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In Turkey’s Rebel Country, Women Lead the Charge — in Soccer
Tahir Temel shuffles across the artificial turf, yelling at a defender and dodging errant free kicks, and points toward a snow-covered mountain soaring over the field, some 8 km east of Hakkari. Last...
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As Syrian Conflict Rages, France Examines Potential Terrorism Risks
As the civil war grinds on between loyalists of Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebel forces fighting to depose him, concerns are rising that the conflict may become a magnet for aspiring jihadists...
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The Daily Worry: How I Learned to Live With Bombs in Turkey and Israel
It is unsettling the first time the doors of a shopping mall glide open to reveal a magnetometer, an X-ray machine and a person wearing a holster. Less so the second time, and the point quickly arrives...
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As Syrian Conflict Rages, France Examines Potential Terrorism Risks
As the civil war grinds on between loyalists of Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebel forces fighting to depose him, concerns are rising that the conflict may become a magnet for aspiring jihadists...
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Turkey Says It Won’t Be Drawn into Syrian Conflict
(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s prime minister vowed Sunday his country won’t be drawn into Syria’s civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with...
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Turkey’s Erdogan Visits the U.S.: 4 Problems That Won’t Be Solved
As domestic scandals clouded Washington, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for a U.S. visit enveloped in his own fog. The Turkish Premier has been one of the most outspoken...
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Turkey: 1 Killed, 24 Injured After Balloon Crashes
(ANKARA, Turkey) — A hot air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground on Monday, killing two Brazilian...
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Turkish Police Break Up Istanbul Park Protest
(ISTANBUL) — Riot police used tear gas and pressurized water in a dawn raid Friday to roust a peaceful sit-in by hundreds of people trying to prevent the uprooting of trees at an Istanbul park. Several...
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Protests in Istanbul After Police Crackdown on Activists
Activists agitating against the construction of a shopping mall in a park in Istanbul were violently dispersed by Turkish police. The move triggered mass protests in Turkey’s largest city as well as...
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Reports: Turkish Police Leave Istanbul Square
(ISTANBUL) — Turkish police began to retreat from a main Istanbul square Saturday, taking away barricades and allowing in tens of thousands of protesters in an apparent move to end tensions from two...
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Protests in Turkey: Will Taksim Become Erdogan’s Tahrir Square?
Protests on Istiklal Avenue, the heart of Istanbul’s shopping and entertainment district, are nothing new. Over the past year, Turks have protested against the deteriorating state of press freedoms, a...
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Turkish Gov’t Offers Apology as Protests Continue
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s deputy prime minister offered an apology Tuesday for the government’s violent crackdown on an environmental protest, a calculated bid to ease days of anti-government...
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Erdo-gone? After Taksim, Turkish Leader’s Political Future May Hang in the...
By Sunday night, most of the businesses on Istiklal Avenue, Istanbul’s biggest pedestrian street, seemed to have had their front teeth knocked in. ATM screens glared and winked stupidly from behind...
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Live from ‘Occupied’ Gezi Park: In Istanbul, a New Turkish Protest Movement...
Last Friday, Ali Riza Gurs, manager of a local food business, saw the number of sit-in demonstrators at an Istanbul park swell, and spotted a problem: They were hungry and thirsty and would not leave...
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As Turkey’s Protests Continue, Attention Falls on Failures of Turkish Media
As epic clashes between antigovernment protesters and riot police turned downtown Istanbul into a battle zone last weekend, the country’s two main news channels had, well, not much to report. One ran a...
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Erdogan Calls For End to Turkey Protest
(ISTANBUL) Turkey‘s prime minister took a combative stance on his closely watched return to the country early Friday, telling supporters who thronged to greet him that the protests that have swept the...
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Women on the Front Lines of Turkey Protests
Two ladies, one in red, the other in blue — that two iconic early images of Turkey’s uprising flashed around the world were of women now seems no coincidence. Of the tens of thousands of antigovernment...
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Police Renew Sweep Through Istanbul Square
(ISTANBUL) — Riot police firing tear gas and water cannons re-entered Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday night after defiant protesters swarmed back in by the thousands. It was the latest sign that...
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The Battle for Taksim Square
Taksim Square, the symbolic heart of Istanbul, was engulfed in black fumes and white clouds Tuesday as riot police firing tear gas and water cannons moved in to regain control over an area that has...
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Turkish PM to Meet Istanbul Park Protesters
(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s prime minister is scheduled to meet with a group of activists protesting over re-development of an Istanbul park that has sparked the country’s biggest anti-government...
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