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Focus: Turkey - Nov 12, 2016


By bartolo - Posted on 12 November 2016

 

Note: I strongly disagree with General Flynn opinion on Turkey and Gulen: Under Erdogan, Turkey is not an ally in the fight against ISIS; Gulen is not a 'masked source of terror.'

 

Erdogan asks U.S. to extradite Gulen without prior judicial due process, says 'was there such a decision-taking process with (Osama) bin Laden?' - laht.com


Lawyers to Trump: Do not to pressure judges in Turkey extradition case of Gulen, 'The extradition process is a serious one...clear about the steps that need to be taken' - POLITICO


Turkish media lights up with Gen. Michael Flynn's call to extradite Gulen - Breitbart


General Flynn op-ed: Turkey is our strongest ally against ISIS, Gulen is a 'masked source of terror and instability' - TheHill


Trump adviser Michael Flynn is lobbying for company with ties to Turkish government - The Daily Caller


Opinion: Setting the record straight on Turkey, Flynn’s op-ed on Turkey and Gulen is 'appalling and alarming' - TheHill


Opinion: Flynn gets Erdogan wrong, whitewashes recent Turkish behavior, fails the logic test, and proposes a policy prescription that would make matters worse - AEI


Egypt's foreign ministry condemns statements by Turkish President Erdogan - allAfrica.com


Greece concerned Trump administration may show favoritism to Turkey - GreekReporter.com


Baghdad proposes Ankara handover of Bashiqa camp to Iraq, rejects Turkey’s proposal to run the camp under the auspices of the coalition forces - hurriyetdailynews.com

 

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Turkey halts activities of 370 groups as purge widens, More than 110,000 people have been sacked or suspended from their jobs and 37,000 arrested - Reuters


Turkey closes human rights and civil liberties lawyers′ groups as thousands languish in jail in post-coup crackdown - DW.COM


Turkish police arrest pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party advisors amidst ongoing crackdown - ARA News


Turkey arrests head of opposition newspaper - AFP


Turkey seeks long jail terms or life sentences for nine staff of a pro-Kurdish newspaper: state media - Reuters


Report: French journalist detained in Turkey - AP


Turkish dissident journalist Can Dündar granted citizenship of Paris - hurriyetdailynews.com


UN’s arrested Turkish justice denies Gülen links, says he is a Freemason - hurriyetdailynews.com


Turkey complaints pile up at European rights court - hurriyetdailynews.com


Ankara denies torture accusations as prisons fill with dissenters - al-monitor.com


Erdoğan appoints rector for first time to Istanbul’s university, after he was given the authority to directly appoint rectors following the emergency decree - hurriyetdailynews


Erdogan makes veiled threat to unleash 3 million refugees into the EU - Greek Reporter


20,000 Anti-Turkish Govt Protesters Demonstrate in Cologne - ABC News


VIDEO: Clashes break out as thousands rally against Turkey’s Erdogan in Cologne - RT News


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