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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of backing terrorists, as new acrimony erupted between Turkey and its EU allies. Erdogan’s scathing broadside came hours after the European Union urged him to avoid inflammatory...

The view of Golden Bay and Galata Bridge from Gatata Tower in Istanbul in December 2014. (Creative Commons photo by Juraj Patekar) ISTANBUL (AP) — 12:40 a.m. (all times local) The U.N. Security Council is condemning “in the strongest terms” the shooting...

Syrian Kurdish militias are backed by the United States. As the United States backs a Turkish military incursion into Syria targeting ISIS-held areas along the border, Turkey says it’s also concerned about Syrian Kurdish militias at the border who are...

by VERNON SCHUBEL for ISLAMiCommentary on JULY 9, 2013: Vernon James Schubel On May 31st of this year a protest over the fate of Gezi Park, located near Istanbul’s famous Taksim Square, evolved into a series of broad-based demonstrations against...

Lots to cover, including the latest bizarre twists at Fukushima after the jump/ Our first story, in which the third point precisely refutes the claim made just before, comes from the Department of Ironic Self Refutation via the London Daily Mail: Home...