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Tension over refugees takes center stage in Turkey ahead of elections

Both the Turkish president and the main opposition have said they want Syrians to return to their war-torn country.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters during a ceremony in Istanbul, last year.
Seyran Ates, founder of the new liberal Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque, prays in Berlin

Germany condemns Turkish criticism of new liberal mosque

Layan Nassar

‘I told her not to go’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses during an attempted coup in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016.

Analysis: Turkish fury - Syrian invasion will escalate to encompass Kurds


Kurdish women take up arms alongside men to defend their people

The presence of women fighting ISIS became an exotic and sensational topic in 2014 and 2015, but the reality of life for many women is more complex.

Kurdistan freedom Party (PAK) soldiers in December 2015 at the front line near Kirkuk, Iraq

Turkey at a crossroads: A look inside the night of the coup and its aftermath

Turkey finds rare unity in defeat of coup attempt a month ago, but dissidents worry about the future.

People pose near a tank after troops involved in the coup surrendered on the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul on July 16

Turkey’s Incerlik airbase on “lockdown” by Erdogan with 1500 US troops and nuclear weapons

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At height of Turkish coup bid, rebel jets had Erdogan's plane in their sights

"At least two F-16s harassed Erdogan's plane while it was in the air and en route to Istanbul. They locked their radars on his plane and on two other F-16s protecting him."

US-made F-16 fighter jets in action.

Zionism: An irrational and misunderstood fear

The biased, baseless outlook regarding Zionism in the Islamic world has over time warped into a misplaced phobia of Jewish people.

Demonstrators burn an Israeli flag in front of the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok

Adherence to Anti-Israeli narrative is a sure sign of confusion

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Polling shows Erdogan's attack on the Kurds is failing

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De facto defect: Erdogan’s Latest Attempt at Dictatorship

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Turkey Coalition failure, Abdullah Gül’s time is now

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Incirlik in play

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In blow to Erdogan, AKP falls short of outright majority in Turkish election

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was on track to take more than 12 percent of the vote.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan