EFDbackup: January 13

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Cyprus Talks: President Erdoğan intervenes today

Cyprus talks: Turkish troops will remain on island, vows Erdoğan

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

President says Turkish troops will be on island in perpetuity and proposed terms of rotating presidency are unacceptable

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, appears to have thrown an obstacle in the path to a Cyprus peace settlement, saying Turkish troops will be on the island in perpetuity.

Cautious Ankara sets 3 conditions for Cyprus

Turkey has set three conditions regarding security, land tradeoffs and a rotating presidency to achieve a solution on Cyprus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Jan. 13

Cyprus reunification talks conclude with plan to keep talking

Talks to resolve the decades-old division of Cyprus ended without agreement yesterday (12 January) but with a plan for officials to reconvene on 18 January to tackle its thorny security question, before a fresh attempt to forge a political deal.

EurActiv.com / by Georgi Gotev

UN urges patience in ongoing Cyprus peace talks

The United Nations’ new secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, has urged the parties in the Cyprus peace talks in Geneva to be patient to reach a “solid and sustainable” solution, as the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders were accompanied by the foreign ministers of the three guarantor powers for the first time

Cyprus deal close but don’t expect miracles, says UN chief

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

António Guterres says enormous progress made on day four of reunification talks, but that security guarantees still needed

Talks to resolve the division of Cyprus are close to a settlement, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has said, but he cautioned against expectations of a miracle.

UN’s Guterres: No ‘quick fix’ in talks to unite Cyprus

UN chief hopes for a breakthrough but says major work remains on how to implement and guarantee a final settlement.

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Turkish presidential spokesperson vs. CENTCOM on Twitter…

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‘Is this a joke or has CENTCOM lost its senses?’ asks Turkish presidential spokesperson over tweet on SDF

Presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has reacted against U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) after it posted a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on its Twitter account

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Our Doha conference news: “University of Cambridge – Al Jazeera Center for Studies Media Project Conference held in Doha, January 7-8, 2017 — Centre for the Study of the International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa

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Members of the Turkey and Morocco Scholarly Teams

On January 7-8, 2017, the final Conference for the Media in Political Transition in the southern Mediterranean was held in Doha, the Al Jazeera headquarters.

The Conference brought together the eight academics from Morocco, and seven from Turkey, who make up the scholarly team for this second tranche of the research project….

Doha Conference, January 2017

Dr. Mostefa Souag, Acting Director General of Al Jazeera; Dr. Salah Eddin Elzein, Director of Al Jazeera Center for Studies and Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Principal Investigator of the University of Cambridge – Al Jazeera Media Project

Source: University of Cambridge – Al Jazeera Center for Studies Media Project Conference held in Doha, January 7-8, 2017 — Centre for the Study of the International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa

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President Erdoğan widens meaning of terorism (“No difference between armed terrorist and terrorist with forex”) WHILE Turkey offers citizenship to foreigners who buy $1 mln in property, invest $2 mln…

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No difference between armed terrorist and terrorist with forex: Erdoğan

Hurriyet Daily News

There is no difference between an armed terrorist and a terrorist holding dollars, euros and interest, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Jan. 12, describing the goal of the latter to take over the country

Turkey to offer citizenship to foreigners who buy $1 mln in property, invest $2 mln

Turkey will grant citizenship to foreigners who buy properties worth at least $1 million and invest a minimum of $2 million or deposit at least $3 million in a bank account for more than three years, according to a revised decree that was published in the Official Gazette on Jan. 12

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A moment of goodness in Istanbul as “Kind Strangers Create Warm Beds For Istanbul’s Street Dogs During Blizzard…

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Kind Strangers Create Warm Beds For Istanbul’s Street Dogs During Blizzard

Huffington Post

Photos of Istanbul residents caring for street dogs during heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures are capturing the hearts of people around the world.

People Of Istanbul Show Compassion By Opening Their Doors For Stray Animals Amid Snowstorms! – Indiatimes.com

Istanbul freezing in -15 degree C and people are providing blankets to stray dogs! – India.com

People Of Istanbul Band Together To Save Strays From Snowstorm – Emirates Woman

Bettany Hughes on the history of Istanbul

BBC History Magazine (blog)

Ahead of her talk on the history of Istanbul at Bristol’s M Shed in February 2017, historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes talked to fellow author

Anxiety Rising in Istanbul After Series of Extremist Attacks

Voice of America

These days, with a string of extremist attacks targeting Istanbul still fresh in his memory, the … And so Turkey and Istanbul have become scary places.”.

In Istanbul, three days of snowfall soothes terror-stricken residents

Washington Post

ISTANBUL — The new year arrived here in a terrible frenzy of gunfire and death, with 39 people killed as they celebrated at an upscale, waterside

Istanbul a ‘scary place’ after series of extremist attacks

The National

ISTANBUL // For Ethem Salli, life in what he still calls one of the greatest cities on earth has been pared back to little more than his trips to and from

Istanbul’s biggest threat doesn’t come from terrorists

The Durango Herald

In Istanbul, you’re still more likely to die in an earthquake than in a terrorist … But seismologists say a devastating earthquake in Istanbul remains an …

Istanbul attacker is an Uzbek jihadist: Reports – The Hindu

Istanbul nightclub attacker identified as Uzbek extremist — reports – Jordan Times

Istanbul Attacker Identified as ISIS Uzbek Recruit – Asharq Al-awsat English

VIDEO: Panic as huge container ship shaves Istanbul’s Tarabya coast

A container ship passing through Istanbul’s Bosphorus caused panic among locals in the Tarabya neighborhood early on Jan. 7, before the strait was closed to all naval traffic due to fog caused by heavy snowfall.

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#Anthropology roundup: “Anthropologists Seek to Protect Academic Freedom…

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

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Sincerety in Turkey’s fight against terrorism: “Erdoğan Talks 44 Seconds About Explosion, 10 Minutes About ‘Crappy so-called Academics’ AS Witchunt against academics begin…

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Erdoğan Talks 44 Seconds About Explosion, 10 Minutes About ‘Crappy so-called Academics’

Bianet :: English

While Erdoğan speaking after explosion in Sultanahmet which left 10 people dead has given coverage to 44 seconds of his 38-minute speech, has spoken 10 minutes and 27 seconds about 1,128 academics whom he called “crappy so-called academics”.

Support by Students for ‘Crappy so-called academics’

Bianet :: English

Students have launched campaign for academics whom Erdoğan called “crappy so-called” and YÖK announced that it will initiate a legal action against.

German tour giant TUI offers free cancelation of Istanbul trips

German tourism giant TUI said that customers who had booked trips to Istanbul can switch destination without penalties, after a suicide attack in the Turkish city on early Jan. 12 claimed 10 lives, nine of them Germans, as reported by Agence France-Presse

Sultanahmet suicide bomber identified as Saudi ‘asylum seeker’

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bomber who killed 10 tourists by blowing himself up in Istanbul’s touristic Sultanahmet Square has been identified as a Saudi national who recently appealed to a district directorate of migration management to seek asylum in Turkey

One detained over Sultanahmet attack: Turkish interior minister

One person has been detained over the Jan. 12 Sultanahmet attack that killed 11 people, Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala has announced

Istanbul suicide bomb victims mostly German

EurActiv.com

A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul’s historic heart on Tuesday, in an attack Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed on Islamic State

Istanbul bombing: ‘ISIL’s vulgar display of power’

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Analysis: The latest attack will put pressure on Turkey to increase its efforts in the war against ISIL.

Turkey’s Lira Drops With Stocks After Reports of Istanbul Blast

Bloomberg

The Borsa Istanbul 100 Index reversed an advance of as much as 0.7 percent to trade 0.4 percent lower. The government’s 10-year bonds fell, driving

TIME

Istanbul Bombing Was a Strike Against Turkey’s Economy

TIME

A deadly ISIS bombing in Istanbul threatened to deal Turkey’s tourist economy a major blow, as Germany’s government warned its citizens there to …

Explosion In Heart Of Istanbul’s Tourist Area Kills 10 – NPR

Suicide Bomber Strikes Istanbul Tourist District – Wall Street Journal

What the Islamic State gains from the Istanbul terror attack – Washington Post