‘Turkish government using national security to punish opponents’
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Clashes erupt in Turkey’s main Kurdish city after elections
‘Clashes have erupted between Turkish police and suspected militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country’s troubled southeast. The latest fighting erupted outside the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Sunday evening. AFP said gunshots were heard across the violence-hit region. However, it […]
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Saddam-style: ISIS oil exports worth $500m a year ‘conducted through Turkey’
‘The lion’s share of Islamic State illegal oil exports is conducted through Turkey and Kurdish areas. Although Washington could curb the illegal traffic, it has chosen to focus on other issues, a former CIA officer told the Sputnik news agency. “It’s a question of priorities. They have never allocated enough resources to do so. Other […]
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Teenagers face four years in prison for ripping up posters of Turkish president
‘Two Turkish boys, aged 12 and 13, could spend four years behind bars for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Prosecutors accuse them of ripping up posters of the Turkish leader, while the boys’ lawyer says the charges themselves violate the law. “There was no premeditation to insult the president. Also, they were unaware the face […]
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Turkish media slam government crackdown on press
‘Turkish media have denounced the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for its crackdown on press ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections. “It’s the biggest crackdown on press in Turkish history,” said Tarık Toros, the editor-in-chief of the television station, Bugün, which on Wednesday was taken off the air by Turkish security forces. Turkish journalists […]
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Washington’s Syria ‘Strategy’ In Complete Disarray As ‘Ally’ Turkey Bombs US-Armed Rebels
‘A little over a week ago in “Full Metal Retard: US Launches ‘Performance-Based’ Ammo Paradrop Program For Make-Believe ‘Syrian Arabs’” we outlined what is perhaps the most hilarious Pentagon scheme designed to arm rebels in Syria to date (and that’s saying something). Following the comical demise of the latest “train and equip” program, the US […]
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Turkey, Qatar and UAE planes fly ISIS out of Syria to Yemen: Damascus
‘Turkish, Qatari and Emirati airplanes have transferred hundreds of Daesh Takfiri militants from Syria to Yemen following Russian airstrikes on the terrorists’ positions, the spokesman for the Syrian Armed Forces says. Brigadier General Ali Mayhoub announced on Tuesday that two planes from Turkey, one from the United Arab Emirates and a fourth from Qatar transported […]
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Jimmy Carter: Keep Assad in Power, ‘Negotiate’ End to Syria’s War
The civil war in Syria could end with a diplomatic solution involving the United States, Russia, Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia — but ‘the proud nations that claim to want peace … refuse to cooperate with one another,’ former Democratic President Jimmy Carter said Saturday. Read more: Jimmy Carter: Keep Assad in Power, ‘Negotiate’ End […]
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Turkey won’t allow Kurds to control northern Syria: Erdogan
‘Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara will not allow Kurds to take control of northern Syria, accusing them of trying to grab land in the region. The Turkish president made the comments in a Saturday speech, condemning the recent merging of the Syrian town of Tal Abyad into an autonomous political structure established by […]
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Hersh Vindicated? Turkish Whistleblowers Corroborate Story on False Flag Sarin Attack in Syria
‘This is quite the bombshell delivered by two CHP deputies in the Turkish parliament and reported by Today’s Zaman, one of the top dailies in Turkey. It supports Seymour Hersh’s reporting that the notorious sarin gas attack at Ghouta was a false flag orchestrated by Turkish intelligence in order to cross President Obama’s chemical weapons […]
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US and Turkey angered by Assad’s ‘red carpet’ visit to Moscow
‘The White House criticized the way the Syrian leader was received, saying it resembled a “red carpet welcome.” In that same statement, the US also accused Assad of using chemical weapons against his own people and questioned Russia’s interests in a political transition of power in Syria. “We view the red carpet welcome for Assad, […]
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Turkey’s Erdoğan Regime: Terrorism Unleashed
‘The October 12, 2015 terror bombing in Ankara, resulting in the death of 127 trade unionists, peace activists, Kurdish advocates and progressives, has been attributed either to the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan regime or to ISIS terrorists. The Erdoğan regime’s ‘hypothesis’ is that ISIS or the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was responsible for the terrorist attack, […]
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Turkish MP: Ankara Supplied Terrorists in Syria with Sarin Gas
‘A senior Turkish lawmaker disclosed that Ankara has supplied the foreign-backed militants in Syria with the deadly poisonous Sarin gas. “The terrorist groups in Syria have received Sarin gas from Ankara,” member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Barish Arkadash said on Tuesday. He pointed to the investigations by the UN in Syria proving that […]
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ISIS Fighters Could Gain LEGAL Entry Into EU, Thanks to Europe’s New Schengen Visa Deal for Turkey
‘It doesn’t get any more backward than this. Potentially, this is the dumbest move yet by bureaucrats in Brussels. Turkey is set to pick up a few big sweeteners from Brussels if ‘tries’ to stop refugee flow into Europe – even though it’s nearly impossible for Ankara to actually come good on its lofty promise […]
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Turkish PM Davutoglu tries to distance ISIS and Turkey, ends up saying they’re actually exactly the same
‘In what can only be described as a comical yet tragic error Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made a major mistake when describing the difference between Daesh’s Islamic theology and that of Turkey earlier this week. In an interview on Wednesday night with Turkish channel Show TV, the Turkish official attempted to distance Turkey from […]
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