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A Guide to Turkey’s Tape Scandal
By The Wall Street Journal Ayla Albayrak ISTANBUL–As Turkey prepares for crucial local elections March 30, the country has been convulsed by the release of recordings of […]
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Twitter account of Turkish PM’s top adviser hacked, messages left against Berkin Elvan’s death
in TurkeyA group of Turkish hackers have hacked the official Twitter account of Mustafa Varank, who is a top political advisers of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip […]
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I’ve been shot while going to buy bread. Berkin’s killer is the goverment
in TurkeyGetty Images A man left a piece of bread and a placard reading: ‘I’ve been shot while going to buy bread. Berkin’s killer is the […]
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatening to ban Facebook, YouTube
in TurkeyTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatens a ban on YouTube and Facebook to stop political foes posting what he says are ”fabricated” audio recordings, but […]
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A death in Istanbul
in TravelThe death of an Istanbul homeless man illustrates to a Monitor correspondent the precariousness of life on the fringe of a city growing by leaps […]