Halimiz.com
A former columnist for Al-Monitor's Turkey Pulse, Tulin Daloglu is the founder of Halimiz.com, an online publication focused on Turkish affairs.
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Russia's ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara Today a gunman armed with a pistol shot and killed Russia's ambassador to Turkey at an art gallery in the Turkish capital of Ankara as he was addressing a crowd of journalists. Russia's Foreign Ministry is calling the killings a terrorist attack. This comes at a time of protests in Turkey over Russia's involvement in the war in Syria. Tulin Daloglu, the founder of Halimiz.com , an online publication focused on Turkish affairs, says that while speculation is plentiful, details are still sparse.
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Protests Put Turkey's Prime Minister on the Defense Whatever President Obama decides to do in Syria, one crucial ally is Turkey, where the US-backed leadership is struggling with an unprecedented popular uprising. After two weeks of unprecedented unrest met with harsh police action, Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan appears to be trying to restore calm. We hear the latest from Istanbul and look at Turkey's crucial role as the US gets more involved in the crisis in Syria.
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