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  • July 2008

    • Turkey Indicts 86 for Coup Plot

      Associated Press  |  Jul 14, 08 8:22 AM CDT

      Turkey Indicts 86 for Coup Plot

      (AP) - Prosecutors today indicted 86 secular Turks—including high-ranking ex-military officials—on terrorism charges for their alleged involvement in plots to topple the Islamic-rooted government. The suspects, believed to include at least one former general and an opposition politician, are accused of having plotted to provoke a military coup to topple PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government. More »

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      Middle East  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • secularism  • coup  • Kemal Ataturk

  • June 2008
  • April 2008

    • Israel Would Leave Golan: Syria

      Reuters  |  Apr 23, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      Israel Would Leave Golan: Syria

      (Newser) - Israel is willing to return the Golan Heights to Syria in return for peace, Reuters reports. A Syrian minister said in a TV interview that the Israeli message was relayed through Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, set to visit Syria this weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said last week he was working on a "significant move" toward peace. More »

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      Israel  • Ehud Olmert  • Syria  • Arab Israeli conflict  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Mideast peace  • Golan Heights

    • Court Could Outlaw Turkey's 'Islamist Government'

      Reuters  |  Apr 1, 08 3:35 AM CDT

      Court Could Outlaw Turkey's 'Islamist Government'

      (Newser) - Turkey's top court has agreed to hear a case that could outlaw the nation's ruling party and bar its president and prime minister from politics, Reuters reports. The AK Party is accused of trying to undermine Turkey's secular constitution and establish an Iran-style Islamic state. The case pits Turkey's popularly elected government against the country's secular elite, including army generals. More »

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      European Union  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • secularism  • Abdullah Gul  • Islamist  • political party

  • February 2008

    • Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

      New York Times  |  Feb 9, 08 1:05 PM CST

      Turkey Lifts Head Scarf Ban

      (Newser) - Turkey’s parliament today lifted the decade-old ban on wearing Muslim head scarves in college, the New York Times reports, a major salvo in the growing battle between Turkey’s growing devout middle class and entrenched secular elite. Proponents of the ban, who fear women will soon be forced to wear the scarves, will likely appeal to their secular allies on the Constitutional Court. More »

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      Islam  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Muslim women  • headscarves

    • Turkish PM Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 7, 08 8:03 PM CST

      Turkish PM Tries to Quell Anger Over Fire

      (Newser) - Turkish PM Recep Erdogan today visited the site of a questionable Sunday fire in Germany that killed nine ethnic Turks and inflamed tensions between the country, Der Spiegel reports. Charges that the fire was arson, and that rescue workers were slow to respond, have captured headlines in Turkey; Erdogan mourned the loss but tried to quell the anger. More »

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      Germany  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • arson  • Neo-Nazi  • house fire  • ethnic tensions

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Turkey Listens to EU, Will Ease Up on Free Speech

      Associated Press  |  Nov 6, 07 7:07 PM CST

      Turkey Listens to EU, Will Ease Up on Free Speech

      (Newser) - Readying itself for possible EU membership, Turkey's government will soften a law that curbs free speech, the AP reports. An amendment expected to pass parliament will limit penalties for Article 301, which punishes "insulting Turkey or Turkish identity" with up to three years in prison. The announcement came hours after the EU annual report again criticized the law. More »

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      European Union  • Turkey  • Kurds  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Orhan Pamuk

    • Baghdad Vows to Curb Kurds

      BBC  |  Nov 3, 07 4:36 PM CDT

      Baghdad Vows to Curb Kurds

      (Newser) - Iraq vowed today to “chase and arrest” Kurds who are striking Turkey from northern Iraq, the BBC reports. "We will co-operate with our neighbors in defeating this threat," Maliki told diplomats at international talks in Istanbul. Baghdad showed its muscle by shutting a Kurdish political office, but analysts say that Maliki can’t curb the rebels without help from officials in Kurdistan. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Turkey  • Kurdistan  • PKK  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Kurdish Militants

  • October 2007

    • If Turks Cross Border, It's War: Kurdish Prez

      Times (UK)  |  Oct 29, 07 9:07 AM CDT

      If Turks Cross Border, It's War: Kurdish Prez

      (Newser) - Kurdish President Massoud Barzani has warned the Turkish government that any move into his territory will be considered a declaration of war. The warning came yesterday as Turkish troops attacked separatist PKK guerrillas inside Turkey, killing 20, reports the London Times . Turkish officials have charged that the largely autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq is harboring the militants. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Turkey  • Kurdistan  • PKK  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Kurdistan Workers' Party  • Massoud Barzani

    • Kurdish Clashes Deep in Turkey Kill 15

      Associated Press  |  Oct 28, 07 12:15 PM CDT

      Kurdish Clashes Deep in Turkey Kill 15

      (Newser) - Turkish soldiers killed 15 Kurdish guerrillas today in Tunceli province, several hundred miles from the area bordering Iraq where most of the clashes with Kurdish separatists have taken place, the AP reports. Iraqi-Turkish talks aimed at reconciling the escalating conflict collapsed before the weekend, and sources say that PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington on November 5 is Turkey's last stab at diplomacy. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Turkey  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Kurdistan Workers' Party

    • Turkey Masses Troops, Ready to Invade

      Reuters  |  Oct 27, 07 6:17 PM CDT

      Turkey Masses Troops, Ready to Invade

      (Newser) - Turkey will invade Northern Iraq “the moment an operation is needed,” Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed after talks with Baghdad crumbled last night. Ankara has up to 100,000 troops on the Iraqi border, backed by tanks and fighter plans, ready to strike roughly 3,000 Kurdish rebels. The US and Britain oppose any incursion, but Erdogan said, “We don’t need to ask anyone’s permission.” More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Gordon Brown  • Turkey  • Kurdistan  • PKK  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan  • Kurdistan Workers' Party  • Kurdish Militants

    • US Forces Will Do 'Nothing' About Kurds

      Associated Press  |  Oct 26, 07 6:34 PM CDT