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Supporters of the "yes" wave Turkish national flags and scarfs picturing Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a rally in front of the president residence, at Sariyer district, in Istanbul, on April 16, 2017, after the initial results of a nationwide referendum that will determine Turkey's future destiny. The "Yes" campaign to give Turkish President expanded powers was just ahead in a tightly-contested referendum but the 'No' was closing the gap, according to initial results. / AFP PHOTO / Bulent Kilic (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) RIP Turkey, 1921 – 2017
Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t just win his constitutional referendum — he permanently closed a chapter of his country’s modern history.
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rtereferendum Erdogan Goes for the Death Blow Against Turkey’s Bureaucracy
In Sunday's constitutional referendum, the country's civil servants will make their last stand as an independent force.
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hayir How Kurds Could Tilt Turkey’s Referendum
As Turkey considers granting Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers, the crucial swing voters may be the country's long-oppressed ethnic minority.
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uh oh A Turkish Banker’s Arrest Puts Spotlight on Erdogan’s Circle at Awkward Time
The U.S. arrested the Turkish executive and charged him with colluding in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech on stage, on March 5, 2017 in Istanbul during a pro-government women meeting. Some 12,000 women filled on March 5 an Istanbul arena in support of a "Yes" vote in an April referendum whether to boost Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers. Erdogan lashed out at Germany for blocking several rallies there ahead of an April vote in Turkey on boosting his powers as head of state, likening them to Nazi practices. "Your practices are not different from the Nazi practices of the past," Erdogan told a women's rally in Istanbul as Turks vote on April 16 whether to approve changes to the constitution expanding presidential powers. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images) Turkey Is a Dictatorship Masquerading as a NATO Democracy
Recep Erdogan's slow-motion plan to abandon democracy — and buy the West's silence — is almost complete.
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COLOGNE, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 23: The central mosque of DITIB, the Turkish Islamic union that runs Turkish mosques across Germany, stands at twilight on February 23, 2017 in Cologne, Germany. German authorities have launched investigations into the activities of DITIB imams and other employees over allegations of spying against Turks in Germany whom the Turkish state suspects of having ties to the Gulen movement. DITIB is the religious arm of the Turkish state. Its imams are schooled in Turkey and their salaries paid by the Turkish government. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a massive attack against the movement of his rival Fethullah Gulen, arresting thousands of people Erdogan accuses of supporting Gulen and playing a role in the 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey. Gulen has a strong following among Turks in Germany and the movement runs a network of schools and other institutions. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images) Erdogan’s International Network of Muslim Cleric Spies
The hidden backstory to the latest diplomatic blowup between Turkey and Europe.
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FAMAGUSTA, CYPRUS - MARCH 06: Former, decaying hotel buildings stand beyond a makeshift barrier and a Turkish military sign inside the "Forbidden Zone" of Varosha district on March 6, 2017 in Famagusta, Cyprus. Hundrds of buildings inside Varosha district, which was once a prime Cypriot resort, stand abandoned and decaying in a zone the Turkish military has sealed off ever since Varosha residents fled in the 1974 war. Cyprus has been divided into a Greek south and Turkish north ever since the brief but devastating war of 1974. Since then United Nations peacekeepers have maintained a buffer zone that runs through the capital city of Nicosia and across the entire island to keep the factions apart. In the south the Greek-dominated Republic of Cyprus is internationally-recognized and a member of the European Union, while in the north the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) is recognized only by Turkey, which also has tens of thousands of troops stationed there. Negotiations over possible reunification have made strident progress over the last few years, though they have stalled in recent months. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Here’s a Win-Win Deal for Trump: Cyprus
There's a short window to make peace in this long-running feud.
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rteg20 The Race to Raqqa Could Cost Trump Turkey
The anti-Islamic State fight could devolve into a war between the Kurds and Ankara and disrupt the plan to take back the terrorist group’s de facto capital.
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rte Is Turkey Still a Democracy?
An upcoming referendum and a vicious war of words with Europe could end up making Erdogan more powerful — and isolated — than ever.
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turkeu Did Turkey Just Kill the Refugee Deal With Europe?
If they did, it has more to do with EU-Turkish relations than with refugees.
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TO GO WITH STORY BY SOPHIE DEVILLER A huge Turkish-Cypriot flag painted on the side of the Kyrenia mountain range which overlooks the divided city of Nicosia is seen in the background, as barbed wire marks the dividing "green line" 14 March 2004, on the Greek-Cypriot side of the capital. The "Green Line" which cuts Cyprus in two has become, since the island's entry into the EU in 2004, the least secure land border in Europe, a godsend for clandestine immigrants. AFP PHOTO/Philip MARK (Photo credit should read PHILIP MARK/AFP/Getty Images) Cracking the Cyprus Code
The window is still open for a landmark deal to end Cyprus’s conflict and reunify the island. But it could be closing, fast.
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erdogan crop Turkish President Erdogan Calls Dutch ‘Nazi Remnants’
Erdogan’s AKP needs enemies to thrive.
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AAManbij SitRep: The Wait for Raqqa; North Korean Missile Plans; Moscow Hacks; Drones for South Korea
Empty Chairs at DoD; Tillerson Heads to Asia; Oil Wars in Libya; Drone Busters, And Lots More
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flynn crop Why Mike Flynn Could Be in Trouble — Again
Lobbying disclosures gone wrong.
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