Tag: Turkey

Syrian and Turkish musicians are to give a benefit concert in Istanbul Jan. 16 to raise money for refugees affected by the Syrian crisis.  Syrian violinist Ali Moraly, Syrian oud ...

Japan's two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s on Wednesday after one of the Dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing, the latest in a series of incidents ...

At least 10 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a political office in northern Iraq, officials say. More than 90 people are reported to have been injured ...

What happens with thinkers who operate outside the European philosophical 'pedigree'?                               In a lovely little ...

The famed linguist and political activist says intellectuals have a moral duty to hold centres of power to account. Linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky remains as vigorous as ever ...

Turkish jets have struck suspected Kurdish rebel targets in a cross-border raid in northern Iraq, Turkish and Kurdish media reported Tuesday, even as Turkey started peace talks with the rebels’ ...

The execution-style killing of three women in Paris last week threw a spotlight on the murky struggle between Turkey and its Kurdish rebels. But how did women from such a ...

Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said they expected inflation figures in Turkey to continue to fall and their target was 5.3 percent in 2013. Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek on Tuesday ...

CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu supports the government’s bid to become an observer state at the Shanghai Five, noting that the group’s existence is important to ‘maintaining the balance between powers’. Turkey ...

We can certainly hope that the Sandy Hook school shootings in Connecticut have finally evoked a moral standing on the issues of gun possession and their use in the United States. It ...