Don’t Trust Erdogan’s ‘Peace Process’ With the Kurds
After decades of repression, many of Turkey’s Kurds are hopeful that their long struggle for basic rights may finally be nearing a breakthrough. That hope is fueled by newly launched ...
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Turkey to Fine Airline Passengers Who Stand Before the Seatbelt Sign Is Turned Off
Summary Turkey will now fine airline passengers who unbuckle or stand before the plane fully stops Fines up to $70 USD are possible, and airlines must update their in-flight warnings ...
U.N. Estimates Half a Million Refugees Returned to Syria After Fall of Assad
The United Nations estimated in a report this week that half a million refugees have returned to Syria since the fall of dictator Bashar Assad, with another million expected to ...
Top Arab & Turkish Talent Agents Strike Partnership For Stars Including Tuba Büyüküstün & Kaan Urgancıoğlu
EXCLUSIVE: Cairo-based film company MAD Solutions has struck a deal with prominent Turkish agency People Talent Management to manage all commercial representation in the Arab World for several of its ...
PKK to Disband, End Insurgency in Turkey
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at an end to the Kurdish insurgency in Turkey, an easing of the U.S.-China trade war, and future talks between Russian President ...
NYC Jewish janitor allegedly killed by bed and breakfast during booze-fuel argument in Turkey
An Upper West Sider with a passion for wildlife photography was allegedly murdered by the owner of a bed and breakfast while on vacation in Turkey, and friends are frantically lobbying for ...
I tried club sandwiches from Subway, Jimmy John’s, and Jersey Mike’s, and there’s one I wouldn’t order again
I wanted to see which popular sandwich chain made the best club sub.Steven JohnI love sandwiches, and if I had to pick just one to eat for the rest of ...
Turkey’s Pivotal Moment With Azerbaijan
On March 21, Armenia’s land border with Turkey, closed since 1993 amid their decades-long diplomatic rupture, opened temporarily to allow through Armenian humanitarian aid trucks delivering goods to Syria through ...
Erdogan Risks Overplaying His Hand
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision last month to jail Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his most formidable political rival, touched off the country’s fiercest political protests and boycotts in years. ...
Are the Kurds at a Political Turning Point?
On Feb. 27, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), called on the group and its armed affiliates to lay down their weapons and disband. The ...
