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TOPSHOT - Pro-Erdogan supporters react during a protest at the Sarchane park in Istanbul on July 19, 2016. The Turkish army said on July 19 that the vast majority of its members had no links with the July 15 attempted coup and warned that the putschists would face severe punishment. The armed forces blamed the "Fethullah Terrorist Organisation" (FETO) for the failed putsch, referring to Fethullah Gulen, a one-time ally turned foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey's prime minister said on July 19 his government had sent four files to the United States, as Ankara seeks the extradition of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen. / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) The United States Should Extradite Fetullah Gülen
It is clear to the government of Turkey that the Pennsylvania cleric is a coup plotter. Donald Trump should honor our request to bring him to justice.
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erdy Will Erdogan Get What He Came for out of Trump?
The Turkish strongman meets Trump to smooth out a rocky bilateral relationship.
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ANKARA, TURKEY - APRIL 17: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gives a referendum victory speech to his supporters at the Presidential Palace on April 17, 2017 in Ankara Turkey. Erdogan declared victory in Sunday's historic referendum that will grant sweeping powers to the presidency, hailing the result as a "historic decision. 51.4 per cent per cent of voters had sided with the "Yes" campaign, ushering in the most radical change to the country's political system in modern times.Turkey's main opposition calls on top election board to annul the referendum. OSCE observers said that a Turkish electoral board decision to allow as valid ballots that did not bear official stamps undermined important safeguards against fraud. (Photo by Elif Sogut/Getty Images) Trump and Erdogan Need to Discuss Some Hard Truths
Trump should use his political capital to address the thorny Kurdish issue, but Europe, authoritarianism, and extradition requests are also on the table.
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rmeilane Syria’s Kurds Are Not the PKK
Amid the war against the Islamic State, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is bombing our villages and soldiers on an entirely false pretense.
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TOPSHOT - US forces, accompanied by Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters, drive their armoured vehicles near the northern Syrian village of Darbasiyah, on the border with Turkey on April 28, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) The United States and Turkey Are on a Collision Course in Syria
An insider’s view on how we got here — and what Trump can do about it.
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GettyImages-655699066 SitRep: Comey Saga Just Beginning; Flynn Subpoenaed; Turks Warn Washington to Stay Clear of Kurds
Congress Wants Navy in South China Sea; CIA partners With South Koreans; Pentagon Helping Turkey target PKK; UAE Ships Planes to Libya
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recep Erdogan to Trump: Don’t Arm the Kurds
He can make his case in person next week.
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A member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, monitors in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometres (35 miles) west of Raqa city, on April 30, 2017, as they advance in their battle for the Islamic State group's stronghold. US-backed fighters have captured 80 percent of Syria's Tabqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said on May 1, a week after they first entered the town. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Plan to Arm Kurds Lays Bare the Strategic Vacuum in Syria
The administration’s plan to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State could further inflame tensions between Washington, Ankara, and Tehran.
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KOBANE, SYRIA - JUNE 20: (TURKEY OUT) A Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG fighters sit near a check point in the outskirts of the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, Syria. June 20, 2015. Kurdish fighters with the YPG took full control of Kobane and strategic city of Tal Abyad, dealing a major blow to the Islamic State group's ability to wage war in Syria. Mopping up operations have started to make the town safe for the return of residents from Turkey, after more than a year of Islamic State militants holding control of the town. (Photo by Ahmet Sik/Getty Images) Trump to Tell Turkey: We’re Going to Take Raqqa With the Kurds
The White House is poised to greenlight an Obama administration plan to seize the last bastion of the Islamic State in Syria.
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A US officer, from the US-led coalition, stands with a fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) at the site of Turkish airstrikes near northeastern Syrian Kurdish town of Derik, known as al-Malikiyah in Arabic, on April 25, 2017. Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key players in the battle against the Islamic State group. The bombardment near the city of Al-Malikiyah in northeastern Syria saw Turkish planes carry out "dozens of simultaneous air strikes" on YPG positions overnight, including a media centre, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Turkey Threatens U.S. Troops in Syria; Tillerson Tosses Human Rights; Russia’s Race to The Arctic
North Korea Policy, Explained; Your New NATO; Syrian Opposition Back to the Table; Congress Slashes Funding For New Bomb; North Korea Angry at China; Iraq Contractor Kerfuffle
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this guy Trump Calls Duterte, Venezuela Protests, Belarus Cracks Down: The Weekend Behind, the Week Ahead
Catch up on the top headlines from the weekend, and learn what to watch in the days to come.
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brawl crop NATO, EU Rebuke Macedonia Over Parliament Violence
The West urges calm amid fears a political crisis could trigger ethnic violence.
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford are seen on West Executive Drive after briefing US senators on the situation in North Korea in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House on April 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Sanctions, Not War, With North Korea; Trump Hands More Power to Pentagon; U.S. Forces Close to Turkish Bombs
Did Israel Hit Damascus; Defense Contractors Tempering Trump Expectations; Assad’s Chemical Weapons; Russia Investigation to Get Fresh Blood; Houthi Bot Boat Blasted
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Meral Aksener, candidate for the leadership of the Turkish opposition party Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), delivers a speech during a "NO" campaign meeting on April 8, 2017, in Ankara, a week ahead of a constitutional referendum. On April 16, 2017, the Turkish public will vote on whether to change the current parliamentary system into an executive presidency. / AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) Can the ‘She-Wolf’ Who Rejected the Harem Take On Sultan Erdogan?
The feisty, nationalist grandmother Meral Aksener is a real threat to unseat Turkey’s demagogic president. If he doesn’t toss her in jail first.
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turcash ‘Turkey Is Open for Business,’ Says Turkey After Flawed Referendum
Turkey’s message to the American business community: Don’t let values get in the way of creating value.
