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Turkish protestors defy May Day ban, dozens detained

By Sebnem Arsu and Ceylan Yeginsu May. 2, 2014

ISTANBUL — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Istanbul on Thursday in May Day rallies, confronting riot police officers to protest, lashing out against a government mired in a corruption scandal and accused of imposing a creeping authoritarianism in Turkey.

World and Nation

Turkey’s premier gets push from party in local elections

By Tim Arango and Sebnem Arsu Apr. 1, 2014

ISTANBUL — Even as he faced sweeping anti-government protests last summer and a corruption investigation that challenged his rule, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held close to the notion that voters had put him in office and would do so again.

World and Nation

Hundreds of police officers are reassigned in Turkey

By Dan Bilefsky and Sebnem Arsu Jan. 8, 2014

PARIS — About 350 police officers in Ankara, the Turkish capital, were removed from their posts overnight, Turkish news outlets reported Tuesday, the largest single purge of the police force since a corruption investigation plunged the government into crisis last month.

World and Nation

Turkey announces proposals aimed at mending relations with Kurds

By Sebnem Arsu Oct. 1, 2013

ISTANBUL — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a package of measures Monday that appeared intended to revive the stalled peace process with the country’s ethnic Kurds, who have fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state.

World and Nation

Kurdish rebel group to withdraw from Turkey

By Sebnem Arsu Apr. 26, 2013

ISTANBUL — The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the main Kurdish rebel group in Turkey, said Thursday that it would withdraw all of its forces from the country by May 8 as part of a peace agreement to end a 30-year conflict with the Turkish state.

World and Nation

Syrian opposition meets
with British officials

By Sebnem Arsu Nov. 22, 2011

ISTANBUL — Syria’s political opposition widened its outreach Monday, sending representatives to Britain as the Syrian government withstood signs of further isolation over an uprising that is increasingly resembling a prolonged armed struggle to oust President Bashar Assad.

World and Nation

Turkey Angry Over Congress’ Vote on Armenian Genocide

By Sebnem Arsu Oct. 12, 2007

Turkey reacted angrily Thursday to a House committee vote in Washington to condemn the mass killings of Armenians in Turkey during World War I as genocide, recalling its ambassador from Washington and threatening to withdraw its support for the Iraq war.

World and Nation

Observant Muslim Voted In as Turkey’s Newest President Tues.

By Sabrina Tavernise and Sebnem Arsu Aug. 29, 2007

An observant Muslim with a background in Islamic politics was voted in on Tuesday as president, breaking an 84-year grip on power by the secular establishment and ushering a new religious middle class from Turkey’s heartland into the center of the staunchly secular state.

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