Turkey

Abkhazia Welcomes Mountain Minority

Ethnic kin encouraged by promise of land and jobs to move to Abkhazia.

1 Nov 07

Ethnic minority blames official discrimination for failure to remove potentially lethal electricity pylons from their village.

26 Oct 07

Most power projects have not been completed or made little or no impact.

25 Oct 07

Corruption, violence, mismanagement leave the capital with severely restricted supplies.

25 Oct 07

As Armenians celebrate following a US Congressional vote, their kinsmen in Turkey brace themselves for a rise in nationalist sentiment.

23 Oct 07

City’s rival groups use their respective media as propaganda weapons.

2 Oct 07

Rival militias, officials and police are all accused of having a stake in smuggling oil out of Iraq’s southern port.

13 Sep 07

Local tribes who reap massive profits from stolen oil are likely to obstruct the authorities’ attempts to protect pipelines.

7 Sep 07

Moderate clerics say heavy-handed authorities fail to distinguish between ordinary mosque-goers and extremists.

30 Aug 07

The Turkish army makes war-like noises and Sunni extremists stage hit-and-run raids along the border with Iran.

15 Aug 07

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