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After meeting with US President Barack Obama, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his views on the Geneva process have changed and evolved. 
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Translated from Milliyet (Turkey)
As Turkey re-examines and develops its position on the Syria conflict, there is a distinct possibility that Ankara’s policies could contribute to the formation of a quasi-independent Kurdish state in northern Syria, as was witnessed...
Translated from Sabah (Turkey)
A Turkish governmental committee, known as the Wise Men Group, has met with representatives of Turkish minorities so that the latter can voice their grievances to Ankara.
Translated from Star (Turkey)
After Syrian KDP members are detained by the PYD, Iraqi Kurdistan President Barzani ordered the border closure between Syria and the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Translated from Haberturk (Turkey)
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has announced that Turkey will be carrying out joint gas exploration operations with ExxonMobil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Translated from Taraf (Turkey)
Reyhanli in southern Turkey, which recently witnessed car bombings that killed more than 50 people, is home to many “bearded” Syrian oppositionists.
Translated from Milliyet (Turkey)
Contrary to the previous dynamic of the Turkey-US relationship, Ankara is now demanding that Washington be more decisive regarding Syria.
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Yavuz Baydar for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse
If "plan C" means a constitutional process driven by Turkey's ruling AKP, yet marred by high tension, two interesting scenarios emerge.
Orhan Kemal Cengiz for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse
The recent court cases about mosque ownership have raised questions about freedom of religion in Turkey.
Cengiz Çandar for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse
In his Washington visit, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was given no choice but to ride US President Barack Obama’s bandwagon to Syria.
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The United States should invite Iran to the Geneva II talks on Syria and consider it a start for a more expansive regional dialogue.
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    A Kurdish family at home in Istanbul. Mahmoud, the father, is currently on trial, an alleged member of the Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), the urban wing of the PKK. Like many Kurds in Istanbul, Mahmoud brought his family to the city in the mid-1990s when the war in southeast Turkey was at its height.

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    The new seven-volume encyclopedia of hadiths is pictured at the library of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate in Ankara on May 21, 2013. The new version is different in that it selects and explains the hadiths from the perspective of today's Turkey, where the mix of  secular state and Islamic society traditionally arouses considerable interest in the Middle East.

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