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Friday, December 30, 2016
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Istanbul news roundup: “US orders evacuation of Istanbul diplomatic staff families”
US orders evacuation of Istanbul diplomatic staff families
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Sunday, October 2, 2016
For the record, despite his “insulting poetry” Boris Johnson had a good time in Turkey.
Boris Johnson lauds his Turkish washing machine on first visit to Ankara
British foreign secretary displays raffish style during first official trip since writing a poem about the Turkish president having sex with a goat
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Clean slate: Boris Johnson the ‘proud possessor’ of a Turkish washing machine – video
In a joint press conference with Turkey’s EU affairs minister Ömer Çelik, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson praised the UK’s relationship with Ankara and also found time to talk about his “beautiful, very well functioning Turkish washing machine”. The comments came during Johnson’s first official visit to Turkey since he wrote a poem about the president having sex with a goat.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016
“Saudi Arabia Fires Up American PR Machine”, Western powers and (of course Turkey) siding with Jihadist-sponsor Saudis against Iran…
Saudi Arabia’s well-funded public relations apparatus moved quickly after Saturday’s explosive execution of Shiite political dissident Nimr al-Nimr to shape how the news is covered in the United States.
The execution led protestors in Shiite-run Iran to set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, precipitating a major diplomatic crisis between the two major powers already fighting proxy wars across the Middle East.
Iran and Saudi Arabia: The Showdown Between Islam’s Rival Powers
The New Yorker
At a meeting with U.S. officials in 2008, Nimr insisted that he was not as radical as he had been portrayed publicly, according to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks. He told the Americans that he strongly opposed the “authoritarianism of the …
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