Glen Johnson

The migrant trail to Europe is about to start running in reverse

June 25, 2019 at 12:25 a.m.

Amid protests and widespread criticism, Greece on Monday is poised to begin implementing a plan that will see thousands of migrants returned to Turkey, part of a broader deal aiming...

The normally bustling Nevizade Sokak pedestrian mall in Istanbul has seen a dramatic decrease in clientele since a suicide attack March 19.

Attacks keep crowds from Turkey’s tourist districts

August 23, 2019 at 6:51 p.m.

Bar staff and restaurateurs look upon rows of empty tables, competing for the few people still walking the labyrinthine back streets of Istanbul's Beyoglu district, center of the city's normally...

Diyarbakir's Baglar district bears the scars of clashes between Turkish troops and Kurdish militants.

New generation of more radical youth emerges in the Kurdish region of Turkey

June 24, 2019 at 12:11 a.m.

Nasir Dogru says his son must have been important. He has often seen the 18-year-old on local Kurdish television channels, his smiling face flashing across the screen. Perhaps he was...

A bombing Oct. 10 at a train station in Ankara, Turkey's capital, killed 102 people. Three attacks trace back to about 20 young men from Adiyaman who, authorities and relatives say, were radicalized at a local tea shop.

Residents of Turkish town say warning signs were ignored as Islamic State lured their sons

June 23, 2019 at 1:22 p.m.

In the deeply conservative backwater community that yielded Turkey's most lethal terrorist cell, relatives and officials lament what they call grievous security oversights that allowed Islamic extremism to fester, resulting...

In Turkey, lavish new presidential palace proves divisive

June 25, 2019 at 2:34 a.m.

From the hilltop mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic, a panoramic sweep of this modern capital shows skyscrapers, five-star hotels, bustling residential districts and, to the...

Employers and labor can be on the same side

August 22, 2021 at 9:18 p.m.

As an Illinois small-business owner who has been active in the manufacturing community for decades, some of my non-business friends have assumed that I am savoring the well-publicized split in...

Fighters were closing in, official report says

January 30, 2019 at 5:52 p.m.

Two fighter jets dispatched from Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod had closed to within 71 miles of New York last week when the second of two hijacked...

WOODRIDGE ANNEXES PART OF GOLF CLUB

August 9, 2021 at 12:43 a.m.

Woodridge officials, attempting to fortify their legal posture for an impending battle with Lisle, have annexed a large parcel of the Woodridge Golf Club property to their village and granted...

LISLE TAKES SWING AT WOODRIDGE DEAL

August 8, 2021 at 11:56 p.m.

Lisle has struck back against Woodridge on the issue of whether a golf course between the two suburbs and 250 acres of adjacent land will be turned into an office,...

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