 in Turkey's eastern province of Kars
A security source says Demir was in Syria by December 6, 2013; they think she joined the YPG, a Kurdish armed group in Syria
Ankara, Turkey (CNN)As solemn funerals for the victims of the Ankara bombing were laid to rest on Tuesday, more details have come to light about the female suicide car bomber who claimed the lives of at least 35 civilians.
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By Gul Tuysuz, CNN
Updated 6:44 PM ET, Tue March 15, 2016
Seher Cagla Demir has been identified as the suicide car bomber behind the attack in Ankara
She was born in 1992 in Turkey's eastern province of Kars
A security source says Demir was in Syria by December 6, 2013; they think she joined the YPG, a Kurdish armed group in Syria
Ankara, Turkey (CNN)As solemn funerals for the victims of the Ankara bombing were laid to rest on Tuesday, more details have come to light about the female suicide car bomber who claimed the lives of at least 35 civilians.
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Can Turkey Steer Away From Catastrophe?
Can Turkey Steer Away From Catastrophe?
As someone who was imprisoned and banned from holding office, Erdogan is a product of the hard-knock school of politics where one survives by completely knocking out opponents. As a result, he has made many domestic and international enemies along the way, stresses Abukar Arman.
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As someone who was imprisoned and banned from holding office, Erdogan is a product of the hard-knock school of politics where one survives by completely knocking out opponents. As a result, he has made many domestic and international enemies along the way, stresses Abukar Arman.
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Turkey-EU deal: ‘It’s not legal and it’s not moral′ | Europe | DW.COM | 16.03.2016
Turkey-EU deal: ‘It’s not legal and it’s not moral'
The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner has criticized the proposed EU-Turkey resettlement scheme as unworkable and illegal. He tells DW the only solution is EU members taking collective responsibility.
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The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner has criticized the proposed EU-Turkey resettlement scheme as unworkable and illegal. He tells DW the only solution is EU members taking collective responsibility.
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Erdogan Said to Start Campaign for Presidential System in April - Bloomberg Business
Campaign for Presidential System in April
Selcan Hacaoglu
March 15, 2016 — 9:40 AM EDT
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to kick off a campaign to widen the powers of his office in April as he seeks public support for a possible referendum later this year, according to two senior officials with close knowledge of the preparations.
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Selcan Hacaoglu
March 15, 2016 — 9:40 AM EDT
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to kick off a campaign to widen the powers of his office in April as he seeks public support for a possible referendum later this year, according to two senior officials with close knowledge of the preparations.
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EU-Turkey deal: Decisive or divisive? – EurActiv.com
EU-Turkey deal: Decisive or divisive?
DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EurActiv.com PLC.
By Mehmet Öğütçü, Stephen Jones
If European Union leaders were expecting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to meekly accede to their expectations and demands at the migration summit last week, they were clearly mistaken, write Mehmet Öğütçü and Stephen Jones.
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DISCLAIMER: All opinions in this column reflect the views of the author(s), not of EurActiv.com PLC.
By Mehmet Öğütçü, Stephen Jones
If European Union leaders were expecting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to meekly accede to their expectations and demands at the migration summit last week, they were clearly mistaken, write Mehmet Öğütçü and Stephen Jones.
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The United States Should Recognize Rojava | Foreign Affairs
Between Ankara and Rojava
Not Quiet on the Kurdish Front
By Steven A. Cook
Nearly seven years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to the Turkish capital, Ankara, to address the country’s parliament. Turkey was second only to Russia in its need of a “reset.” The war in Iraq had damaged Washington’s ties with Ankara, which had warned of the dangers of a U.S. invasion and paid a price for its destabilizing effects. The new U.S. president’s gauzy rhetoric before the Grand National Assembly about how Turkish and Americans soldiers stood shoulder-to-shoulder “from Korea to Kosovo to Kabul” and his admiration for “Turkey’s democracy” seemed to hit exactly the right notes. It was the dawn of a new era in which close relations with a large, prosperous, democratizing, predominantly Muslim country would exemplify a more constructive, less belligerent course for U.S. foreign policy.
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Not Quiet on the Kurdish Front
By Steven A. Cook
Nearly seven years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama traveled to the Turkish capital, Ankara, to address the country’s parliament. Turkey was second only to Russia in its need of a “reset.” The war in Iraq had damaged Washington’s ties with Ankara, which had warned of the dangers of a U.S. invasion and paid a price for its destabilizing effects. The new U.S. president’s gauzy rhetoric before the Grand National Assembly about how Turkish and Americans soldiers stood shoulder-to-shoulder “from Korea to Kosovo to Kabul” and his admiration for “Turkey’s democracy” seemed to hit exactly the right notes. It was the dawn of a new era in which close relations with a large, prosperous, democratizing, predominantly Muslim country would exemplify a more constructive, less belligerent course for U.S. foreign policy.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Turkey mourns losses of dozens after Ankara attack - LOCAL
Turkey mourns losses of dozens after Ankara attack
ANKARA
After the bodies of 35 victims of the March 13 suicide car bomb attack in the capital city of Ankara were delivered to their families by the authorities, funeral ceremonies were held all across the country on March 15, as Turkey continued to be gripped by a growing sense of distress and unease following a series of deadly attacks in recent months.
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ANKARA
After the bodies of 35 victims of the March 13 suicide car bomb attack in the capital city of Ankara were delivered to their families by the authorities, funeral ceremonies were held all across the country on March 15, as Turkey continued to be gripped by a growing sense of distress and unease following a series of deadly attacks in recent months.
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Meet the Syrian refugee who has been stuck in a Turkish airport for a year - Telegraph
Meet the Syrian refugee who has been stuck in a Turkish airport for a year
By Raziye Akkoc
8:01PM GMT 15 Mar 2016
A Syrian refugee has been stuck in a Turkish airport for a year, forced to live in the "Problematic Passengers Room" and constantly facing the threat of being deported to Syria, according to Amnesty.
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By Raziye Akkoc
8:01PM GMT 15 Mar 2016
A Syrian refugee has been stuck in a Turkish airport for a year, forced to live in the "Problematic Passengers Room" and constantly facing the threat of being deported to Syria, according to Amnesty.
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Condolences and big words again – till the next - BURAK BEKDİL
Condolences and big words again – till the next
“It’s time for condolences again - till the next” was this column’s title more than 12 years ago (Nov. 18, 2003,) after the twin Istanbul bombings that killed 60 people. Since then hundreds of thousands must been killed in mostly Muslim vs. Muslim conflicts and terror attacks, including regular bombing of mosques - of the “wrong” Muslim sect.
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“It’s time for condolences again - till the next” was this column’s title more than 12 years ago (Nov. 18, 2003,) after the twin Istanbul bombings that killed 60 people. Since then hundreds of thousands must been killed in mostly Muslim vs. Muslim conflicts and terror attacks, including regular bombing of mosques - of the “wrong” Muslim sect.
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Hoteliers have little hope of luring Western tourists - TOURISM
Hoteliers have little hope of luring Western tourists
ANTALYA - Doğan News Agency
Tourism representatives from the southern province of Antalya, Turkey’s tourism center, have said they did not find what had expected at the ITB Berlin fair, adding they saw 2016 as a difficult year for the sector once again.
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ANTALYA - Doğan News Agency
Tourism representatives from the southern province of Antalya, Turkey’s tourism center, have said they did not find what had expected at the ITB Berlin fair, adding they saw 2016 as a difficult year for the sector once again.
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Picking up the rubble in troubled southeast Turkey | All media content | DW.COM | 15.03.2016
Picking up the rubble in troubled southeast Turkey
In Diyarbakir, Turkey's Kurdish capital, government forces are ending operations against PKK-linked fighters and leaving behind a UNESCO area laden with bullet holes, rubble and police checkpoints. Diego Cupolo reports.
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In Diyarbakir, Turkey's Kurdish capital, government forces are ending operations against PKK-linked fighters and leaving behind a UNESCO area laden with bullet holes, rubble and police checkpoints. Diego Cupolo reports.
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Suicide bombing exposes divisions tearing at Turkey's stability | Reuters
Suicide bombing exposes divisions tearing at Turkey's stability
ANKARA/ISTANBUL | By Umit Bektas, Nick Tattersall and Humeyra Pamuk
"Government resign!" chanted some of the mourners at the funeral on Tuesday of four young victims of the suicide bombing in Turkey's capital Ankara.
"Our child has become a victim of ugly politics. We don't want any politicians at our funeral," one of the relatives called out, before family members hushed him and warned him against speaking out in front of journalists.
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ANKARA/ISTANBUL | By Umit Bektas, Nick Tattersall and Humeyra Pamuk
"Government resign!" chanted some of the mourners at the funeral on Tuesday of four young victims of the suicide bombing in Turkey's capital Ankara.
"Our child has become a victim of ugly politics. We don't want any politicians at our funeral," one of the relatives called out, before family members hushed him and warned him against speaking out in front of journalists.
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After Ankara Bombing, Fears Loom Over Turkey's Economic Future, Long-Term Foreign Investments
After Ankara Bombing, Fears Loom Over Turkey's Economic Future, Long-Term Foreign Investments
By Michael Kaplan @michaeld_kaplan On 03/15/16 AT 2:12 PM
Investors have been watching Turkey closely after Sunday’s deadly Ankara bombing brought into question their long-term prospects in the country. The third major attack in Turkey’s capital in just five months, which left at least 37 people dead, exacerbated growing instability and further compounded efforts to resuscitate the phenomenal economic growth the country flaunted less than a decade ago.
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By Michael Kaplan @michaeld_kaplan On 03/15/16 AT 2:12 PM
Investors have been watching Turkey closely after Sunday’s deadly Ankara bombing brought into question their long-term prospects in the country. The third major attack in Turkey’s capital in just five months, which left at least 37 people dead, exacerbated growing instability and further compounded efforts to resuscitate the phenomenal economic growth the country flaunted less than a decade ago.
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SUNDAY TIMES - Tourists urged to register with government amid terror attacks
Tourists urged to register with government amid terror attacks
South African travellers planning to visit any of the world's hot spots‚ including Turkey‚ are encouraged to put their names on a register so that the Department of International Relations and Cooperation are aware of their whereabouts in case of emergency.
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South African travellers planning to visit any of the world's hot spots‚ including Turkey‚ are encouraged to put their names on a register so that the Department of International Relations and Cooperation are aware of their whereabouts in case of emergency.
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Curtailing of press and other freedoms in Turkey out of step with European values
Curtailing of press and other freedoms in Turkey out of step with European values
Date
March 15, 2016 - 9:00PM
Turkish security officials say one of two suspected perpetrators in a bomb blast that killed 37 people on Sunday was a female member of the outlawed PKK.
The situation in and around Turkey is increasingly problematic. A bomb attack in the centre of its capital Ankara killed 37 people on Sunday. Turkey has launched air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq in apparent retaliation for the attack, blamed on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the armed group fighting for self-rule inside the country.
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Date
March 15, 2016 - 9:00PM
Turkish security officials say one of two suspected perpetrators in a bomb blast that killed 37 people on Sunday was a female member of the outlawed PKK.
The situation in and around Turkey is increasingly problematic. A bomb attack in the centre of its capital Ankara killed 37 people on Sunday. Turkey has launched air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq in apparent retaliation for the attack, blamed on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the armed group fighting for self-rule inside the country.
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