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Turkish opposition leader says Islamic State behind bombings of Kurds
REUTERS, Istanbul, 9 May, 2015 A string of bombings targeting Turkey's pro-Kurdish party during its campaign to enter parliament has been linked with Islamic State in Syria, the party's chairman said on Monday. Three people were killed in two blasts on Friday in the...
These Are Some of the Scenarios After Turkey’s Inconclusive Vote
Ben Holland and Onur Ant Published by Bloomberg, June 8, 2015 — 12:59 AM For the first time this century, Turkey is waking up the day after a general election without knowing who will form its next government. In Sunday’s vote, the AK Party lost the parliamentary...
What’s next for Turkey? – Cengiz Candar
Published by Al-Monitor, June 8, 2015 By noon Turkish time on June 8, 96.6% of the ballots in the more than174,000 polling stations in Turkey’s parliamentary elections were counted. The results are in: The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has lost its...
HDP election observers detained in police operation in Istanbul
ISTANBUL - ANF - Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 9:30 AM It has been reported that 12 persons, who would serve as observers of the HDP at the ballot boxes in two districts of Istanbul during the elections on Sunday, have been detained early this morning, while the HDP is...
UPDATE; Blasts at Kurdish HDP rally in Turkey kill 3, more then 400 injured
UPDATE 6/6/15, 19h57: Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Health Assembly, SES and Amed Chamber of Medicine formed a crisis desk after the attack on HDP rally in Amed and made public their report on the death toll and number of people injured during the blasts....
Turkey’s Game-Changing Election – Marc Pierini, Sinan Ülgen
Published by Carnegie Europe, May 29, 2015 The outcome of Turkey’s parliamentary election on June 7, 2015, will mark a pivotal moment for the country’s future. Postelection scenarios include, at one extreme, a move by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to centralize power...
ISIS at the gates of Hassakeh, YPG advance on Tel Abyad
Published by The Daily Star, 5/6/15 BEIRUT: ISIS militants advanced Thursday to the edge of the Syrian city of Hassakeh after intense fighting with regime troops, threatening to take their second provincial capital. The jihadis have now advanced to “500 meters away...
UPDATE: 600 Kurdish civilians stranded at Turkish border after escaping ISIS
ARA News, 2/6/15, Urfa, Turkey ــ Militant fighters of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) attacked Monday some 600 Kurdish citizen stranded at the Turkish borderline near Tel Abyad in Raqqa provimce, northeastern Syria, eyewitnesses reported. IS insurgents forced hundreds of...
