National Public Radio
| 7 months ago
As the war in Syria rages unabated and Turkey struggles to manage an increasingly dire refugee situation and cross-border retaliations , another conflict simmers. As many as 715 political prisoners across the country have joined a hunger strike in...
Jerusalem Post
| 7 months ago
Umit Bektas Bernard Lewis, one of the world's greatest experts on the Islamic world, told me a few years ago that the emerging younger Iranian generation and the alienated middle class would bring about regime change. However, he also predicted that...
The New York Times
| 7 months ago
Mr. Mkrtchyan, 55, an engineer, art critic and activist from the Armenian town of Gyumri has made cheese the medium of contact and cooperation with the neighboring town of Kars, in Turkey . Less than 70 kilometers, or 45 miles, apart but separated by...
The Daily Star
| 7 months ago
Turkey's justice minister urged hundreds of hunger-striking Kurdish prisoners Wednesday to end their protest, but did not comment on the strikers' demands. "For the well-being of your body, your health, your families: give up this action," Justice...
The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the AKP, in front of portraits of himself and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Critics have accused the PM of creating a cult of personality. Photograph: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images Recep Tayyip...
The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Since Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power in 2003, there has been a new attitude towards journalists. Photograph: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images Ankara is pursuing a systematic campaign of intimidation against the Turkish media, including the prosecution...
