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Turkey Jails Teen, Hebun Akkaya, For Attending Protest

GlobalPost | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: If Turkish prosecutors have their way, Hebun Akkaya, a timid 16-year-old with a hesitant manner, could spend seven years in jail f...

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Against All Odds: What the World Will See in Sotomayor

Ahu Ozyurt | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Turkey Kurds, Affirmative Action, Sonia Sotomayor, Angela Merkel, Rachida Dati, Erdogan, Immigrants, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Triumph, Politics News
Ahu Ozyurt

I toast the little immigrant ladies who push strollers on our streets, who silently come to clean our apartments, and without a word of English somehow we manage to understand each other.

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Turkey Wedding Party Attack Leaves Many Dead

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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ANKARA, Turkey — Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45...

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How Obama Will Inspire the People of Turkey

Ahu Ozyurt | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, AK Party, Turkey Erdogan Israel, Turkey Kurds, President Obama, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Obama, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Ahu Ozyurt

President Obama can remind Turkey that one can be secular in mind and Muslim at heart at the same time; one can pray, wear jeans and maybe have a glass of wine every once a while.

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What Israel Can Learn From Turkey

GroundReport | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Turkey, Kurds, Gaza, Turkey Kurds, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Kurdish Rebels, Israeli Airstrikes, Israel Gaza, Israel, Israel Airstrikes, Turkey and Kurds, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
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Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism site covering world news at the local level. By Selene Verri Turkey recently conde...

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Turkey Plans To Invade Northern Iraq

UPI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Turkish military said it is setting the ground work for a large-scale ground invasion into northern Iraq targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party. ...

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Turkish Jets Bomb Northern Iraq

NY Times | Sabrina Tavernise | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Turkish fighter jets bombed targets in northern Iraq on Monday, the Turkish military said, the fifth major strike against Kurdish rebels this year. I...

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Oil Prices Jump On Supply Concerns

AP | John Wilen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Oil prices jumped Wednesday on supply concerns, stoked by a new round of Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq and a growing belief that domestic oil in...

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US Helps Turkey Hit Kurds In Iraq

Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson and Robin Wright | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The United States is providing Turkey with real-time intelligence that has helped the Turkish military target a series of attacks this month against K...

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Turkish Helicopters Fire Into Iraq

AP | YAHYA BARAZANJI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Turkish helicopter gunships attacked abandoned villages inside Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said, the first such airstrike since border tensions h...

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