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Hit squads about to take aim at Turkey's dissidents abroad
The Turkish state targeting its opponents is nothing new. But we have been informed that three new assassins have been dispatched from...
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Turkey’s elected dictator
Even before the failed military coup, Turkey’s President Erdogan governed like a dictator who had the last word on all state matters. The...
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Under Erdogan, Turkey descends into dictatorship
Turkey's presidency is a ceremonial role, or it was until Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the country's first directly-elected head of state...
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How many immigrants can Europe accommodate?
Europe is now facing a prospect similar to what the US has been facing for decades: the march of millions upon its borders.But whereas...
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Our president was sent by Allah, AKP official says
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) executive Belma Erdoğan - not related to the Turkish President - said on Tuesday that Turkish...
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Eastern Mediterranean may be scene of first conflict of 2018
Developments warn of growing tension between Turkey and the Greek Cypriots over newly discovered hydrocarbon reserves in the eastern...
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Our intelligence grossly underestimated Russian military capabilities
For years after the cold war ended, the United States sat back and watched the former Soviet Union implode as its economy failed. Popular...
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According to the National Archives this picture shows slavery under the 'evil' British Empir
Starving, dehydrated and in many cases, dying, hundreds of African slaves are crammed on to the deck of a British ship. Taken in the...
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Turkey - If man refers to wife as ‘mother’ or ‘sister,’ couple will be deemed divorced
If a man refers to his wife as “mother” or “sister,” their marriage will be deemed divorced, the Directorate of Religious Affairs...
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'If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha'
With a battle cry, "Ayo Gorkhali" - meaning "the Gurkhas are here" - and the motto: "It's better to die than to be a coward," the kukri...
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Female sniper first to take out ISIS terrorists in poetic revenge after Britons ambushed
A female sniper has become the first woman to shoot dead an ISIS terrorist in a military operation. The special forces soldier, a...
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Erdoğan - Trump should have called me before Jerusalem decision
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Dec. 24 that U.S. President Donald Trump should have called him before the Jerusalem decision,...
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Thanks to NATO, Americans pay for Turkey's wars
Turkey has been increasingly courting a war with Russia, which is something it would not dare do if it didn't have the backing of NATO behin
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What are Palestinians doing with U.S. money?
Unless Western donors bang on the table and demand that the Palestinian Authority use their money to bring democracy to its people and...
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Turkey, UAE in row over Ottoman Pasha
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has blasted United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan for accusing...
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The roots of Islam in the Korean Peninsula
Islam is not necessarily a religion one would immediately associate with countries in the Far East, a region where oriental culture is...
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Erdogan | 'Hey America. Hey Trump are you the most powerful of the world?'
Erdogan met with party members on December 18 in the Turkish city of Karaman, where he spoke at the 6th Ordinary Congress of the Party. ...
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Erdogan says Turkey will open embassy in East Jerusalem
Turkey will open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim...
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Is Saudi Arabia's oil business going bust?
"What if Riyadh’s oil wealth days are numbered?" American political analyst Phil Butler asks, shedding light on what "peak oil" means for...
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Turkey switches to full defiance of US, continues Putin courtship
Erdogan’s intent is to shake off US hegemony, which he can do better while inside the NATO tent. He is in turn taunting, provoking,...
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