Turkey

Sozcu, a Turkish daily newspaper seen in Ankara, runs Mehmet Hakan Atilla's conviction as front-page news on Thursday.

'Scandalous Decision': How A Turkish Banker's Conviction In U.S. Is Roiling Ankara

12:42pm January 04, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

A federal court in New York City convicted Mehmet Hakan Atilla of participating in a plot to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran — but Turkish leaders are decrying the decision as "unjust and unfortunate."

Tuba and Cevheri Guven, both journalists, fled to Thessaloniki after being targeted by their own government. Turkey has imprisoned 262 journalists, making it the world's largest jailer of journalists. "If you write something on Twitter, you can go directl

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Turks Fleeing To Greece Find Mostly Warm Welcome, Despite History

3:49pm December 27, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

More than a year after a failed military coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hundreds of Turks are seeking refuge in Greece — despite long rivalries between the two nations.

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The Mystery And The Magic Of Giving Thanks

12:35pm November 22, 2017

by George Mwinnyaa

This Thanksgiving, George Mwinnyaa thinks back to his boyhood in Ghana — when a failure to give thanks was thought to have dire consequences.

Sevan Nisanyan was convicted and jailed for violating zoning laws in Sirince, his home village in western Turkey.

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'Turkey Has Turned Into A Veritable Madhouse,' Says Intellectual Who Escaped Jail

1:17pm September 28, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

Turkish linguist Sevan Nisanyan was jailed for breaking zoning laws. His supporters say he was punished for his writings. He escaped and fled to Greece. "I feel relieved and liberated," he tells NPR.

Earthquake survivors look at a collapsed building in Istanbul in August 1999. The magnitude 7.4 quake killed 17,000 people across northwestern Turkey.

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18 Years After Turkey's Deadly Quake, Safety Concerns Grow About The Next Big One

10:57am September 07, 2017

by Peter Kenyon

A 1999 quake killed 17,000. Experts are warning that Turkey is badly unprepared, and concern is growing since many urban green spaces meant as earthquake evacuation zones have been sold to developers.

Khaleed Khatib was the videographer for the Oscar-winning Netflix documentary The White Helmets. "This photo was after double tap of aircraft on July 27, 2014," he says, referring to an airstrike followed by another attack. "I don't know how I survived."

Whatever Happened To ... The Syrian Who Risked His Life And Won An Oscar?

7:00am September 04, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

Khaled Khatib captured much of the footage for The White Helmets, an Oscar-winning documentary about search and rescue volunteers in war-torn Aleppo. What's he doing now?

Suat Keceli, left, a retired stockroom worker, and his barber Yasar Ayhan pose in Ayhan's barber shop in Kasimpasa, the Istanbul neighborhood where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan grew up. Keceli is a conservative Muslim who kept his daughter out of schoo

In Turkey, Schools Will Stop Teaching Evolution This Fall

7:00am August 20, 2017

When Turkish children head back to school, something will be missing from their textbooks: any mention of evolution. The government is phasing in what it calls a values-based curriculum.

Arabic signs have replaced Turkish ones in Istanbul's Fatih neighborhood, where many Syrian refugees have settled. Turkey has absorbed some 3 million Syrian refugees since the Syrian war began.

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For Syrian Refugees In Turkey, A Long Road To Regular Employment

4:56pm August 14, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

Many of the Syrians in Turkey are educated professionals who are under-employed, working off the books for low pay. A government program is trying to change that, but things are moving slowly.

People hold placards with hashtag #FREEDENIZ to protest the detention of German journalist Deniz Yucel in front of Turkish embassy in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2017.

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Tensions Escalate Between Turkey And Germany

12:01pm August 09, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

Turkey and Germany have been close allies — around 3 million Turks live in Germany. But in recent months a rift has developed, and it's complicated by Turkey's ongoing purge following a failed coup.

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A popular Turkish baklava shop, Faruk Güllüoğlu, is one of nearly 1,000 companies expropriated by the Turkish government since last year's failed coup. The company is now run by a government trustee.

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Turkish Businesses Snagged In Government's Post-Coup Crackdown

4:52pm August 03, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

Over the past year, Ankara has expropriated nearly 1,000 Turkish companies — from carpet makers to a popular brand of baklava. They're accused of having ties to organizers of last year's failed coup.

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