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Saturday, December 24, 2016

Different ways country leaders cope with loss of lives…

Sometimes photos are enough to sense what is coming. Especially in Russia… http://pic.twitter.com/DLuh0UOEVj

— Alper Üçok (@AlperUcok) December 22, 2016

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Russia holds memorial service for ambassador shot dead in Turkey

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Dozens attend open-casket ceremony for Andrei Karlov, killed in Ankara by man shouting ‘Don’t forget Aleppo’

In the mean time, Erdoğan promoting “ayran” after the allegations of two Turkish soldiers burned alive…

ISIS Claims to Kill 2 Kidnapped Soldiers From Turkey

Bianet :: English

ISIS has claimed to have killed 2 soldiers from Turkey it had kidnapped.

Death Toll Rises to 16 in Al-Bab in 2 Days

Bianet :: English

Two more soldiers have been killed during the operation launched within the scope of Operation Euphrates Shield in al-Bab. The number of soldiers killed since yesterday has risen to 16, and to 37 since the beginning of the operation.

Turkish religious affairs attaché in The Hague recalled after accusations of spying

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey has recalled the religious affairs attaché of the Turkish Embassy in The Hague, Yusuf Acar, after Dutch authorities accused him of gathering intelligence for the Gülen movement, believed to have orchestrated the July 15 coup attempt.

The Russian ambassador’s assassination was no work of art | Emma Brockes

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Emma Brockes

The killing of the Kremlin’s envoy to Turkey is the latest example of the infantile, tasteless, predictable aesthetics of atrocity

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Saturday, October 29, 2016

Today is the 93rd anniversary of the Turkish republic…

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Turkey celebrates 93rd anniversary of the republic

The celebrations marking the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic began on Oct. 29 with a ceremony at the mausoleum of founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

One woman’s journey from prisoner to mayor

al-monitor.com – Mar 23, 2015, 2:10 AM

Author: Amberin Zaman March 23, 2015 Gultan Kisanak is the first female mayor of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, which is widely seen as the unofficial capital of Turkey’s Kurds. Kisanak is among thousands of political activists who served…

Have Turkey’s neo-Ottomans abandoned Yemen?

al-monitor.com – Oct 26, 12:32 AM

Author: Pinar Tremblay October 26, 2016 In the early 2000s when I started studying Yemen, no one in Turkey seemed to care about the country. Yet by 2010-11, Yemen was a hot topic. Neo-Ottomans loved Yemen, they sang songs about Yemen

Turkey has spent $12.5 billion on refugees so far: Deputy PM

Turkey has so far spent $12.5 billion on Syrian refugees living in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said on Oct. 28, while noting that ongoing military operations in northern Syria have not caused any significant new migration influx.