"A 16-year-old girl was buried alive by relatives in southeastern Turkey in a gruesome honor killing carried out because she reportedly befriended boys, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.
Turkey's ambassador to Israel, Ahmet Oguz Celikkol, told MK Talab El-Sana (United Arab List-Ta'al) on Tuesday he is scheduled to return to Turkey for consultations regarding the most recent diplomatic incident, and that he may not return.
Turkey's prime minister accused Israel on Monday of threatening peace in the region and using disproportionate force against Palestinians.
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"The Democratic Society Party" - that's an ironic name for a political party that was banned by order of Turkey's Constitutional Court earlier this month. But the Kurds in Turkey, who belong to that party, know that in that country, a democratic society is far beyond their reach.
"Patriarch Bartholomew, the leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians, feels "crucified" living in Turkey under a government he says would like to see his Patriarchate die out. Bob Simon reports. ——————————————-———— Click to Join:
Some 15 million Kurds abruptly lost their newly proclaimed faith in blossoming democracy last Friday, when the Turkish Constitutional Court declared their representation in parliament a "danger to the integrity and unity of the state" and banned its two leading men from polit …
What is an Islamist foreign policy, exactly? Is it identifying with Muslims and their suffering, or is it identifying with anti-Western regimes even at the cost of Muslims' best interests? Turkey's foreign policy under the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government demonst …
More than eight decades ago, Ertugrul Osman, an heir to the Ottoman throne, was unceremoniously thrown out of Turkey with his family. He lived to be 97, spending most of his years in a modest Manhattan apartment above a bakery.
Turkey between the Middle East and Europe...
Senator John McCain (Rep., AZ, USA) has publicly recognized the Armenian genocide in Turkey. Slowly, but surely, the world is recognizing and is some cases remembering the Armenian genocide conducted by the Turks.
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