Budding nuclear power Turkey casts a darkening shadow over Middle East

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Budding nuclear power Turkey casts a darkening shadow over Middle East

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Turkey is rapidly developing into a threat to peace and stability in the Middle East. The regime of President [formerly Prime Minister] Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP Justice and Development Party are increasingly authoritarian. Their effort to obtain nuclear power with its military offshoots would make it […]

Erdogan and Putin agree to get multi-billion ‘Turkish stream’ energy deal back on track

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Erdogan and Putin agree to get multi-billion ‘Turkish stream’ energy deal back on track

by WorldTribune Staff, August 11, 2016 Turkey and Russia agreed to revive the multibillion-dollar “Turkish Stream” natural gas pipeline after a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Aug. 9. Putin had threatened to cancel the pipeline that would run from Russia to Turkey, and potentially the […]