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Turkey now eyes Russia’s S-500 weapons
May 19, 2019 02:46Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is seeking to acquire the Russian S-500 missile defense system, a more advanced version of the S-400, taking a dispute with the United States up a notch.
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Turkish court sentences 14 to life imprisonment over Istanbul twin bombings
May 18, 2019 01:28A Turkish court has sentenced fourteen people to life in prison without parole for involvement in twin deadly bombings in the country’s largest city of Istanbul in 2016.
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Turkey says end of US preferential trade deal contradicts $75bn target
May 17, 2019 10:18Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan says the United States' move to terminate its preferential trade agreement with Turkey will be against the $75-billion target for mutual trade laid out by the two countries.
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Russia’s S-400 deal with Turkey being fully implemented, presidential aide says
May 15, 2019 10:44A high-ranking Russian official says the implementation of his country’s deal to deliver advanced S-400 air defense missile systems to Turkey is in full swing despite US pressure and threats of imposing sanctions on Ankara over the purchase of the military hardware.
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Turkey detains 46 ex-policemen over affiliation to Gulen movement
May 14, 2019 01:26Turkish security forces have arrested dozens of former police officers on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Anadolu’s Gaza office hit for exposing Israel’s dirty works: Erdogan
May 12, 2019 01:36Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Zionist regime hit and destroyed a building housing the offices of the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency in the Gaza Strip in a bid to prevent it from exposing the regime’s “dirty works” to the world.
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Turkish military servicemen to travel to Russia for S-400 training in late May: Report
May 09, 2019 03:02A Russian military source says Turkish military personnel are set to travel to Moscow later this month in order to participate in a training course on the operation of advanced S-400 air defense missile systems.
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Turkey ‘may go into Syria region despite Russia deal’
May 06, 2019 02:37Turkey has hinted that it may send in military forces to the Syrian border region of Tel Rifaat despite an agreement with Russia to stay clear of the area.
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VP: Turkey will not bow to US sanctions over S-400
May 05, 2019 11:24Turkey will never bow to US sanctions over its agreement to purchase Russian S-400 defense systems, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Sunday in reference to a deal that has strained ties between the NATO allies.
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Turkey’s Erdogan vows to keep up exposing Israeli crimes in Palestine
May 05, 2019 01:24Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Israel’s attack on state-run Anadolu agency’s office in the Gaza Strip would not deter Ankara from exposing Israeli crimes and atrocities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.