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Turkey orders arrest of 223 military personnel over 2016 coup links
Sep 14, 2019 07:20Turkey has ordered the arrest of 223 serving military personnel across the country and in the breakaway state of Northern Cyprus over suspected links to a network Ankara accuses of organizing an attempted coup in 2016, state media said on Saturday.
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Erdogan says will talk to Trump about buying Patriot missiles
Sep 14, 2019 03:09The Turkish president says he will discuss with his American counterpart Donald Trump a possible purchase of US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile systems in an upcoming meeting.
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Iran president due in Ankara for trilateral summit on Syria
Sep 14, 2019 02:00President Hassan Rouhani will attend a trilateral meeting in Ankara with Vladimir Putin of Russia and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in order to discuss a political resolution to the Syria crisis.
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Erdogan says Turkey, US at odds over Syria safe zone
Sep 09, 2019 01:56Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara and Washington do not see eye to eye regarding a planned “safe zone” in northern Syria, where an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militants opposed by Turkey enjoy the United States’ support in their alleged fight against terrorism.
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Joint US-Turkish patrols in flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty: Damascus
Sep 08, 2019 09:52Syria has censured a recent decision by Turkish and US military forces to begin joint ground patrols in a so-called safe zone east of the Euphrates in northeastern Syria, arguing that the move constitutes a blatant violation of the international law and the Syrian sovereignty.
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Turkey shouldn’t threaten Europe over refugees: Greece
Sep 08, 2019 09:48Greece says Turkey should not try to pressure Europe in a bid to receive more support for a plan to resettle Syrian refugees in northern Syria.
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Turkey announces start of joint patrols with US military in Syria ‘safe zone’
Sep 08, 2019 07:03The United States and Turkey have begun joint patrols as part of a plan to create a “safe zone” in the Arab country’s northeast aimed at decreasing Ankara’s tensions with Washington-backed Kurdish militants there.
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Turkey announces start of joint patrols with US military in Syria ‘safe zone’
Sep 08, 2019 05:44The United States and Turkey have begun joint patrols as part of a plan to create a “safe zone” in the Arab country’s northeast aimed at decreasing Ankara’s tensions with Washington-backed Kurdish militants there.
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US sent 30,000 trucks of arms to Kurds in northern Syria: Erdogan
Sep 08, 2019 01:40Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again lambasted the United States for its offering of unwavering support to Kurds in northern Syria, saying Washington has been overgenerous to the Kurdish militants in the region.
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Nuclear-armed states can’t tell Turkey not to have nukes: Turkey
Sep 05, 2019 02:32Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says nuclear-armed states cannot forbid Ankara from acquiring nuclear weapons, amid a row with the US over Ankara’s purchase of Russian military hardware.