Turkey Could Give Support To Coalition Against IS
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey could give military or logistical support to U.S.-led air strikes targeting the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.
[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
The Big Picture shares images of Syrian Kurdish refugees flooding into Turkey. blogTO quite likes the new visitor centre at Fort York. James Bow quite liked the Word on the Street festival in the Albertan city of Lethbridge. Crooked Timber suggests that French economist Thomas Piketty, with his writ ...
Discoveries of the week
New species as every Tuesday. Let's start with some fishes: Paracobitis basharensis, Paracobitis molavii, Paracobitis persa, Paracobitis zabgawraensis The genus Paracobitis from Iran and Iraq is reviewed, and diagnoses for all nine recognized species are presented. Accordingly, P. longicauda, P. mal ...
Turkey Crafts
It's time to decorate the home and the holiday table with some seasonal crafting. My boys and I love getting in the spirit of any holiday by digging through the craft drawers and using our imaginations to come up with fun new craft ideas for each holiday. Here are some fun turkey craft ideas for Tha ...
Back to My Journey
It’s been a while since I was able to dedicate time to writing my blog. Too long. And admittedly, I was lacking content. I took a job last year that sounded like the “one I’d been waiting for.” It wasn’t. And it ended up taking more time that I hoped – time away from the pleasurable endeavors I’d co ...
Reasons behind the rapid spread of ISIS in north-east Syria
The rapid progress of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the villages surrounding the Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) region, located in the north-eastern province of Aleppo, has been striking. During the past few days, the Islamic State gained control over more than 100 villages, after they were controlled by the Ku ...
10 Homeschooling Art Ideas for Fall
Although there is a time and place for art curriculum; please don't feel like you're failing your kids if you don't use one. There are so many free resources out there! I have found Pinterest to be a very helpful tool in planning art classes. Because Fall is just around the corner, I put together a ...
Erdogan says Turkey could give military support to U.S.-led coalition
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey could give military or logistical support to U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State insurgents in Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Tuesday. "We will give the necessary support to the operation.
Turkey’s Russia Conundrum: To Court Or To Curb? – Analysis
It is not in Turkey’s interest that Russia reassert control over its ‘near abroad’. However, as revealed during the Ukraine crisis, Ankara is cautious about taking a firm stance against Moscow’s moves in this direction. As a country that would ...
Turkey lifts ban on headscarves at high schools
The Turkish government announced it was lifting a ban on female students wearing the Islamic headscarf at high schools, in a move denounced by opponents as undermining the basis of the country’s secular society. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who co ...
Newest Refugees Welcomed to Turkey?
As U.S. bombs fall on Islamic State positions in Syria, Kurdish refugees from the northern town of Kobani are continuing to pour over the border into Turkey. Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Nurman Kurtulmus warns the latest wave of Syrians fleeing the ...
The Truth About Turkey and Islamic State Oil
The Sept. 20 release of 49 Turks held by the Islamic State (IS) for 101 days came as a great relief for Turkey. They were the diplomats and other consulate personnel (along with their families, including two infants) taken hostage in June when IS captured ...
Turkey bars Kurds from entering Syria to fight Islamic State as refugees top 130,000
ANKARA – Turkish troops used tear gas to disperse a crowd of Kurds seeking to enter Syria to defend their ethnic kin there against Islamic State, whose advance in the past week has driven tens of thousands to flee. Kurds clashed with Turkish security ...
