Turkey

Helmand Heroin Menace Grows

Poppy producing area diversifies into heroin as crop price falls.

24 Feb 10

Recent violence underlines importance of province’s communities reaching an accord over its future.

15 Feb 10

As poverty and unemployment drive an increasing number of workers abroad, many become victims of traffickers who sell them into virtual slavery.

15 Feb 10

Kosovo talks and Russian support bolster the claims of breakaway Abkhazia.

15 Feb 10

Armenian farmers lose access to fields in frontier demarcation.

6 Feb 10

Former Bosnian Serb leader intends to appeal against resumption of war crimes trial on March 1.

1 Feb 10

Protests in Iraq after Ankara outlaws Kurdish political party.

20 Jan 10

West’s haste to engage with Turkmenistan and buy its gas risks sweeping human rights under the carpet, activists say.

11 Jan 10

Tajikistan’s culture ministry plans to regulate the flow of students going abroad to study at Islamic colleges.

9 Jan 10

Traders complain traditional handicrafts being swamped by cheap competitors.

6 Jan 10

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