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Prime Minister Erdoğan meets main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met on Thursday with main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to discuss the recent surge in terrorist attacks.
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Turkey's MHP launches ‘no' campaign for referendum
Turkey’s nationalist party leader, Devlet Bahçeli, launched his “no” campaign Tuesday for September’s referendum on the government’s constitutional amendments.
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Parties showing true colors on constitutional vote
With Turkey drawing closer to the public vote on the constitutional amendment package, the political parties have announced their final decision on the package, with circles for and against the planned changes having turned the approaching referendum into a kind of political rivalry.
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Citizen Kılıçdaroğlu: Turkish opposition chief in his own words
When civil servant Kamer Kılıçdaroğlu decided to take a different surname from the rest of his relatives, he reached into the past to claim a heroic legacy that would make his family stand out.
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Turkish FM Davutoğlu criticizes Lieberman, insists on Israeli apology
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had harsh words for his Israeli counterpart Tuesday, the latest salvo in the quarrel over the flotilla crisis that has brought the one-time allies to the brink of cutting ties.
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Obama prods Europeans to accept Turkey as member
Although we are not EU members, we have said as a matter of opinion that we think it would be wise for the EU to accept Turkey,” Obama said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriera della Sera, published on Thursday. US calls in support of Turkish membership in the EU have always rattled European leaders, who tend to see it as an intrusion in the European decision-making process. Heeding the sensitivity of the matter, US leaders have largely promoted Turkish membership through silence diplomacy.
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Kurdish issue turns into Turkish PM Erdoğan's Achilles' heel
Turkey's PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces general elections next year, but a host of problems, foremost among which is the conflict in the Southeast, is weakening his party's grip on power. As members of the outlawed PKK increase attacks against security forces, a nationalist backlash erodes the Justice and Development Party's standing...
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met on Thursday with main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to discuss the recent surge in terrorist attacks.
More…
Turkey's MHP launches ‘no' campaign for referendum
Turkey’s nationalist party leader, Devlet Bahçeli, launched his “no” campaign Tuesday for September’s referendum on the government’s constitutional amendments.
Story Continues…
Parties showing true colors on constitutional vote
With Turkey drawing closer to the public vote on the constitutional amendment package, the political parties have announced their final decision on the package, with circles for and against the planned changes having turned the approaching referendum into a kind of political rivalry.
Story Continues…
Citizen Kılıçdaroğlu: Turkish opposition chief in his own words
When civil servant Kamer Kılıçdaroğlu decided to take a different surname from the rest of his relatives, he reached into the past to claim a heroic legacy that would make his family stand out.
Story Continues…
Turkish FM Davutoğlu criticizes Lieberman, insists on Israeli apology
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had harsh words for his Israeli counterpart Tuesday, the latest salvo in the quarrel over the flotilla crisis that has brought the one-time allies to the brink of cutting ties.
Story Continues....
Obama prods Europeans to accept Turkey as member
Although we are not EU members, we have said as a matter of opinion that we think it would be wise for the EU to accept Turkey,” Obama said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriera della Sera, published on Thursday. US calls in support of Turkish membership in the EU have always rattled European leaders, who tend to see it as an intrusion in the European decision-making process. Heeding the sensitivity of the matter, US leaders have largely promoted Turkish membership through silence diplomacy.
Story Continues....
Kurdish issue turns into Turkish PM Erdoğan's Achilles' heel
Turkey's PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces general elections next year, but a host of problems, foremost among which is the conflict in the Southeast, is weakening his party's grip on power. As members of the outlawed PKK increase attacks against security forces, a nationalist backlash erodes the Justice and Development Party's standing...
Story Continues...