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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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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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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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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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Turkey’s Big Week Means New Clout In An Emerging Middle East
A sandstorm was kicking up at Ben Gurion International midday last Friday, winds bad enough to cancel the departure ceremony for President Obama’s winning trip to Israel. But in a sheet metal trailer...
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In Deepest Kurdistan: A Wary Welcome for Peace with the Turks
Tucked into Turkey’s south-easternmost corner, between Iran and Iraq, nestled by mountains studded with ghost villages, Hakkâri, a town of 70,000, is forlorn, violent and cold. It is March 21, the day...
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France May Aid Syrian Rebels Unilaterally If EU Doesn’t Lift Arms Embargo
France has significantly upped its efforts to unblock Western military support for rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by calling for the European Union to lift its arms embargo in the...
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In Turkey, Critics of Erdogan’s Government Claim Familiar Pattern of Reprisal
The fallout from the June protests in Turkey is settling into a growing pattern of reprisal against those dissenting against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, critics of his government say. But that...
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How the Ergenekon Verdicts May Deepen Turkey’s Political Divide
A heavily guarded Turkish court on Monday handed down verdicts against 275 defendants — whose ranks include former generals, parliamentarians and journalists — on charges of plotting to overthrow the...
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Turkey Says It Would Join Coalition Against Assad
(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Turkey would take part in an international coalition to move against President Bashar Assad’s government if the U.N. failed to come up...
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Israel-Turkey Relations Sink to Low
(JERUSALEM) — After a brief courtship last spring, relations between Israel and Turkey have fallen to a new low, officials in both countries say, just as the two former allies are bracing for possible...
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For Turkey, Planned U.S. Missile Strikes on Syria Not Good Enough
For some American allies, such as the UK, whose parliament seemed to reject any armed involvement in Syria on Thursday, punitive airstrikes against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad might be...
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Turkish Ambassador To Return to Egypt
(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s ambassador to Egypt, pulled back amid deteriorating relations between the two countries, will return to Cairo but Egypt said its top diplomat would not go back to Ankara...
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Kurdish Rebels Halt Withdrawal From Turkey
(ANKARA, Turkey) — A pro-Kurdish news agency says Kurdish rebels have suspended their withdrawal from Turkey over what they see as the Turkish government’s failure to take steps that would advance...
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Anti-Government Protester Dies in Turkey
(ISTANBUL) — Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in southern Turkey on Tuesday, hours after a funeral was held for a 22-year-old protester who died in disputed circumstances. Protesters also...
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Turkey Says It Shot Down Syrian Helicopter
(ISTANBUL) — Turkey’s deputy prime minister says a Turkish jet has shot down a Syrian military helicopter after it entered Turkish airspace. Bulent Arinc told reporters in Ankara that the pilots of the...
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Amid Explosions and Clashes, Volatile Turkey-Syria Border Gets More Dangerous
It’s far from what the Turks had in mind. In late 2009, at the height of its detente with Syria, the Ankara government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan lifted visa requirements for Syrian nationals and floated...
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Kurdish Rebels Warn Of New Conflict in Turkey
Kurdish insurgents said they are prepared to reignite a guerrilla conflict within Turkey and have accused Ankara of waging a proxy war against their forces by funding Islamist insurgents in Syria....
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U.S. Discussing Chinese Defense with Turkey
(ISTANBUL) — The U.S. says it has begun consultations with Turkey as Ankara considers a deal for a missile defense system with a Chinese company sanctioned by Washington. U.S. Ambassador Francis...
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Turkish Tunnel Opens First Undersea Link Between Two Continents
Some 153 years ago, Turkey’s Sultan Abdul Mejid envisioned an undersea tunnel that would span the Bosporus Strait and link Europe to Asia. It was a bit far-fetched for the time, but today it will...
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