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Turkey election: Erdogan wins second term as president GETTY IMAGES: The president's supporters took to the streets of Istanbul to celebrate Turkey's long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the country's presidential poll in the first round, the election authority chief says. Sadi...

Iran turns The Art of the Deal upside down Tehran busy signing massive infrastructure deals with China's CITIC and European partners By PEPE ESCOBAR SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 11:17 AM (UTC+8) As President Hasan Rouhani prepares to address the UN General Assembly in New York and the Trump...

Chinese Uyghur colonies in Syria a challenge for Beijing By Christina Lin A reporter for Dubai-based Al Aan TV recently aired an undercover story on Idlib province – the Syrian “rebel” opposition stronghold that is supported by the US and other Western governments – and the site of the recent...

Turkey referendum: Erdogan camp set to win after most votes counted 16 April 2017 Europe The referendum has divided Turkey - a country facing no shortage of problems Turks have voted to grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers in a referendum, partial official results...

Pentagon plan to seize Raqqa calls for significant increase in U.S. participation Armed men in uniform identified by allied Syrian fighters as U.S. Special Operations forces ride in the back of a pickup truck in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa on May 25, 2016...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/world/africa/somalia-election-corruption.html?_r=1 Fueled by Bribes, Somalia’s Election Seen as Milestone of Corruption By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Some neighborhoods in Mogadishu, Somalia, bear the scars of decades of war. Credit Tyler Hicks/The New York Times...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — The first face-to-face meeting between Syrian rebel fighters and government officials in nearly six years of civil war ended abruptly on Monday when diplomatic talks quickly devolved into harsh words and competing accusations. The new round of talks arranged by Russia and...

Many police injured in Istanbul Besiktas stadium blasts 6 minutes ago From the sectionEurope Share Image copyrightREUTERS Image captionThe attack appears to have targeted riot police At least 20 police officers have been injured in explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey's...

Turkey, Russia strike strategic Turkish Stream gas pipeline deal - ENERGY Turkey, Russia strike strategic Turkish Stream gas pipeline deal ISTANBUL Russia signed the strategic Turkish Stream gas pipeline agreement on Oct. 10. The pipeline will carry Russian natural gas to Turkey and on to...

It's Thursday morning in Turkey right now :lupe: Yesterday: car-bombing at a police hq in Van, which is further east than Elzaig Bonus: 38k prisoners released to make room for the 40k people detained for all secretly plotting the botched coup Making space for coup purge, Turkey starts to...

This'll be interesting.

Erdogan taunts Obama over coup attempt in Turkey BY M.K. BHADRAKUMAR on JULY 17, 2016 in AT TOP WRITERS, M.K. BHADRAKUMAR The Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s sensational demand on Saturday to US President Barack Obama to extradite the Islamist preacher Fetullah Gulen living in exile in...

M of A - Know-Nothing "Diplomats" Prepare For Hillary's War On Syria There are at least 51 stupid or dishonest "diplomats" working in the U.S. State Department. Also - Mark Lander is a stupid or dishonest NYT writer. The result is this piece: Dozens of U.S. Diplomats, in Memo, Urge Strikes...

:dead::dead: So the US let Turkish citizens on to their base in Incirlik and these dudes tried to shame the US airmen on duty. These are our allies breh :comeon: “You put sacks on the head of our soldiers in 2003. You are responsible for this and the terror events in our country. Bombs...

I have qualms about Erdogan's autocratic stances vs. the press and his son profiting off ISIS oil, killing Kurds after having peace talks, false flag attacks, etc :ufdup: But I'll be :blessed: with this masjid, basketball courts, Turkish baths, olympic sized pools within a 10 minute drive of my...

This is a look at the larger picture of forces developing around Syria. Several foreign armies are aggregating at the Syrian borders with the intent to invade Syria and to occupy its eastern part. But before we dive into that, a short look at the curious situation developing in the north-west...