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Tension over refugees takes center stage in Turkey ahead of elections

Both the Turkish president and the main opposition have said they want Syrians to return to their war-torn country.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters during a ceremony in Istanbul, last year.
Seyran Ates, founder of the new liberal Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque, prays in Berlin

Germany condemns Turkish criticism of new liberal mosque

Layan Nassar

‘I told her not to go’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses during an attempted coup in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016.

Analysis: Turkish fury - Syrian invasion will escalate to encompass Kurds


In blow to Erdogan, AKP falls short of outright majority in Turkish election

The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was on track to take more than 12 percent of the vote.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Koran-shaped cake baked with layers of trouble for religious class

Turkey's top religious authority is investigating school on allegations of preparing sanctimonious sweets.

Quran shaped cake

Why didn’t the recent Turkish incursion into Syria draw ISIS fire?

Former Pentagon official to ‘Post’: I think the big point is that it suggests Turkey has lost control of Islamic State; When you play with fire, you get burned.

Turkey President Recep Tayyip erdogan.

Brawl in Turkish parliament injures five lawmakers

Fight reportedly broke out when members of ruling AK Party approached female member of pro-Kurdish party.

Turkish MPs hurt in Parliament brawl‏

Turkey pulls out of Munich defense conference because of Israel

The Munich Security Conference is an annual event that brings together some of the world's top policy makers in foreign and defense policy.

A passenger ship, with the old city's monuments Blue mosque (L) and Hagia Sophia museum (R) in the background, sets sail in the Bosphorus in Istanbul

Turkish court orders Facebook to block pages insulting Mohammad

Earlier this month, prosecutors launched an inquiry into a newspaper which reprinted parts of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Study: anti-Semitism most common prejudice in Turkish media

In the study, over half agreed that Jews are responsible for “most of the world’s wars” and sixty one percent said that people hate Jews due to their behavior.

Turkey President Recep Tayyip erdogan.

Erdogan to Europe: Eradicate anti-Muslim racism before daring to criticize Turkey

Turkish police earlier this month raided media outlets close to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Report: Turkish army bans Game of Thrones, requires officers take course on Islam

The military has been instructed to cease watching the show as part of its new “protection of students” regulations.

Game of Thrones

Erdogan fracas betrays growing polarization

Erdogan's political rhetoric plays on an underlying schism reaching back to Ataturk forged a secular republic from the ruins of an Ottoman theocracy.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan