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Refugees desperate on both sides of Turkey’s border with Syria

September 6, 2015September 6, 2015 VOANews Syria, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Near the border crossing to Syria, refugees loiter near trucks lined up to deliver food into their country.  If they

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Ankara angry over refugee crisis

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

As the European Union is struggling to deal with a chaotic flood of migrants, Turkey, which is home to more

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Turkey police move against media ahead of election

September 1, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Turkey

Turkish police launched a series of raids on Tuesday September 1 on businesses owned by a major media company in

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Turkey remands Western reporting crew to custody

August 31, 2015 VOANews Turkey

A court in southeastern Turkey has ordered two British journalists and their translator remanded to custody, ahead of an eventual

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Turkey’s election appears to be all about Erdogan

August 26, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s name won’t appear on any of the ballot papers Turks will be presented with on November 1

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Turkey will fly in anti-IS missions, Pentagon says

August 26, 2015 Carla Babb of VOANews Turkey

Turkey has agreed to fly in coalition air missions against Islamic State, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said Tuesday. The

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Insecurity threatens planned Turkey poll

August 25, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the country will go to the polls again in November, after talks to

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Top 10 destinations for expats

August 25, 2015 The Prague Post

Once more, Ecuador tops the list of the best places to live abroad in the InterNations Expat Insider 2015 survey,

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Erdogan to call snap election amid Kurdish tensions

August 21, 2015August 21, 2015 VOANews Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday he would call snap elections after the failure of coalition talks and a

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