Turkey

Turkish court orders arrest of Israeli commanders

Turkish court orders arrest of Israeli commanders

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2014 1:45 pm

director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, center, accepts the Palm d'Or from director Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman during the awards ceremony for the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Turkish drama ‘Winter Sleep’ wins Palme d’Or

JAKE COYLETHOMAS ADAMSON · May 24, 2014 8:55 pm

266 reported hurt as quake rattles Greece, Turkey

266 reported hurt as quake rattles Greece, Turkey

costas-kantourisdemetris and nellassuzan-fraser · May 24, 2014 4:09 pm

Aide who kicked protester dismissed in Turkey

Aide who kicked protester dismissed in Turkey

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2014 10:31 am

People place flowers on some coal and a hard hat as nearly 2,000 university students called on the government to resign as they marched to commemorate the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence started on May 19, 1919, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, May 19, 2014. Government officials have promised to investigate and pledged that any mine officials found to be negligent would be punished. Still the disaster has provoked anger at a critical time for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as he mulls running in August's presidential election. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey says mine disaster won’t go unpunished

Suzan Fraser · May 20, 2014 11:18 am

U.S. becoming lone optimist in Libya

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U.S. becoming lone optimist in Libya

Spencer Brown · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

Chief prosecutor Bekir Sahiner speaks to the media in the coal miners' town of Soma, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Twenty-five people, including mining company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.(AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

Energy and Environment

High gas levels apparently ignored at Turkish mine

BERZA SIMSEKSUZAN FRASER · May 19, 2014 1:16 pm

Miners close an entrance to their coal mine in Soma, Turkey, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Eighteen people, including company executives, have been detained as Turkish officials investigate the mining disaster that killed 301 people, a domestic news agency reported Sunday.(AP Photo/Depo Photos)

3 face charges in Turkey mine disaster amid anger

Desmond Butler · May 18, 2014 8:29 pm

Miner Erdal Bicak, center, speaks to journalists as he joined fellow miners and their family members to commemorate the Soma mine accident victims and protest the government's labor policy in Savastepe , Turkey, late Friday, May 16, 2014. Public anger has surged in the wake of the Soma coal mine inferno that killed at least 299 miners. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish miner who survived says company to blame

Desmond Butler · May 17, 2014 5:44 pm

Anti-government protesters chant slogans on a monument for the town's miners, during a march in Soma, Turkey where the mine accident took place, Friday, May 16, 2014. Hundreds of protesters took part in the march against the government and there were clashes with the police forces. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkish firm, govt deny negligence in mine fire

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 17, 2014 1:59 am

A man offers his prayers for the victims of the mining accident being buried during their funeral procession as he sits by empty graves prepared for the victims, in Soma, Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2014. An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Grief and rage as Turkey buries mine disaster dead

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 15, 2014 9:37 pm

Relatives of miners wait near a coal mine in Soma, western Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2014. An explosion and fire at the coal mine in Soma, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of Istanbul, killed hundreds of workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining disasters in Turkish history. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Energy and Environment

Turkish families bury miners as toll rises to 282

DESMOND BUTLERSUZAN FRASER · May 15, 2014 1:10 pm