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Turkey's Erdogan welcomes Hamas leaders
JPost.com 19 June 2013
By HERB KEINON
As European Union cancels a parliamentary visit to Ankara, Erdogan hosts Hamas heads Mashaal, Haniyeh
Even as the EU canceled a parliamentary visit to Ankara scheduled for Wednesday, and UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon criticized Turkey for its handling of the recent protests, 
Turkey arrests dozens as crackdown on protests against Erdogan continues
The Guardian 19 June 2013
Police conducted raids across Turkey on Tuesday and detained dozens of people in an operation linked to three weeks of protests against the country's prime minister, Recep
Erdogan clamps down on protesters
eNCA 19 June 2013
Istanbul - Police raided addresses across Turkey and detained dozens of people in an operation to quell weeks of violent protests against Prime Minister Tayyip
Turkish police can’t stop protests; Erdogan may deploy army, NATO’s 2nd largest
World Tribune 19 June 2013
Turkey, unable to halt anti-government protests, has threatened to deploy the Army to restore order. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan
Turkey's Erdogan meets top Hamas officials for talks on Palestinian reconciliation
Fox News 19 June 2013
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking a break from his troubles at home to meet top Hamas officials for talks on Palestinian reconciliation
An Erdogan aide says he is holding talks with Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal as well as the Gaza Strip's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh. The aide requested anonymity because he was
Turkey:'I don't recognize European Parliament', says Erdogan
ANSAmed 18 June 2013
Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said he does not recognize the European Parliament, Anadolu news agency reported
This comes after an EU resolution approved last Thursday condemned police brutality in Turkey and criticized the Turkish government's conduct in dealing with the nationwide
Pamphlet to Hand Out at Protests and Elsewhere
citizenwarrior.com 18 June 2013
The following is a pamphlet someone (who wishes to remain anonymous) wrote for the protest in Manchester, Tennessee.
It is meant to be printed on both sides and folded in half. You have the author's permission to use it in any way you want.
Erdogan hints Israel behind Istanbul protests
Israel Matzav 18 June 2013
Multiple sources are reporting that Mossad director Tamir Pardo was in Turkey on Monday and met with Hakan Fidan, Turkey's Intelligence undersecretary. But there are differing
Turkish Muslim Teens Spread Pro-Holocaust, Anti-Semitic Views on Dutch TV (Video)
OpposingViews. 18 June 2013
By Jonathan Wolfe
A few months ago, four teenage Turkish Muslims living in the Netherlands took some time on Dutch TV to remind us that anti-Semitism is alive and well. The teens declared
Half of Turks Say Erdogan Is Becoming Authoritarian
Wall Street Journal 18 June 2013
By Ayla Albayrak
ISTANBUL–Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, often reiterates his goal of making Turkey "an advanced democracy.” But a recent poll
Erdogan blames foreign press, social media and plunderers for protests
Famagusta Gazette 18 June 2013
THE TURKISH Prime Minister Tayipp Erdogan has thrown scorn at the international media for their coverage of events in Turkey, saying: "If international media want a picture of
Turkey Police Escalate Crackdown as Erdogan Rallies Support
Businessweek 18 June 2013
By Firat Kayakiran and Selcan Hacaoglu
Police in Istanbul stepped up their attacks on protesters, detaining hundreds amid some of the worst violence this month, as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a mass
Erdogan blaming Israel for riots in Turkey Hurriyet Daily News, June 3:
elderofziyon. 18 June 2013
Hurriyet Daily News, June 3: Turkish intelligence is looking into possible links between the incidents in Taksim Square and foreign powers, Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Is Turkey ready to join the European Union?
Salon 18 June 2013
By Alexander C. Kaufman
When Yanos Gramatidis, the president of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, looks west from his homeland, he sees an economically ravaged European Union. To the east, he
Turkey: A History of Sexual Violence - The rape and torture of Kurdish prisoners in Turkey are disturbingly commonplace
The Guardian 17 June 2013
"I was blindfolded, stripped naked, beaten...and they tried to put sticks up my anus. I fainted," stated 37-year-old mother of three, Hamdiye Aslan.
Hamdiye Aslan's alleged perpetrators were five police officers. According to a report from Amnesty International in 2003, she had been detained in Mardin Prison, south-east
Turkey's Protests Fuelled By Leader's Quest to Restore Islam
Assyrian International News Agency. 17 June 2013
Some say the nationwide protests that rocked Turkey's government the past two weeks were only about a grove of sycamore trees in the middle of the country's biggest city, a trifling issue for a local planning board to work out
But to the country's unapologetic Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it was much more significant, and explains why he was willing to fight a large segment of public opinion and put his decade-long rule on the line.
Turkey enraged at Vatican for Pope’s remarks on Armenian Genocide
atlasshrugs 17 June 2013
Uh, Armenians are upset about the jihad slaughter of millions of Armenians. This Islamic denial of their historic bloodlust and their subsequent bullying is pure supremacism
Savage. Do Muslims expect the sanction of their victims? The Armenian genocide took place under Turkey’s Islamic Ottoman Empire, during and after WWI. "Out of an
Turkish police adding chemicals (pepper spray) to water cannons
elderofziyon. 17 June 2013
This photo has been floating around the pages of people watching the protests in Turkey: It is supposedly of Turkish security personnel pouring Jenix, a pepper spray
Interview with a Turkish Protester: ‘Police Tortured me’
persecution.org 17 June 2013
By Lonna Lisa Williams
It seems the effects of Islamization in Turkey have reached a tipping point, as is evidenced by the recent protests in the streets. It is increasingly difficult to be a
Erdogan defends crackdown as his ‘duty’ as clashes with protesters spread
Fresno Bee 17 June 2013
By Roy Gutman — McClatchy
ISTANBUL — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan staged a massive political rally Sunday to demonstrate that his popular strength will succeed Turkey’s political crisis, even as
