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By Brent E. Sasley, on May 21st, 2013 Brent Sasley explains why Israel’s apology to Turkey over the deaths on the Mavi Marmara in 2010 is an example of the Jewish state acting responsibly, whatever rightists may think.
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Denmark, widely tipped to win the annual music competition, garnered 281 points at a glittering ceremony watched by millions of viewers, beating runner ups Azerbaijan (234 points) and Ukraine (214 points.) <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Four suspects were arrested in Turkey late on Wednesday in connection with car bombings that killed 51 people in a town near the Syrian border at the weekend, state-run Anatolian news agency reported. The two bomb blasts in Reyhanli fanned fears that Syria’s civil war is dragging in neighbouring states. Damascus has denied Turkish allegations it was involved in the blasts. Turkish prosecutors sent eight suspects to a court in the southern city of Adana after questioning and the court released four, remanding the other four in custody, the agency said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Russia yesterday accused the US of “crude and clumsy” spying on its territory after a suspected CIA agent was caught in Moscow seeking to recruit an agent while disguised in a blonde wig. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Syria is willing to carry out a joint investigation with Turkey into deadly attacks in the border town of Reyhanli that Ankara has accused Damascus of masterminding, a Syrian minister said on Tuesday. “If the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for a joint, transparent investigation by the two countries, we have no objection, in order to find the truth,” Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi said. “The truth must be announced to the Syrian and Turkish people,” he was quoted as saying by state media. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Mike Giglio, on May 13th, 2013 Turkish officials were quick to tie two deadly car bombs to Syria. Mike Giglio reports on the fallout.
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By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Many on business trips or holidays have said they were unable to get their hands on their cash from ATM machines. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By REUTERS, on May 8th, 2013 Kurdish militants began their withdrawal from Turkey on Wednesday, a pro-Kurdish party leader told Reuters, advancing a peace process designed to end an insurgency which has killed 40,000 people and ravaged the region.
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By Mike Giglio, on May 8th, 2013 In a global first, Turkey has created the position of ambassador to Palestine. Mike Giglio speaks to the diplomat, Sakir Torunlar, and reports on the country’s push for regional clout.
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By , on April 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Bashar al-Assad’s air force has been one of his biggest assets in the two-year-old civil war and he has used warplanes and helicopters to try to check rebel advances, although the regime also frequently hits civilian areas. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Syria air strikes kill 20 people including civilians, activists say
By By MICHAEL R. GORDON, on April 7th, 2013 In Istanbul, the secretary of state said it was crucial that the relationship “get back on track in its full measure.”
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By By MICHAEL R. GORDON, on April 7th, 2013 The ties of Turkey and Israel have been frozen since 2010, but Secretary of State John Kerry is to meet with Turkey’s premier to discuss an agreement between the nations.
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By , on March 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Turkey denied yesterday it had rounded up and deported hundreds of Syrian refugees following unrest at a border camp. As fighting continued unabated in Syria – including a mortar attack at Damascus University yesterday – the deportation claims highlighted the strain the exodus from Syria’s civil war is placing on neighbouring states. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By REUTERS, on March 28th, 2013 Turkey has sent hundreds of refugees back to Syria after clashes with Turkish military police at their camp near the border in a protest over living conditions, officials said on Thursday, the first such mass deportation since the conflict began.
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By Sam Shube, on March 25th, 2013 Obama’s hand in the historic rapprochement between Israel and Turkey indicates that the U.S. president may have what it takes to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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By Eli Lake, on March 23rd, 2013 The U.S. helped bring an end to a three-year feud between Israel and Turkey, but Obama didn’t broker the deal. Eli Lake reports.
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By By MARK LANDLER, on March 23rd, 2013 After helping heal a rift between Israel and Turkey, analysts wonder whether President Obama will bring the same doggedness and personal involvement to pursuing peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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By , on March 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Syrian opposition leaders are to address an annual summit of the Arab League for the first time in Qatar on Tuesday, but the bloc’s members remain divided over whether to give them Damascus’s vacant seat. The Qatari hosts are vocal champions of the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and said leaders of the armed opposition would definitely be joining Arab heads of state in Doha. But they did not specify whether the Syrian National Coalition would be given Syria’s seat which has been vacant since its suspension from the 22-member bloc in November 2011. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By SEBNEM ARSU, on March 22nd, 2013 It was a landmark moment for a newly energized effort to end three decades of armed conflict with the Turkish government.
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By By SEBNEM ARSU, on March 21st, 2013 The move, including the retreat of P.K.K. fighters, provides the best chance yet for an effort toward peace and a constitution that protects Kurds.
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Denmark clinches win at Eurovision Song Contest
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Denmark, widely tipped to win the annual music competition, garnered 281 points at a glittering ceremony watched by millions of viewers, beating runner ups Azerbaijan (234 points) and Ukraine (214 points.) <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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