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Turkeyâs destroyed premiership
A change in the constitution is likely what will decide the future of Turkey rather than who is the next prime minister
Turkish stadiums: a contested political battleground
Last monthâs opening of storied Istanbul soccer club Besiktas JKâs renovated Vodafone Arena stadium was laden with political symbols ranging from clashes between police and militant fans, to fans being banned from attending the opening, to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan using the event to his political advantage. Celebrations of the opening reflected …
Erdogan on Egypt: âI will not normalise with a coup regimeâ
Turkish president reiterates strong words against Egyptâs âregimeâ
Court orders retrial for Qatar, Turkey terrorism cases
Lawsuits argues countries took a âhostile positionâ against Egypt, supported Muslim Brotherhood
Al-Sisi refuses intervention amid Egyptian-Turkish turmoil
Turkey pressured for better relations with neighbouring countries, support for Muslim Brotherhood incorrect policy, according to Turkish politicians
Turkish football: Illiberal President Erdoganâs latest victim
By James M. Dorsey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoganâs illiberal policies have targeted the media, the judiciary, the police, militant football fans, and anti-government protesters. Now they threaten to claim yet another victim: the game of football itself. In a major blow to troubled Turkish football, Yildiz Holding, a conservative conglomerate known for its confectionary and biscuit business and …
Relations with Egypt should be established on intact ground: Turkish official
Turkey has repeatedly expressed opposition to current Egyptian government
Al-Sisi âillegitimate tyrantâ: Erdogan
Turkish prime minister criticises Egyptian president over Gaza
BREAKING: Turkey PM warns of crackdown if protesters defy ban
AFP – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Saturday police would clamp down on anyone defying a ban on demonstrations at Istanbul’s Taksim Square on the anniversary of a wave of mass protests last year. “If you go there, our security forces have received clear-cut instructions and will do whatever is necessary from A to Z,” Erdogan …
Turkey PM puts death toll from mine disaster at 232: TV
AFP – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the death toll from a mine explosion at 232 on Wednesday, local media reported. Erdogan was inspecting the site of the accident in the western town of Soma, about 150 miles south of Istanbul in Turkey’s Aegean region.
Turkeyâs embattled PM faces key test in local elections
More than 50 million voters were to cast their ballots for mayors and local assemblies at almost 200,000 polling stations, pitting Erdoganâs Islamic-rooted Justice and Development party against secular, nationalist and other groups.
Turkish president says Twitter ban to be lifted ââsoonâ
The president confirmed that the US-based social media giant had hired a lawyer in Turkey for negotiations with the authorities.
Third Turkey minister steps down, calls on PM to resign over graft probe: TV
The move comes shortly after Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan and Interior Minister Muammer Guler announced their resignations.
Turkish footballâs financial crisis potentially sharpens political divide
By James M. Dorsey Financially stressed Turkish football clubs are becoming pawns in the political struggle between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and militant football fans who rank prominently among his detractors as football pitches and university campuses emerge as major battlefields between the government and its detractors. Critics of Mr Erdogan charge that the …
Turkish FM tours Europe to discuss Egypt
DavutoÄlu and counterparts share âdeep concernâ about violence
Turkey warns it may deploy army as protests rage
Police “will use all their powers” to end the unrest, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said in a televised interview.
Tahrirâs lesson for Taksim: Police brutality unites battle-hardened fans
By James M. Dorsey If there is one lesson Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan should have drawn from the popular revolts that toppled four Arab leaders and sparked civil war in Syria in the last two years, it is that police brutality strengthens protestersâ resolve and particularly that of militant, street battle-hardened football fans. …
Main events in Turkey unrest
Timeline outlining latest clashes in Turkey
Police clash with protesters at Istanbulâs Taksim Square
Dozens were injured in the demonstration
40 dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria border
Interior Minister Muammer Guler told NTV news channel that the death toll has risen to 40 and that 100 people were wounded, of whom 29 are in serious condition.
Turkish police, protesters clash during May 1 demo
Protesters threw stones at the police who tried to prevent the protest in the Besiktas neighborhood of Istanbul
Afghan tragedy mars Kerry trip focused on Syria, Mideast
Kerry was due to meet later Sunday with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks set to focus on the burgeoning crisis in Syria and the Middle East peace process
Iran supports Egyptian solution to Syria
President Mohamed Morsi has said the plan will be unveiled once it is finalised
Drawing parallels: The Turkish model
By Ceylan Ozbudak âAâish! Horreyyah! Adala Egtemaâiya!â Who can forget the thrilling chant of the Egyptian people, as they cast off the oppression of Hosni Mubarak and demanded âbread, liberty, and social justiceâ in 2011? Even as the Brotherhood denies that tourism is wilting on the vine, the Egyptian pound is crashing, and Egyptâs foreign …
Turkey demands France clarify Paris slayings
Hollande had said the murder of Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Soylemez was “terrible,” adding that he knew one of the Kurdish women and that she “regularly met us.”
Brahimi says has Syria plan all world powers may back
Brahimi held talks in Moscow on Saturday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on his end-of-year bid to accelerate moves to halt the conflict that monitors say has killed 45,000 people