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Turkey fires 10,000 more civil servants, shutters 15 media organizations

By World Tribune on October 31, 2016 BB Middle East, Exclusives, Mideast, Rest of The Best, Turkey, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, October 31, 2016 In the latest wave of purges after the July 15 coup attempt, Turkey has sacked 10,000 more civil servants and shut down 15 more media outlets. Ankara said those let go in the new round of dismissals are suspected to have links with terrorist organizations by which is meant […]

Turkey waging brutal battle in siege on Kurdish stronghold

By Editor One on January 11, 2016 BB Middle East, Exclusives, Mideast, Top Stories, Turkey, World Links

Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey is continuing to press its brutal siege on the Kurdish de facto capital. Kurds represent about 20 percent of Turkey’s population, and Kurdish fighters have been the only successful fighting force against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The months-long battle for Diyarbakir, a walled city on the Tigris […]