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As economy sours, Erdogan’s party could lose grip on big cities in local polls
Source:Reuters Date:17Jan2019
Two party sources told Reuters that two of its internal polls showed support for the AKP had fallen to 32-35 percent, before accounting for the 30 percent of voters still undecided. In 2014 local
Syria war: ‘IS suicide bomber’ kills US troops in Manbij
Source:BBC News Date:17Jan2019
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who has previously criticised Mr Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria, said on Wednesday that the move could encourage IS attacks and “set
AKP voters increasingly unhappy with Turkish economy
Source:Ahval News Date:16Jan2019
Even supporters of the AKP and its far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) allies are unhappy with the economic outlook ahead of local elections on March 31. Pollster Istanbul Ekonomi
Exchange of non-papers between Turkey and US aims to set political framework for post-US pullout
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:16Jan2019
The non-paper “demonstrates our vision on how we see the framework of the coordination and cooperation that we are trying to establish with the United States after their decision to withdraw from
Turkey’s new presidential system and a changing west
Source:Brookings Date:13Jan2019
This paper argues that the confluence of a “new” Turkey and an evolving international order is likely to continue to strain Turkey’s relations with its Western allies. Although many of the
Turkey-US talks intensify to shape Syria withdrawal
Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:13Jan2019
In an interview with a local radio, Bolton said he delivered a non-paper to the Turkish team last week that outlines basic points of the U.S. policy with regard to its withdrawal and expectations
Hundreds of Turkey-backed rebels to leave areas to al-Qaida-linked militants in northern Syria
Source:Xinhua News Agency Date:11Jan2019
The HTS succeeded to capture the entire western countryside of Aleppo and expanded its operation to the countryside of Idlib and Hama last week. The developments cast doubts on the future of the
Turkey says it will launch Syria offensive if US delays pullout
Source:The Guardian Date:11Jan2019
Çavuşoğlu said Turkey would go ahead with its incursion plan. “We are determined on the field and at the table,” he said. “We will decide on its timing and we will not receive permission from
Turkey slides to 107th place among 162 countries in freedoms
Source:Ahval News Date:10Jan2019
Turkey received a personal freedom score of 6.09, according to scale from 10 to zero points where 10 indicates the highest level of freedom and zero shows the absence of freedom. The index showed
Atheism grows in Turkey as Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Islam
Source:Deutsche Welle Date:10Jan2019
A commentary on Turkish Islam: Kilic said Muslims who regularly pray, go on pilgrimages or wear veils could generally be considered pious, though, he added, being true to the faith means much