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Turkey begins trial of suspects in Russian envoy murder
Jan 08, 2019 09:38Turkey begins the trial of dozens of suspects in connection with the assassination of Russian ambassador to Ankara Andrei Karlov more than two years ago.
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Contrasting Trump, Pompeo vows to punish Saudi over Khashoggi murder
Jan 08, 2019 09:29US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country will punish Saudi Arabia for the “heinous” murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, contrasting President Donald Trump’s statements that doing so would hurt American interests.
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Turkey orders detention of 100 soldiers over alleged Gulen links
Jan 07, 2019 14:21Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 100 soldiers on suspicion of their affiliation to a movement led by the US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state media say.
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Two dead after ship sinks off Turkey’s coast
Jan 07, 2019 13:57Two crew members have been found dead and another four were missing after a Panama-flagged cargo ship sunk off Turkey's Black Sea coast, officials say.
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Turkey slams ‘irrational’ US accusation that it attacks Syrian Kurds
Jan 06, 2019 14:17Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman has denounced as “irrational” US claims that Turkey was attacking Kurds in Syria’s northeastern parts.
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Turkey says ready to give all documents to US probe team on Gulen
Jan 05, 2019 14:27Turkey's justice minister says Ankara is ready to give all the necessary documents to an American judiciary delegation currently in the country for its ongoing investigation into the activities of the outlawed Fethullah Gulen movement, which is branded by the Turkish government as the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO).
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UN human rights office says Saudi Khashoggi murder trial 'not sufficient'
Jan 04, 2019 14:05The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says it cannot assess the fairness of a trial underway in Saudi Arabia over the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, emphasizing that in any case it is "not sufficient."
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Turkey, Iraq Turkey, Iraq will deepen cooperation against terrorism in region: Erdogan
Jan 04, 2019 06:43Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey and neighboring Iraq will deepen their cooperation against terrorism in the region, after tensions between Ankara and Baghdad over Turkey’s airstrikes against purported positions of Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
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Riyadh says seeking death penalty for Khashoggi murder suspects
Jan 03, 2019 09:31Saudi Arabia says it has held an initial hearing into the murder case of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, with the public prosecutor requesting the death penalty for five of the suspects.
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Kurdish fighters withdraw from Manbij: Syria
Jan 03, 2019 03:00Syria says hundreds of US-backed Kurdish fighters have withdrawn from the city of Manbij near the border with Turkey to take position to the east of the Euphrates.