Turkish Government Declares 3 Month State Of Emergency
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View ArticleTurkey Clamps Down On Media After Coup Attempt
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View ArticleScores Killed And Injured In Turkey Wedding Bombing
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View ArticleBiden Meets With Leaders In Turkey As Turkish Troops Move Into Syria
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit GREENE, HOST: Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Turkey today on what's being seen as a fence-mending mission. Ties have been strained between the two countries...
View ArticleVictims Of Turkey's Post-Coup Purge Invited To Prove Their Innocence
Just up the hill from Istanbul's Old City, lines are forming outside the district governor's office. This is where Turks can find a new "crisis management center," where those caught up in the...
View ArticleSyria's Leading Sculptor Keeps Creating In A Time Of Destruction
In the stone courtyard of a lovingly — if quirkily — restored 500-year-old house in the Old City of Damascus, a ginger-bearded man in a baseball cap opens his arms to another set of visitors."Hi," says...
View ArticleMore Civilians Flee ISIS-Held Iraqi City Of Mosul
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's get a look at the fight to retake the city of Mosul in Iraq from the Islamic State. Iraqi forces have been waging that fight for some...
View ArticleFilmmaker Documents Battle To Retake Mosul With Those Fighting It
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now let's hear about a war movie that's being filmed as the war happens all around. The Iraqi army and Kurdish forces are battling the...
View ArticleSuspect In Turkey's Deadly Nightclub Attack Confesses, Officials Say
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: After more than two weeks, a manhunt in Turkey is over. Overnight, police captured the main suspect in a deadly attack at an Istanbul...
View ArticleIn Turkey, Kurdish Singers Keep Traditional Music Alive
A late March snow descends on a modest farmhouse in central Anatolia. An oil stove hisses away inside, as afternoon gives way to twilight. A heavyset man with a thick black mustache adjusts his cap,...
View ArticleIran's Incumbent President Set To Face Hard-Line Challenger
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The field for the Iranian presidential election was narrowed this week. We're going to take a look at who's in and who's out for the May 19...
View Article2 Turks Have Different Views Of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Rule
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump hosts Turkey's president today. Recep Tayyip Erdogan once inspired hope in the West that Turkey could become a democratic...
View ArticleAttacks On Iran Strike At The Heart Of Its Establishment
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Parliament building in Iran's capital, Tehran, is a huge, modern structure shaped a bit like, if you can imagine it, half a pyramid. It's...
View ArticleIran Launches Missiles Into Syria; U.S. Downs Syrian Government Jet
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit (SOUNDBITE OF MISSILE STRIKES) DAVID GREENE, HOST: What you're listening to there is audio from Iranian state television last night. They were broadcasting live...
View ArticleDiplomatic Row Between Qatar And Neighbors Escalates
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now an update on that regional trade and diplomatic embargo on the tiny Gulf nation of Qatar. Saudi Arabia and other Arab states have given a...
View ArticleThousands Turn Out For March For Justice In Turkey
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In Turkey, thousands of people unhappy with the government of President Receb Tayyip Erdogan have hit the road, some 250 miles of road...
View ArticleVictim Of Turkish Government Crackdown Reflects On Year Since Coup Attempt
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This weekend will be a year since the attempted coup against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. We're going to hear from...
View ArticleA Year After Coup Attempt, Erdogan's Purge Shows No Sign Of Slowing
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Turkey is marking the one-year anniversary today of a failed military coup that attempted to topple the government of President Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleProtests In Turkey Mark One-Year Anniversary Of Failed Coup
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today marks the one-year anniversary of a failed coup in Turkey. Civilians rushed into the streets to resist the coup after a call by...
View ArticleAmerican Graduate Student Sentenced To Prison In Iran
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