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Turkey: Court Jails Editor For Insulting President
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A Turkish court has handed down a 21-month suspended jail sentence to an editor of a leading English-language Turkish daily newspaper after convicting him of insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Ankara penal court said Bulent Kenes, editor-in-chief, Today’s Zaman, was guilty […] More
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in WorldTajik Opposition Leader Murdered In Turkey
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A Tajik opposition leader has been shot dead by an unknown gunman in Istanbul, Turkey, Tajik opposition told newsmen. Umarali Kuvatov had been living in exile in Turkey and was killed by a shot to the head late on Thursday. His, Group 24 […] More
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Turkey Reacts to Prophet Mohammed Cartoons
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Government of Turkey has condemned and vowed to thwart the publication of cartoons of the Muslim prophet describing it as an open provocation. Turkey said it would not condone the continued insult of Prophet Mohammed in the aftermath of attacks on Charlie […] More
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Turkey Shuts Down Syria Border
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Turkey has begun to shut some of its border crossings with Syria after at least 70,000 Kurdish refugees entered the country since Friday. The shut down followed the clash that broke out after a solidarity demonstration by Kurds on the Turkish side of […] More
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