Turkey/Syria News - Feb 27

Turkish Prime Minister targeted in second audio tape - Yahoo News

AUDIO: Erdogan talks to his son about getting 10 million from SOM Petrol owner, advises son not to take it until he brings the "promised" amount - YouTube

AUDIO: Specific preparation for the day of the evacuation of the money from the Prime Minister's house - YouTube

AK Party founders slam PM Erdoğan over leaked corruption recording - Today's Zaman

CHP: Either PM resigns or he will drag Turkey into social, economic chaos - CİHAN

Turkish gov’t, opposition clash over accuracy of tapes - hurriyetdailynews.com

PM Erdoğan's tapes not doctored, specialists agree - Today's Zaman

Erdogan recordings appear real, US analyst says, as Turkey scandal grows - McClatchy DC News

Minister of Science, Industry and Technology: Should the Prime Ministry request an analysis of the tapes, The Scientific and Technological Research Council (Tubitak) will be happy to undertake it - turkishpress.com

AK Party deputy: People don't believe voice recordings even if they are true - CİHAN

Leaked recording deepens divisions in Turks' views of Erdoğan - Today's Zaman

AK Party deputies almost attacked their CHP counterparts over the tapes - Today's Zaman

AUDIO (English): In voice recordings posted 2 days ago Erdogan and his son Bilal allegedly discuss how to hide huge sums of cash - YouTube

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Turkey sees anti-corruption protests for second day -AFP

VIDEO: Anti-government protests in Istanbul Wednesday - YouTube

Opposition throws fake money in Taksim during rally over tape incriminating Turkish PM - hurriyetdailynews.com

VIDEO: Opposition throws fake money in Taksim during rally over tape incriminating Turkish PM - YouTube

PHOTO ALBUM: Anti-corruption protests continue in Turkey - The Washington Post

ODTÜ students stage protest ahead of highway opening in Ankara - CİHAN

VIDEO: Turkey: students protest against new highway - YouTube

Turkey Moves to Close Prep Schools Linked to Rival Gulen - SFGate

Schools to become partisan, claim education unions - Today's Zaman

Turkish police uses tear gas to disperse National Education Bill protestors - CİHAN

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President Gül approves disputed bill increasing gov’t grip over judiciary - hurriyetdailynews.com

Turkish main opposition takes judicial bill to Constitutional Court - hurriyetdailynews.com

Former minister says new law makes MİT resemble criminal JİTEM - Today's Zaman

Association says MIT intelligence bill huge blow to press freedom - Today's Zaman

Gov't censorship not limited to media, extends to party ads - Today's Zaman

Draft law grants economic privileges to Turkey's military - Al-Monitor

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Turkey's Dirty Money: Why Ankara Is Still on the FATF's Gray List of Terrorism Financing - Foreign Affairs

The Gray List : Turkey’s Financing of Terrorism - digitaljournal.com

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Syrian troops ambush, kill at least 150 rebels east of Damascus, source says the men were civilians and fighters trying to escape the siege - The Washington Post

VIDEO: Live footage of Syrian army ambushing dozens of Islamist rebels in Otaibah, Damascus - LiveLeak.com

VIDEO: Aftermath of the ambush by the Syrian Army against Islamists in Otaybah, Damascus - LiveLeak.com

Syria rebel infighting 'kills 3,300 since January' - THE DAILY STAR

ISIS imposes restrictions on Christians in Raqqa, demand levy - THE DAILY STAR

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham's dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province - Syria Comment

Top ISIS commander killed in Homs - ZAMAN ALWSL

Lebanon arrests a commander of Syria's Al-Nusra: security - Yahoo News

Netherlands: Jihadist threat level remains at ‘substantial’; government action still necessary - National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism

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