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70 Bahrainis Stripped of Citizenship for Committing Crimes of Terror

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Oct 28, 2016 | Middle East

Manama–Bahrain’s High Court of Appeal has decided to uphold a decision to revoke the citizenship of 55 Bahrainis, and sentence five people to life in prison, and 51 others to jail terms of up to 15 years over charges of establishing a terrorist organization that...

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Turkish Ministry of Interior Specifies Criteria for the Naturalisation of Syrians

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 14, 2016 | World

Discussions about granting citizenship to Syrian refugees, a decision which the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on the 2nd of July, continued yesterday. The Minister of Interior Efkan Ala announced that Turkey will speed up the process to grant...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey, May 6. REUTERS/MURAD SEZER

Turkey Plans to Offer Syrian Refugees Citizenship amid Opposition Fears to Resettle Them

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 4, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut,Riyadh-Syria’s opposition fears that the Turkish decision to grant Syrians the citizenship would be used by some countries to produce a demographic change in their country. Head of the Syrian opposition delegation in Geneva, Asaad al-Zoghbi said: “We fear...

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In this photo taken Nov. 21, 2014, Sheik Isa Qassim, midday prayers Friday, in the village of Diraz, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Revoking Qassim’s Nationality

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 24, 2016 | Opinion

In my opinion, punishing criminals is far better than revoking their citizenship and sending them to exile, taking punitive measures against offenders will prohibit them from exploiting podiums abroad. Moreover, after being convicted, foreign forces would avoid taking...

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Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters stand at formation in northern Iraq May 14, 2013. The first group of Kurdish militants to withdraw from Turkey under a peace process entered northern Iraq on Tuesday, and were greeted by comrades from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in a symbolic step towards ending a three-decades-old insurgency. The 13 men and women, carrying guns and with rucksacks on their backs, arrived in the area of Heror, near Metina mountain on the Turkish-Iraqi border, a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

The Turkish Model

by Ali Gokpinar | Jul 1, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

In an unprecedented move, in late December 2012 Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government started negotiations with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to resolve the protracted conflict between the Turks and Kurds. Crystallizing during the disintegration...