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Turkey rebuffs Russia, France and US over Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire moves
BAKU/YEREVAN (REUTERS) – The presidents of France, Russia and the United States called on Thursday (Oct 1) for an immediate ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic…
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Opinion | Human Rights Are Like Fire Departments. You Really Need Them.
HAMBURG, Germany — A Turkish friend told me the other day about his summer travels to his home region in southeastern Anatolia, a particularly poverty-stricken…
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Turkey to conduct naval exercises off Cyprus coast
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey announced it would conduct a live fire naval exercise off the coast of Cyprus between Saturday (Sept 12) and Monday despite the…
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Turkey says it has arrested top ISIL figure in raid
Interior minister says Mahmut Ozden had been receiving orders from Iraq and Syria to ‘carry out an attack in Turkey’. Turkish police have arrested ISIL’s…
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Turkey extends gas exploration in eastern Mediterranean
Turkish navy’s advisory says the Oruc Reis will continue working until September 12, a move Greece calls ‘illegal’. Turkey says its Oruc Reis exploration vessel…
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Greece plans to extend its western territorial waters
ATHENS (REUTERS) – Greece plans to extend the western limit of its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles, Prime Minister Kyriakos…
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Greece denounces Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's Chora museum into mosque
ATHENS (XINHUA) – Turkey’s decision to turn the Chora museum, a former Byzantine Greek Orthodox church, into a mosque is “totally condemnable,” the Greek Foreign…
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Erdogan announces historic Turkish gas find in Black Sea
ISTANBUL (REUTERS) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday (Aug 22) that Turkey had discovered its biggest ever natural gas field holding 320 billion…
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Turkey condemns Joe Biden's criticism of 'autocrat' President Erdogan
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey on Sunday (Aug 16) condemned remarks made by US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticising President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and calling…
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Turkey's tumbling lira tests Erdogan's rate resolve
ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) – Turkish central bank head Murat Uysal has stuck to the rate-cutting script since President Tayyip Erdogan hired him to lift Turkey out…
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Turkey passes controversial bill tightening grip on social media
Under the new law, large social media companies have to comply with court orders over removal of certain content. Turkey’s Parliament has passed a controversial…
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Iran, Russia Turkey in talks to find political solution for Syria
For the first time since September, the three key players in the conflict hold a virtual meeting to map the way forward. Opposing sides in…
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Turkey and Greece exchange harsh words over Hagia Sophia prayers
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey and Greece exchanged harsh words on Saturday over the conversion of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a mosque, a day after Islamic…
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