As bad as it gets… “Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Kışınak and Anlı in Custody”

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Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Co-Mayors Kışınak and Anlı in Custody

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Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality co-Mayors Gültan Kışınak and Fırat Anlı have been taken into custody.

Turkey detains co-mayors of mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir

Reuters – Oct 25, 3:58 PM

ANKARA Turkish police on Tuesday detained the co-mayors of the mainly Kurdish southeast’s biggest city, part of a government crackdown after more than a year of militant violence in the region, security sources said. Gultan Kisanak, a former

Germany nixes Armenian ‘genocide’ concert in Istanbul Washington Post BERLIN — Germany’s Foreign Ministry has halted plans for a classical concert about the Armenian genocide that was due to be held at its consulate in … German MFA cancels concert dedicated to Armenian Genocide in Istanbul with strange … – Armenpress.am German Foreign Ministry Cancels Armenian Genocide Concert in Istanbul – MassisPost Germany Cancels Plans For ‘Armenian Genocide’ Concert In Istanbul – Zimbabwe Sta

Child refugees in Turkey making UK clothes – BBC News

BBC – Oct 23

Syrian refugee children have been making clothes for British shoppers, an undercover BBC investigation has found. Panorama investigated factories in Turkey and found children had been working on clothes for Marks and Spencer and the online retailer…

Turkey’s New Maps Are Reclaiming the Ottoman Empire

foreignpolicy.com – May 29, 2014, 5:16 PM

In the past few weeks, a conflict between Ankara and Baghdad over Turkey’s role in the liberation of Mosul has precipitated an alarming burst of Turkish irredentism. On two separate occasions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the Treaty of

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Eurosphere agenda: Footballers in Greece stage a sit-in to protest rising migrant deaths…

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Footballers stage migrants protest

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Footballers in Greece stage a sit-in protest at the start of a game over the death toll of migrants trying to reach the country.

Making money out of the migrant crisis

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The business making money out of the migrant crisis

Greek match delayed as players stage sit-down protest over migrant deaths

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Reuters

• All 22 players sit in silence before AEL Larissa versus Acharnaikos
• Club attacks ‘brutal indifference of EU and Turkey’ to refugee crisis

VIDEO: Is this a stolen Picasso?

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Police in Turkey have recovered what they say is a stolen painting by Pablo Picasso, in an undercover operation in Istanbul.

VIDEO: ‘Venice Carnival is magical’

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Thousands of people have packed the narrow streets of Venice for its annual week-long carnival.

Renzi clash with Juncker and Merkel escalates

 EurActiv

The tensions between Rome and Brussels have intensified, with a tough exchange of words in the light of the unfolding refugee crisis, and a looming banking crisis in Italy.

Europe’s immigration bind: how to act morally while heeding the will of its people | Kenan Malik

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kenan Malik

Politicians in democracies have to listen to their citizens and across the continent there is little appetite for more immigration. Gaining support for an equitable and workable migration policy will take time, eloquence and courage

VIDEO: ‘Police brutality’ at Macedonia border

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The Macedonian government has been forced to defend itself against allegations of police brutality, with officers being accused of beating up migrants who try to slip past the recently-built border fence.

Romani women of the Balkans: battling intersectional oppression

open Democracy News Analysis – by Sidita Kushi

Centuries old oppression founded on gender, race, cultural group, and socio-economic class is being challenged by Romani women who are combating their public and private marginalization through initiatives embedded within the Roma identity.

A rough guide to surviving Davos

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Your guide to the world’s Alpine business club

First arrest made for sexual assault in Cologne New Year’s Eve attacks

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A 26-year-old Algerian man has become the first person arrested in connection with a string of sexual assaults during New Year’s celebrations in Cologne that sparked a debate about Germany’s ability to integrate migrants.

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