Kurdish politicians detained in Turkey
UPI - Fri Dec 25, 1:05 am ETANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Turkish police rounded up politicians Thursday from the Kurdish Democratic Society Party, disbanded by the Supreme Court two weeks ago.
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Report: more than 30 Kurds detained in Turkey
FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Dec 24, 9:18 am ETANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained more than 30 people, including several Kurdish mayors, in a nationwide crackdown against Kurdish rebels.
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Turkey: Kurdish Officials Arrested
New York Times - Thu Dec 24, 9:03 pm ETTwo weeks after the disbanding of the pro-Kurdish party in Parliament, Turkish security forces detained dozens of former party members, saying they were linked to a separatist rebel group.
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Turkish court sentences man to life for murdering child in Germany
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 24, 11:04 am ETIstanbul - A Turkish court on Thursday found a man guilty of murdering an 8-year-old girl in western Germany last January, sentencing him to life in prison. The court in the city of Soke in western Turkey ruled that Turkish national Ali Kur, 30, had ...
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Turkey Arrests 31 In Nationwide Crackdown On Kurdish Separatists
INO News - Thu Dec 24, 3:25 pm ET(RTTNews) - Police in Turkey have arrested 31 people in a nationwide crackdown on Kurdish separatists, said officials on Thursday.
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Santa movie spotlights Turkey's east-west divide
CNN - Thu Dec 24, 9:27 am ETIt may be the first modern Christmas movie ever made for audiences in Turkey, a mostly Muslim country that does not celebrate Christmas.
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Turks accused of trying to kill deputy PM
UPI - Sat Dec 26, 10:35 pm ETANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Eight Turkish soldiers have been arrested in connection with an alleged assassination plot against Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, the army said.
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Kurdish lawmakers await word from Ocalan
UPI - Wed Dec 23, 6:05 pm ETANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Pro-Kurdish lawmakers in Turkey are awaiting direction from the imprisoned head of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party on the leadership of their party.
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Criminal case filed against embattled Turkish media mogul
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 25, 6:19 am ETIstanbul - A prosecutor has filed a case against Aydin Dogan, Turkey's largest media owner, accusing him breaking the country's capital markets law, the Turkish press reported Friday. A lawyer for the company, Dogan Yayin, has confirmed that an Istan...
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Syria, Turkey Ink 50 Bilateral Deals
OfficialWire - Fri Dec 25, 5:11 am ETThe governments of Turkey and Syria signed in Damascus 50 agreements and memoranda of understanding on economic and security issues. Syrian President Bashar Assad welcomed a delegation from Ankara led by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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31 detained in Turkey over rebel links: source
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 24, 3:18 am ETTurkish police detained 31 people, including eight Kurdish mayors, in a sweeping dawn operation Thursday targeting Kurdish separatists, a local security source said.
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Iraqi oil to Turkey back online soon
UPI - Wed Dec 23, 12:43 pm ETANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The flow of oil from Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan could resume in the next few days following a shutdown from militant attacks, Turkish officials said.
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Soldiers quizzed over 'plot' to kill Turkey vice PM
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 26, 11:15 am ETEight soldiers have been questioned over a presumed plot against Turkey's vice prime minister, the army said on its website on Saturday.
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Traveling to Turkey
Seattle Times - Sun Dec 27, 3:06 am ETA Q&A about traveling to Turkey.
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Turkish Kurds vow parliamentary boycott
UPI - Sun Dec 13, 8:05 am ETISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Kurdish lawmakers say they will boycott Turkish Parliament to protest a court ruling banning the nation's main Kurdish party.
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Two Kurdish protesters killed in clashes in southeast Turkey
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 15, 12:12 pm ETTwo Kurds protesting against the closure of a pro-Kurdish party were shot dead and seven were wounded on Tuesday when shopkeepers attacked them in the south-eastern Turkish town of Mus, security officials said.
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