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13-year old killed after goat falls from roof of building in Turkey
A 13-year-old boy died on Oct. 3 after a goat that had been bought to be sacrificed during Eid al-Adha, fell onto him from the sixth floor roof of a building in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.
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Turkey demands US target Assad as price of co-operation
Turkey has demanded that the US take military action against the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad as a condition for Ankara to step up its co-operation in Washington’s coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as Isis.
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Obama Tried To Get This Country To Bomb ISIS, But It Just Told Him To Shove It In A Big Way
Turkey recently decided to bomb anti-ISIS Kurds located near Daglica, a place in Turkey near the border with Syria. The PKK, the Kurdish militant group that was bombed, accused Turkey of violating a two year cease fire with the group
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18 Miners Trapped in Coal Mine Accident in Turkey
Surging water trapped at least 18 workers Tuesday in a coal mine in Turkey, officials and reports said — an event likely to raise even more concerns about the nation’s poor workplace safety standards.
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Turkish-Greek cooperation in Aegean helps stem flow of migrants
Closer cooperation between Greek and Turkish coast guard authorities has led to 11,000 undocumented migrants being prevented from entering Greek borders and returned to the neighboring country since the start of the year, data presented by the Merchant Marine Ministry Friday showed.
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This Is How ISIS Smuggles Oil
An exclusive ground-level look at the illicit oil trade that has made ISIS the world’s richest extremist group.
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Animals in Place of Genitalia? Political Islam Is Reshaping Turkish Education
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) are are adopting reforms that promote Sunni Islam and conservative values in schools.
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Forget the (Whole) Bird! 21 Turkey Recipes for a Small Thanksgiving
Whether you’re unable to make the giant family gathering this year or simply can't fit that whole bird into your oven, we have your table covered.
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Turkey Looks For Energy In An Abundant Resource: Pistachio Shells
Converting the shells into biogas could provide most of the heat for a planned city of 200,000, engineers say. There's precedent in Australia, where macadamia nut shells are generating power.
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Wild Turkeys Have Made a Comeback and are Ruffling Some Suburban Feathers
They were nearly extinct a century ago, but now 7 million turkeys roam across the American landscape, sometimes unnerving unsuspecting suburbanites with their aggressive behavior.
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Erdogan: women are not equal to men
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set off a new controversy on Monday, declaring that women are not equal to men and accusing feminists of not understanding the special status that Islam attributes to mothers.
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Activists: ISIS Is Now Launching Attacks From Inside Turkey
Turkey's main Kurdish party on Saturday accused the government of turning a blind eye to—if not outright supporting—ISIS militants within its borders after suicide bombers attacked the town of Kobani along its southern border with Syria. The Turkish government vehemently denies the claims. ISIS "used to attack the town from three sides," said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party, in a statement.
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Turkey Arrests 27 Journalists In Media Crackdown
The Turkish government on Sunday conducted sweeping raids across the country, arresting 27 journalists, editors, TV producers, and police who were suspected of being supporters of a political foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It is a major move against the supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based moderate Islamic cleric who has been a vocal critic of the Turkish President.
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A Turkish official has partially banned elevators in public buildings
An official in Turkey has come up with a novel way of tackling obesity in the country – by banning people from using lifts to reach the first three floors of public buildings. Dursun Ali Sahin, governor of the northwesten province of Edirne, has ordered that all elevators be closed down in the lower levels of buildings in the public sector, according to the Daily Sabah. The ban, which came into effect on 31 December, 2014, will force people to take the stairs...
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Turkey Investigating Minecraft for Being ‘Too Violent’
Popular computer game Minecraft is facing an investigation in Turkey following allegations that it’s too violent. The country’s family and social policies minister, Aysenur Islam, voiced concern about Minecraft’s content after speaking with press outside Turkish parliament on Friday when a reporter suggested that it depicts violence against women and could promote aggression by awarding points for killing characters in the game. However, gaming experts say the investigation is unfounded.
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Extreme weather hits Istanbul
Driving snow and winds cancel flights and shut schools and universities.
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How The Murder Of A Young Woman Took Turkey To A Social Tipping Point
The reaction to the murder of Özgecan Aslan, a 20-year-old student, brought Turkey's political and social divisions into sharp relief.
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Turkey, US sign deal to train, arm Syrian rebels
Turkey and the United States signed an agreement Thursday to train and arm Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State group, said the U.S. Embassy in Ankara. The two countries have been in talks about such a pact for several months. The deal was signed Thursday evening by U.S Ambassador John Bass and Turkish Foreign Ministry undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, said Embassy spokesman Joe Wierichs. He gave no further details.
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Deadly Bird Flu Strikes Poultry Farms in Several States
Lethal strain of avian influenza spreads through commercial turkey facilities in Midwest and Northwest
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Turkey Holds UK Teens Bound for Syria
Three teenagers suspected of trying to travel to Syria have been detained by authorities in Turkey, Scotland Yard has said.
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