Nov 24 Turkey's president says women not equal to men By News Desk Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruffled feathers Monday when he said women and men are created differently, and women can’t be expected to do the same work as men. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch News Wrap: Kurds protest Turkish government for protection against Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that a Syrian border town would likely fall to the Islamic State after a night of heavy fighting with Kurdish defenders. In Turkey, Paris and Brussels, Kurds protested the… Continue watching
Aug 11 Turkey to select new prime minister at end of August By Elena Becatoros and Suzan Fraser of the Associated Press ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey's governing party said Monday it will select a new prime minister at the end of August to replace Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won the country's first direct presidential election in a historic vote. Continue reading
Mar 27 Turkey moves to block YouTube following Twitter ban By News Desk A week after the Turkish government banned Twitter, authorities there moved to block online video-sharing site YouTube on Thursday. The Ankara, Turkey-based news organization Anadolu Agency reported that the national telecommunication authority had announced an “administrative block” on YouTube, though… Continue reading
Mar 24 'Live tweeting' in Turkey in protest of Twitter ban By News Desk A woman protests a country-wide ban on Twitter in the country of Turkey by writing a “physical tweet” in the city of Ankara. Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan banned access to the social media site on Thursday in the… Continue reading
Mar 21 Turkish PM: 'We'll eradicate Twitter' By Jaywon Choe, Anya van Wagtendonk In a stunning move Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan banned microblogging site Twitter across his country, in an attempt to quiet critics of his administration as it prepares for crucial elections later this month. Erdogan and his political… Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Protests erupt in Turkey over corruption probe into Erdogan's government Protests erupt in Turkey over corruption probe into Erdogan's government… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Anti-Government Protests Focus on Quality of Democracy in Turkey Anti-Government Protests Focus on Quality of Democracy in Turkey… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch Swift Spread of Protests Underline 'Wide Social Divisions' in Turkey Swift Spread of Protests Underline 'Wide Social Divisions' in Turkey… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch In Turkey, Police Response to Small Sit-in Inspires Mass Protests For the fourth day in a row, mass anti-government demonstrations by mainly secular Turks continued in major cities across Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan charged that extremists are behind the protests. Jeffrey Brown has the latest on how that… Continue watching