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Syria’s foreign minister said Tuesday that any dialogue between Syria and Turkiye should only take place after Ankara announces that it will withdraw its troops from all Syrian territories it controls. Faisal Mekdad made the comments…
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An animal lover in Türkiye, inspired by her paralyzed father, has built a train out of plastic barrels to give daily rides to the disabled dogs at a shelter outside the country’s capital Ankara. Buket Ozgunlu, chairwoman of the…
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Turkish relations with Russia are in the spotlight following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Istanbul on Friday. Ukraine aims to bolster its defense capabilities using Turkish armament supplies. President Recep Tayyip…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Feb. 14 as part of a major state visit intended to boost the gradual normalization between the two countries that started in 2021,…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday picked a nationalist former member of a hard-right party to run for mayor of Ankara in closely watched March 31 local elections. Erdogan’s Islamic conservative Justice and Development…
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Police arrested more than 1,000 people in raids across Turkiye on Tuesday in a renewed crackdown after a suicide bomb attack in Ankara by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK. About 90 people in 18 provinces across the country…
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In cables to Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman condemned the terror attack on the Turkish capital, Ankara. On Sunday a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the…
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Four Turkish soldiers were wounded in artillery and rocket attacks by Kurdish militants on bases in northern Syria, prompting a counter attack, Ankara said on Sunday. Turkiye’s defense ministry said the attacks were carried out by the…
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Iraqi authorities said at least nine civilians died in a Turkish artillery attack on Wednesday that hit a village in the Kurdistan autonomous region. The victims, two of whom were children, were tourists visiting a leisure park in the…
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US President Joe Biden’s administration has asked Congress to “green light” a proposed sale of missiles and equipment upgrades to Turkey, the Wall Street Journal reported this week. The deal, said to be worth about $300 million, is…
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