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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a referendum in April that will tighten his grip on power, AFP
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 2, 2017 | World
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Tuesday that Turkey would bring the curtain down on its over half-century bid to join the European Union if new accession chapters were not opened. Erdogan’s threat to say “goodbye” to the EU came just minutes...
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Turkish and European Union flags fly together as people walk under them at Taksim Square on May 24, 2013, in Istanbul. AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic
by Hugh Pope | Jun 19, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
Three weeks of unrest in Turkey have left five people dead, injured many others, and forced thousands more to seek treatment for tear gas inhalation. Now an international crisis over the still simmering protests could do critical damage to the great drivers of...