Lawyers

• Turkey Accepts Syrian As Well As Non-Syrian Deportees From Greece Under Migration Deal With EU

  Migration accord with EU confirms that Turkey will be rehabilitating thousands of Syrian refugees to its member countries against Syrian refugees taking back from Greece. It is understandable that the deal is applicable only for the Syrian refugees and doesn’t commit anything for rehabilitation of refugees landing in Greece from other Asian countries.

• Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Moscow denies airspace violation

  Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after repeated warnings over air space violations, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian air space.

• Turkey returns to single-party rule in boost for Erdogan

  Turkey's Islamist-rooted AK Party swept to an unexpected victory in elections on Sunday, returning the country to single-party rule in an outcome that will boost the power of President Tayyip Erdogan but may sharpen deep social divisions.

• Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt

  Turkey's government said on Monday Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan at funerals, universities and courthouses.

• Bomb attack deepens divisions as Turkey faces bitter election

  Aside from a carefully worded statement urging unity, President Tayyip Erdogan was unusually quiet after Turkey's worst ever bomb attack.

• NATO denounces Russian incursion into Turkish airspace

  The United States and NATO denounced Russia on Monday for violating Turkish airspace and Ankara threatened to respond, reporting two incursions in two days and raising the prospect of direct confrontation between the former Cold War adversaries.

• Iraq's Maliki rejects blame for fall of Mosul

  Iraq's former prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, on Tuesday denounced as worthless a parliamentary report which blamed him and others for the fall of Mosul to Islamic State last year and called for them to be referred to the judiciary.

• Kurdish party thwarts Erdogan's ambitions with Turkish election advance

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's hopes of assuming greater powers suffered a major setback on Sunday when the ruling AK Party he founded failed to win an outright majority in a parliamentary election for the first time.

• Turkey police shoot attackers at Istanbul HQ, govt vows to find 'dark forces'

  Turkish police shot dead a woman carrying guns and hand grenades and detained a man as they tried to attack Istanbul's police headquarters on Wednesday, officials and media said, the third attack on an official building in the past two days.

• Turkish special forces enter courthouse as prosecutor held at gunpoint

  A far-left Turkish group took an Istanbul prosecutor hostage on Tuesday and threatened to kill him, prompting special forces to enter the courthouse and police to evacuate the building.

• Libya parties agree to more talks; two factions call ceasefire

  Libyan factions vying for control of the country have agreed to continue United Nations-backed talks in Geneva next week over ending the political crisis, although one main group has so far refused to participate.

• Merkel says Islam 'belongs to Germany' ahead of Dresden rally

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday Islam "belongs to Germany", in a clear repudiation of anti-immigration protesters gathering in Dresden and other cities.

• Paris attacks suspect entered Syria on Jan. 8, Turkey says

  The suspected female accomplice of Islamist militants behind attacks in Paris was in Turkey five days before the killings and crossed into Syria on Jan. 8, Turkish officials said on Monday.

• Turkish PM denies bid to stifle graft investigation

  Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said graft allegations against four former ministers were part of a "coup attempt", denying on Tuesday accusations the government had put pressure on a parliamentary commission not to send them to trial.

• Egypt blasts Turkish leader Erdogan after U.N. speech

  Egypt has accused Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan of supporting terrorists and seeking to provoke mayhem in the Middle East after he questioned the legitimacy of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a speech at the UN General Assembly.

• Kerry opposes Iran role in anti-Islamic State coalition

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it was "not appropriate" for Iran to join talks on confronting Islamic State militants, as he appeared to play down how fast countries can commit to force or other steps in an emerging coalition.