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Turkish clasico Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby postponed due to intel warning of attack A derby match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, which was scheduled to be played on March 20 at 8 p.m., has been postponed by the Interior Ministry due to security concerns

Israel hails sincere cooperation with Turkey after Istanbul attack  Israel hailed the sincere and very helpful cooperation it has received from Turkish officials in the immediate aftermath of deadly Istanbul attack in which its three citizens have been killed

Two Israeli-American citizens among killed in Istanbul attack, US says Two Israeli citizens who were killed in a suicide attack in Istanbul on March 19 also held American citizenship, the White House has said in a statement

• Five killed, 39 injured in suicide attack in central Istanbul

  Five people were killed and 39 others were injured in a suicide bomb attack on March 19 in central Istanbul, on the busy İstiklal Avenue in Taksim.
  

• Ankara hosts task force meet aimed at building trust among EU, Russia, Turkey

  Officials from a number of countries have noted the need to build trust among the European Union, Russia and Turkey amid the conflict in Syria following a conference in Syria last week
  

• AKP sets up GONGOs and exclude other NGOs

  The government sets up and supports government-oriented ‘NGOs’ and increasingly sees the rest as a threat, says the head of Turkish civil society monitoring group. The space for civil society is shrinking under AKP rule, TÜSEV’s Tevfik Başak Ersen told the Hürriyet Daily News
  

• How hot money might temporarily park in emerging markets

  Last year was regarded as a new milestone after the 2008-2009 crisis. The expansionary monetary policy adopted to overcome the crisis was to end with the U.S. Central Bank, the Fed, hiking rates, supposedly ushering in a new era
  

• Police identifies Istanbul bomber as ISIL member

  The Turkish interior minister has said the Istanbul bomber, which killed four people and wounded 39 in a suicide attack on central Istanbul’s İstiklal Avenue, had links with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
  

• Istanbul deserted after suicide attack: Four looks around the city

  Here are four impressions from Istanbul’s top spots in the aftermath of the suicide attack
  

• World leaders condemn Istanbul terror attack

  World leaders from around the globe have expressed their outrage at yet another terrorist attack in Turkey, this time on Istanbul’s famous Istiklal Street, which has left at least five people dead, including the bomber
  

• Five killed, 39 injured in suicide attack in central Istanbul

  Five people were killed and 39 others were injured in a suicide bomb attack on March 19 in central Istanbul, on the busy İstiklal Avenue in Taksim.
  

• Ankara hosts task force meet aimed at building trust among EU, Russia, Turkey

  Officials from a number of countries have noted the need to build trust among the European Union, Russia and Turkey amid the conflict in Syria following a conference in Syria last week
  

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Senior Israeli official to visit Turkey after deadly terror act in Istanbul A senior Israeli official is scheduled to pay a rare visit to Turkey on March 20 after a suicide bomb attack killed three Israeli citizens and wounded another three in the touristic center of Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district. Comment(s)3/19/2016

Photos from the aftermath of suicide attack in Istanbul Click through to see photos from the aftermath of suicide attack in Istanbul which killed five and injured at least 20 Comment(s)3/19/2016

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EUROPE Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey will not rise after EU deal, says PM ISTANBUL The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey will not increase after the long-awaited deal finally agreed upon by Turkey and the EU goes into effect, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Comment(s) 3/19/2016

DIPLOMACY Turkey protests Belgium over PKK tent in Brussels Serkan Demirtaş - ANKARA Turkey has delivered an official protest note to Belgium for allowing the outlawed PKK to set up a tent in Brussels, urging Belgian authorities to swiftly remove the tent Comment(s) 3/20/2016

Restricted celebrations mark Nevruz day across Turkey  ISTANBUL Nevruz, the day marking the beginning of spring, has been celebrated despite restrictions across Turkey due to security concerns Comment(s) 3/20/2016

3/20/2016Bundesbank boss criticises ECB 'bazooka'

3/19/2016Three baby Syrian refugee girls drown between Turkey, Greece

3/19/2016AKP probes member for wishing Israelis injured in Istanbul attack had died

3/18/2016Turkey’s Erdoğan says Europe ‘nursing a viper in its bosom’ by direct, indirect support of ‘terror’

Three soldiers killed by PKK militants ANKARA The General Staff said in a statement on March 20 that at least 28 militants of the outlawed PKK were killed in southeastern Turkey on March 19 in a new wave of anti-terror operations, while three soldiers were killed by the PKK Comment(s) 3/20/2016

Iran concentrates on boosting economic ties with Turkey ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency Iran aims to reach a $30 billion trade target with Turkey, marking the country’s desire to engage more with Turkish markets, said Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on March 19 during an official visit to Turkey Comment(s) 3/20/2016

Bulgaria, Greece in action to lure Russian tourists MOSCOW Both Greece and Bulgaria, two of Turkey’s neighbors, have stepped forward to lure Russian tourists, who have abstained from their most popular destination as part of Moscow sanctions on Ankara due to the downing of Russian military plane last November Comment(s) 3/20/2016

‘I was a suicide bomber’: Paris suspect charged in Belgium  BRUSSELS/PARIS – Reuters The prime surviving suspect for the Nov. 13, 2015 Paris attacks planned to blow himself up at a sports stadium with fellow Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants but changed his mind, he told Belgian investigators on March 19 Comment(s) 3/20/2016

Aviation experts examine black boxes from Russian plane crash site ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia – The Associated Press Aviation experts on March 20 began examining the black boxes from the FlyDubai flight that crashed amid high winds at an airport in southern Russia, while emergency workers finished combing the debris-laden runway Comment(s) 3/20/2016

Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, block Arizona road  NEW YORK – Agence France-Presse Hundreds protested U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in New York and blocked a major road March 19 in the southwestern state of Arizona, where a demonstrator was punched and kicked at a rally Comment(s) 3/20/2016

Death toll climbs from airstrikes on ISIL-held Raqqa BEIRUT – The Associated Press The death toll from purported Russian airstrikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-held city of Raqqa has climbed to at least 55, mostly civilians, Syrian opposition activists and ISIL said on March 20 Comment(s) 3/20/2016

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• Perils of keeping discussions of (con)federalism on the agenda

  
  

  CONTRIBUTOR
  O. BAHADIR DİNÇER - MEHMET HECAN writes:

  Given that Syria is now an internationalized and regionalized quagmire that has been free to evolve for more than five years, it is to be expected that any diplomatic effort to endorse peace in Syria will eventually be confronted with complications

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• The consequences of the Turkey-EU refugee deal 

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes:

  The framework deal agreed to between the Turkish government and the European Union on March 18 in Brussels might have dramatic consequences, not only for European politics but also Middle Eastern politics

  Comment(s)3/19/2016

• Putin did it his way

  
  

  VERDA ÖZER writes:

  Putin’s sudden announcement of partial withdrawal from Syria left us all stunned. Why would any leader withdraw his soldiers in the midst of a war? What is Putin after?

  Comment(s)3/19/2016

• Turkey’s sad situation…

  
  

  YUSUF KANLI writes:

  From the far end corner of a hotel conference room packed with young journalists and journalism students from various parts of the country, I was observing with great excitement a course on data journalism when a young colleague gently whispered to my ear, “Sorry, I have just heard the was a blast on İstiklal Avenue [in Istanbul].”

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• Living with fear

  
  

  NURAY MERT writes:

  Two blasts have hit Turkey within a week and left us with all kinds of fears

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• Economic, security constraints could delay an independent Kurdistan

  
  

  SELİN NASİ writes:

  As Syria enters its sixth year of war, the turmoil in the region renders the boundaries drawn by the infamous Sykes-Picot agreement obsolete, particularly the border between Iraq and Syria

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• Why we were #Paris but not #Ankara 

  
  

  CONTRIBUTOR
  AYDIN BARIŞ YILDIRIM writes:

  After the devastating terror attacks in Ankara last week, many asserted profound disappointment with the fact that citizens of countries abroad expressed almost no interest

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• Iran’s petrochemical development and the implications for Turkey

  
  

  CONTRIBUTOR
  FATİH MACİT writes:

  The lifting of sanctions on Iran has created an excitement in the energy markets as Iran holds the world’s largest natural gas reserves and is ranked the fourth largest country in the world in terms of oil reserves

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• Perils of keeping discussions of (con)federalism on the agenda

  
  

  CONTRIBUTOR
  O. BAHADIR DİNÇER - MEHMET HECAN writes:

  Given that Syria is now an internationalized and regionalized quagmire that has been free to evolve for more than five years, it is to be expected that any diplomatic effort to endorse peace in Syria will eventually be confronted with complications

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• The consequences of the Turkey-EU refugee deal 

  
  

  MURAT YETKİN writes:

  The framework deal agreed to between the Turkish government and the European Union on March 18 in Brussels might have dramatic consequences, not only for European politics but also Middle Eastern politics

  Comment(s)3/19/2016

• Putin did it his way

  
  

  VERDA ÖZER writes:

  Putin’s sudden announcement of partial withdrawal from Syria left us all stunned. Why would any leader withdraw his soldiers in the midst of a war? What is Putin after?

  Comment(s)3/19/2016

• Turkey’s sad situation…

  
  

  YUSUF KANLI writes:

  From the far end corner of a hotel conference room packed with young journalists and journalism students from various parts of the country, I was observing with great excitement a course on data journalism when a young colleague gently whispered to my ear, “Sorry, I have just heard the was a blast on İstiklal Avenue [in Istanbul].”

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• Living with fear

  
  

  NURAY MERT writes:

  Two blasts have hit Turkey within a week and left us with all kinds of fears

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

• Economic, security constraints could delay an independent Kurdistan

  
  

  SELİN NASİ writes:

  As Syria enters its sixth year of war, the turmoil in the region renders the boundaries drawn by the infamous Sykes-Picot agreement obsolete, particularly the border between Iraq and Syria

  Comment(s)3/21/2016

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Pera Fest counters discrimination Pera Fest, to be organized under the theme of “art against discrimination,” will open on March 21 at Istanbul’s Tiyatro Pera. Poems and songs addressing discrimination will be performed during the night

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