Turkey
Turkish leader’s visit to occupied Cyprus sparks protest (video)
July 25, 2011Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan made a highly provocative visit July 20 to the Turkish-occupied region in northern Cyprus.
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Kurds gain in Turkish elections
June 14, 2011Turkey's ruling party sought a third term in elections Sunday, aiming to build on economic and diplomatic advances in recent years as well as introduce a new constitution it says will make the country more democratic.
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World Notes: Venezuela, Somalia, Fiji and more
May 27, 2011Sanctions on Iran hit Venezuela; labor rights under siege in Iraq, Fiji and Turkey; humanitarian crisis in Somalia; and Cuba at the UN.
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N.Y. transit union pickets UPS, backs Turkish workers
September 2, 2010New York City union members converged outside United Parcel Service's midtown Manhattan office Sept. 1 for an informational picket line on labor rights issues in Turkey.
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Iran, Brazil, Turkey and the ghost of Lord Palmerston
May 28, 2010Recent events bring to mind what Britain's Lord Palmerston said in the 1800s: "England has no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests."
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