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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
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Turkey marks epic resistance
Anadolu Agency Photo
Wednesday Sunny 33°C
Nationwide events marking July 15 coup attempt begin Tuesday, last until Sunday, July 16
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime
Minister Binali Yildirim visited the martyrs
cemetery in Istanbul’s Edirnekapi district.
Yildirim, who arrived before Erdogan, greeted
visitors and distributed toys to the children at the
entrance of the cemetery.
Family and Social Affairs Minister Fatma Betul
Sayan Kaya, the Justice and Development
(AK) Party’s deputy chairman and spokesman,
Mahir Unal, AK Party Deputy Chairman Hayati
Gulen’s presence on
US soil ‘embarrassing’
Former US diplomat says
Washington should do more to
rein in ‘opaque’ Gulen networks
By Safvan Allahverdi
WASHINGTON - A former U.S. ambassador to
Turkey has said Washington could do more to
rein in networks linked to Fetullah Gulen “which
at best are opaque and at worst was behind the
[July 15, 2016] coup”.
James Jeffrey, who was also a former deputy
national security advisor under the George
W. Bush administration, was speaking at a
conference hosted by the SETA... MORE DETAILS
Yazici, Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin, 1st Army
Commander Gen. Musa Avsever and Istanbul
Mayor Kadir Topbas were also present.
In Ankara, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu
inaugurated a photo exhibition entitled “July
15 Treacherous coup attempt with Photos”
organized by the Directorate General of Press and
Information.
Soylu also visited the tombs of the martyrs in
Ankara’s Golbasi district.
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In southern province of Adana, Turkish EU
Minister Omer Celik visited the graves of the twin
police officers Ahmet and Mehmet Oruc, who
were martyred in Golbasi district during an air
attack on July 15.
Environment and Urbanization Minister Mehmet
Ozhaseki visited the central Kayseri province’s
garrison and the Air Command Cemetery within
the scope of the July 15 events. Throughout the
week, Turkish embassies across... MORE DETAILS
Crackdown leaves Rohingya
Muslims near starvation: UN
Daesh far from over
despite fall of Mosul
Jubilation remains
somewhat incomplete
mainly because the
senior leadership of
Daesh has never been
captured
By Dr. Makram Rabah
BEIRUT - Iraqi Prime
Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s
recent announcement of
Mosul’s liberation from the
last remnants of Daesh
forces has been perceived
by many as the last nail in
Daesh’s coffin.
This jubilation, however,
remains somewhat
incomplete mainly because
the senior leadership of
Daesh has never been
captured, nor has any
material proof been
brought forth verifying the
allegations of its demise.
More importantly... MORE DETAILS
Anadolu Agency Photo
ANKARA - Turkey has started Tuesday to mark
the first anniversary of last July’s coup attempt
through various events across the country.
July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day
events are to be held under the auspices of the
Presidency and will take place until Sunday
evening.
Across the country, the tombs of the martyrs were
also visited in the scope of July 15 Democracy
and National Unity Day.
By Kyaw Ye Lynn
YANGON, Myanmar - A military
crackdown has left more than 220,000
Rohingya people on the brink of
starvation in Myanmar’s conflicttorn Rakhine state, according to an
assessment by the United Nations food
agency.
The World Food Program (WFP) said
late Monday that food insecurity has
been worsening in already highly
vulnerable areas in the northern part
of Rakhine state since the military
crackdown, which began last October.
The WFP assessment said nearly onethird of the population in the area,
where Rohingya Muslims are the
majority, were identified as severely
food-insecure... MORE DETAILS