Month: December 2018
Readers’ pictures of the year 2018
Life Style
December 31, 2018
Readers’ pictures of the year 2018
Eric Etchart: “I took this shot in the Eurostar on my way to Paris for a long holiday weekend. This…
Gülen schoolteacher abducted in Azerbaijan after questioning by prosecutor: report
World
December 31, 2018
Gülen schoolteacher abducted in Azerbaijan after questioning by prosecutor: report
Gelen, a teacher at a Gülen movement-linked school in Azerbaijan, appeared before an Azerbaijani prosecutor on allegations of terrorism made…
UK defense minister to Ukraine: Black Sea not Russia’s
Ukraine
December 22, 2018
UK defense minister to Ukraine: Black Sea not Russia’s
British defense minister Gavin Williamson visited Ukraine on Friday where he told his Ukrainian counterpart that the Black Sea did…
Report: Turkey ranks 130th among 149 countries in gender inequality
World
December 22, 2018
Report: Turkey ranks 130th among 149 countries in gender inequality
“The Global Gender Gap Report” benchmarks 149 countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensions: Economic Participation…
Prosecutors Accuse Turkey of Covert Campaign to Pressure U.S. to Hand Over Cleric
World
December 19, 2018
Prosecutors Accuse Turkey of Covert Campaign to Pressure U.S. to Hand Over Cleric
Federal prosecutors accused the Turkish government of running a covert 2016 lobbying campaign in Washington aimed at pressuring the U.S.…
How Flynn’s position on Turkey turned on a dime …a lot of dimes
Editor's Choice
December 19, 2018
How Flynn’s position on Turkey turned on a dime …a lot of dimes
Rachel Maddow shows how disgraced Trump NSA Mike Flynn changed his position on Turkey, as well as U.S. policy on…
Tell Erdogan he can keep waiting for Gulen extradition
Opinion
December 19, 2018
Tell Erdogan he can keep waiting for Gulen extradition
President Trump has apparently told Turkish despot Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he’s “working on” extraditing Fethullah Gulen. We expect that’s…
Trump did not tell Erdoğan he would extradite Gülen: report
World
December 18, 2018
Trump did not tell Erdoğan he would extradite Gülen: report
President Donald Trump did not commit during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the G20 summit two…
FBI declines to comment on Turkish FM’s claim of Gülen probes in the US
World
December 18, 2018
FBI declines to comment on Turkish FM’s claim of Gülen probes in the US
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has to declined to comment on reports in the Turkish media that it had…
Boy, 15, leaps to his death as his mother cheers him on when homemade parachute fails to open as he jumps from the roof of a 14-storey building for social media stunt in Ukraine
Ukraine
December 17, 2018
Boy, 15, leaps to his death as his mother cheers him on when homemade parachute fails to open as he jumps from the roof of a 14-storey building for social media stunt in Ukraine
A 15-year-old boy plunged to his death after his homemade parachute failed to open properly in a leap from a…