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Turkish Jets Strike ISIL Targets in Syria
Turkish fighter planes bombed Islamic State positions in neighboring Syria for the first time in a predawn attack Friday.
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The War Nerd: Don’t be fooled -- Turkey is attacking the Kurds
You might be cheering for the Turkish Air Force, which has reportedly finally decided to strike Islamic State targets in Syria. Don’t believe it. By Gary Brecher.
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Turkey v Islamic State v the Kurds: What's going on?
What lies behind Turkey's decision to bomb the Kurds and Islamic State - while pushing for a 'buffer zone' in Syria? The BBC's Neil Arun explains.
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Where the Cave Dwellers Once Lived
As Turkey’s audacious llisu Dam approaches completion, the ancient settlement of Hasankeyf looks set to lose thousands of years of history underwater.
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Syrian war: As neighbors seek border enclaves, a de facto partition?
The US and Turkey have designated a zone in northern Syria for flushing out Islamic State. Jordan is also considering a similar zone in southern Syria, as President Bashar al-Assad is forced to pull back his forces.
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Hot Air Balloon Ride
Ortahiser,Turkey
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U.S. Sends Six Jets, 300 Personnel to Turkey Base in Islamic State Fight
The United States sent six F-16 jets and about 300 personnel to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Sunday, the U.S. military said, after Ankara agreed last month to allow American planes to launch air strikes against Islamic State militants from there.
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Turkey, Iran Help Broker Rare Truce in Syria
Syria's warring parties declared a 48-hour ceasefire in a frontline area on Wednesday after a month of unprecedented mediation from Turkey and Iran, signaling a new approach by some regional powers
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Ancient whistle language uses whole brain for long-distance chat
A whistled form of Turkish used to communicate across mountain valleys shows that it's not just the left side of the brain that processes language. By Andy Coghlin.
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The curious case of whistled languages and their lack of left-brain dominance
Whistled Turkish is a non-conformist. Most obviously, it bucks the normal language trend of using consonants and vowels, opting instead for a bird-like whistle. But more importantly, it departs from other language forms in a more fundamental respect: it's processed differently by the brain.
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What I learned about languages just by looking at a Turkish typewriter
I don’t speak Turkish, and can’t read it either. I have never been to Turkey. I honestly don’t even know that much about Turkey. Why did I ask for a Turkish typewriter, then? Because it has one of the most fascinating keyboard layouts ever: I wanted to share with you five things I learned just from observing and researching this layout.
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VICE News Crew Facing Terrorism Charges In Turkey As Global Rights Groups Call For Their Release
Four members of a VICE News crew were arrested by Turkish police on Thursday, August 27, in the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir located in south-east Turkey. The reporters are scheduled to appear in court on Monday to face allegations of terrorism and assisting ISIS. Global rights groups including Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are calling for an immediate release of all four reporters.
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Istanbul Food Porn (with local models)
While living in Istanbul, where the delicious food and beautiful women are plentiful, I decided to bring the two together for one ridiculously seductive food porn video to get everybody horngry.
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To Progress and Back: The Rise and Fall of Erdogan's Turkey
This is Recep Tayyip Erdogan's country: a gorgeous mountain scenery on the Black Sea. On lush, green hillsides, people pick tea leaves and only interrupt their work to pray. Erdogan calls them "his people," and for them, he erected an Ottoman-style mosque atop one of the highest peaks. It stands so high above the villages that it is barely discernable from below. A death-defying path winds up the mountain and takes about 45 minutes to traverse in a car...
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Turkey says Russian warplane violated its airspace
The United States and its NATO allies denounced Russia on Monday for violating Turkish air space along the frontier with Syria, and Ankara threatened to respond if provoked again, raising the prospect of direct confrontation between the Cold War enemies. NATO summoned the ambassadors of its 28 member states for an emergency meeting to respond to what Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called "unacceptable violations of Turkish air space".
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Turkey reports 2nd day of harassment by Russian military
Turkey's military said Tuesday more of its jets patrolling the border with Syria were placed in a radar lock by Russian planes and surface-to-air missile systems, casting further doubt on Moscow's behavior and intentions in the Syria crisis. Eight Turkish F-16 jet patrolling the Turkish-Syrian border were harassed by a MIG-29 plane as well as surface-to-air missile systems based in Syria in two separate incidents on Monday.
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Nato ready to 'defend' Turkey as Russia strikes Syria
Alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, makes comment after violations of Turkish airspace by Russian jets conducting airstrikes in Syria
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Turkey terror attack: scores killed in twin Ankara blasts
Death toll climbs to 86 after blasts in Turkish capital during protests against conflict between state and Kurdish militants
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Turkey's media blackout - The Listening Post (Lead)
On October 10, two bombs went off at a peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara, killing nearly 100 people.Authorities were quick to issue orders on how to cover the attacks, forbidding publication of pictures of the bombs. Internet providers were reportedly told to slow down social media sites.The call for a media blackout after the attacks is symptomatic of a wider approach by the Erdogan government towards any critical media.
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Al Jazeera World - Seeing Isn't Everything
Nearly half-a-million blind people live in Turkey. While attitudes are gradually changing in Turkey, awareness of blindness tends to lag behind awareness and understanding of disability in some other parts of the world. In Seeing Isn't Everything four blind people living in Istanbul talk about how they are all too often defined through their disability and want to challenge social perceptions about what it means to live without sight.
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